Investment Summary

BGF Invests In Open Cosmos

On April 19, 2018, growth capital firm BGF invested in aerospace company Open Cosmos

Investment Highlights
  • This is BGF’s 5th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is BGF’s 153rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-04-19
Target Open Cosmos
Sector Aerospace
Investor(s) BGF
Deal Type Venture

Target

Open Cosmos

Harwell, United Kingdom
Open Cosmos delivers satellite-based solutions designed to tackle Earth’s biggest challenges. Open Cosmos offer customers everything needed to bring them actionable information from space; ranging from mission development software and payload qualification kits to ready-to-launch small satellite platforms and supporting services. Open Cosmos was founded in 2015 and is based in Harwell, United Kingdom.

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Investor

BGF

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 2.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Business Growth Fund (BGF) is a private investment firm focused on early and growth-stage investing across the UK. The Firm also invests in publicly traded companies. BGF's growth team looks to invest £1 to £15 million in small to mid-sized companies looking for additional capital to pursue growth. BGF was established in 2011 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 157 of 370
Sector: Aerospace M&A 5 of 6
Type: Venture M&A Deals 12 of 35
Country: United Kingdom M&A 153 of 345
Year: 2018 M&A 11 of 43
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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