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A committed co-founder partnership fostered The Office Group’s reputation and track record, opening the doors to key investors and powering its meteoric growth in the London office market.

LendInvest has secured a strong position in the UK property finance market after raising £760m of lending capital, and is taking on the established bank market with its technology-driven model and its increasingly diverse and cost-effective capital base.

Sphere Fluidics makes cell-analysis systems to help pharmaceutical companies discover new potential blockbusters, and has raised more than £16m of financial capital and grants in eight years.

BBOXX’s highly scalable solar-powered battery power utilities for people in the developing world have boosted the company’s revenue to $28m, proving that positive social impact can also be a great investment.

Raising capital to fund its social impact mission has been a journey of discovery for Sumdog, and the online education specialist believes that human capital drives its ability to make the financials add up.

Independent visual effects company Coffee & TV puts the magic into ads for brands like Volkswagen and Innocent smoothies, but co-founder and CEO Derek Moore believes the secret to success was to “go it alone” without external funding.

Raishma Islam has created over 2,000 couture and bridal gowns since 1998. In 2013, with the help from the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme-qualifying investment, she entered the ready-to-wear business, creating a range for the premium high street.

After founding and selling trend-forecasting company WGSN, CEO and founder Marc Worth started again by self-funding Stylus, an innovation research and advisory firm that has scaled to reach a turnover of over £10m.

Early investment from friends and family helped Cafepod enter the lucrative coffee capsule market when Nespresso’s patent expired, and six years on the company’s pods are stocked in every major UK supermarket.