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Private debt funds in the United Kingdom (2026)

23 funders based in the United Kingdom. Filter by stage, sector or business model below. Contact details are part of Pro.

Claret Capital Partners Limited

Private debtLondon, United KingdomGrowth · Debt✉ Contact

Claret Capital Partners is a growth debt fund manager providing loans to technology, life sciences and climate tech companies across Europe. Loans fund growth, acquisitions, working capital and bridges to the next equ…

Software and SaaSFintechMarketplacesConsumerHealthClimate

Whiterock Finance

Private debtBelfast, United KingdomGrowth · Debt✉ Contact

Whiterock is a Belfast-based fund manager providing micro loans, debt finance and equity investment to SMEs in Northern Ireland. It manages the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland and the Growth Capital Fund, both ba…

Software and SaaSHealthIndustrialClimateConsumer

Atempo Growth

Private debtLondon, United KingdomSeries A · Series B+ · Growth · Debt✉ Contact

Atempo Growth is a growth lender with about 800 million euros under management that provides flexible growth debt to European technology companies from Series A to pre-IPO. It operates from several European offices an…

Software and SaaS

FSE Investor Network

Private debtFleet, United KingdomSeed · Series A · Growth · Debt✉ Contact

The FSE Group manages market-gap debt and equity funds to support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK. It provides business loans ranging from £25,000 to £3 million as well as equity investm…

Kreos Capital

Private debtUnited KingdomGrowth · Debt✉ Contact

Kreos Capital provides growth debt to technology and healthcare companies, and has been part of BlackRock since August 2023. It states it has committed over 7.0 billion euros across 830+ transactions to more than 640 …

Software and SaaSHealth

Columbia Lake Partners

Private debtLondon, United KingdomGrowth · Debt✉ Contact

Columbia Lake Partners provides growth loans (venture debt) to European technology companies as a less dilutive alternative to equity. It was founded in 2014 and states it has committed over $800m to more than 90 comp…

Software and SaaS

Gilion

Private debtStockholm, United KingdomGrowth · DebtB2B

Gilion provides non-dilutive growth funding to SaaS businesses through partner banks and has deployed over 200 million euros across Europe. It was founded in Stockholm in 2020 and also offers an AI investment platform…

Software and SaaS

Pemberton Asset Management

Private debtUnited KingdomDebt · Buyout · Growth✉ Contact

Pemberton Asset Management is a European private credit manager offering senior direct lending, mid-market debt, asset-based finance, NAV financing and capital solutions to private equity sponsors and borrowers. The f…

Soho Square Capital

Private debtLondon, United KingdomGrowth · Buyout · Debt✉ Contact

Soho Square Capital provides structured capital solutions to UK and European SMEs, positioned between traditional credit and private equity. It has made over 65 investments.

Syntaxis Capital

Private debtUnited KingdomGrowth · Buyout · DebtB2B✉ Contact

Syntaxis Capital is a private debt investor providing long-term capital to fast-growing medium-sized companies in Central Europe. It finances capacity expansion, buyouts, balance sheet optimisation and acquisitions.

Arrow Global

Private debtLondon, United KingdomDebt✉ Contact

Arrow Global is a pan-European investment manager in private credit and real estate, investing in opportunistic credit, real estate lending and real estate equity. It sources investments through its local management a…

Real estate

FW Capital

Private debtUnited KingdomDebt✉ Contact

FW Capital provides loans to small and medium-sized businesses in the North of England, the South West of England and Wales through regional funds. It also offers contract bond finance and short-term loans for propert…

Generalist

River Capital

Private debtLiverpool, United KingdomDebt · Growth✉ Contact

River Capital is an FCA-regulated fund manager based in Liverpool that provides debt and mezzanine funding to small and medium-sized businesses in the North West of England. Its funds range from £25k to £2m and are de…

ThinCats

Private debtUnited KingdomDebt✉ Contact

ThinCats is a UK alternative lender that provides long-term debt funding of GBP 1 million to 30 million to mid-sized SMEs for growth, acquisitions, refinancing and restructuring. It assesses borrowers mainly on cashfl…

Generalist

17Capital

Private debtLondon, United KingdomDebtB2B✉ Contact

17Capital is a private credit manager specialising in NAV finance for the private equity buyout industry. It provides NAV loans to buyout funds and non-dilutive strategic lending to private equity management companies.

Apera Asset Management

Private debtLondon, United KingdomDebtB2B✉ Contact

Apera Asset Management is a private debt asset manager providing financing to lower mid-market companies in Western Europe. It invests in businesses owned by private equity sponsors, families or individuals.

Arcmont Asset Management

Private debtUnited KingdomDebt✉ Contact

Arcmont Asset Management is a private credit asset manager that provides flexible capital solutions to businesses across Europe. Its strategies include direct lending, capital solutions, impact lending and NAV financing.

BCRS Business Loans

Private debtUnited KingdomDebt✉ Contact

BCRS Business Loans is a non-profit distributing lender authorised by the FCA that lends to businesses in the West Midlands and Wales, and states it has supported over 1,500 businesses.

Beechbrook Capital

Private debtLondon, United KingdomDebt✉ Contact

Beechbrook Capital is a private debt manager providing financing to lower mid-market SMEs in Europe. It states it has raised over 1bn euro and completed 110+ deals, with offices in London, Birmingham, Cork, Frankfurt …

Frontier Development Capital

Private debtBirmingham, United KingdomDebt✉ Contact

Frontier Development Capital is a Birmingham-headquartered regional lender to SMEs, acquired by Mercia Asset Management in December 2022, with about £415 million of funds under management. It has built loan portfolios…

Hayfin Capital Management

Private debtUnited KingdomDebt✉ Contact

Hayfin Capital Management is a European alternative asset manager providing debt, equity and hybrid capital to corporates and real asset owners. Its private credit strategies include direct lending, special opportunit…

Liberis

Private debtLondon, United KingdomDebtB2B2C

Liberis provides embedded funding products, including business cash advances, to small businesses through platform partners. It states it has provided about 2BN in funding to small businesses across 15 markets and com…

Muzinich & Co

Private debtNew York, United KingdomDebt✉ Contact

Muzinich & Co is a credit manager with public and private markets strategies, including private debt, parallel lending, capital solutions and aviation finance. Its private debt business provides flexible financing to …