Investment Policy

Thompson Clive provides a specialist balance of management and financial expertise designed to assist growing companies, ideally with wide market and product appeal, to develop their full potential. We like to work as partners with our clients, often supplying a complementary range of strategic and financial skills to those of operating management in the companies concerned, although we are prepared to take on direct management responsibilities when appropriate. Additionally we are in a position to introduce institutional finance to companies as required, both directly through our own managed funds and indirectly through our institutional contacts.

Thompson Clive's ultimate aim, and the yardstick by which we wish to be judged, is to assist and participate in the growth of such companies and to achieve an above average return on investment. This is of benefit to shareholders, to management and staff in the constituent companies and, in a wider context, to the economy as a whole.

Companies with which Thompson Clive is involved range from those in an early venture capital stage possessing a product with major sales prospects to established businesses faced with the problem of regenerating growth. The end objective is the creation of a coherent entity or group in the industry concerned which can be floated on a public market or be acquired.

Thompson Clive's efforts are normally applied to profitable enterprises where the emphasis is on exploiting strengths but can, on occasion, be applied to companies in an earlier stage of their development. We are experienced in both areas.

If capital is required Thompson Clive's venture and development capital funds are available to provide amounts of up to £5 million and sometimes more. If additional finance is required it is normally provided by a syndicate of institutional investors put together by us.

Thompson Clive has a science and technology emphasis and a long track record across a wide range of industry sectors. We have a particular knowledge of and experience in the biotechnology, communications, health care, information technology, instrumentation and pharmaceuticals sectors.

Thompson Clive has a wide network of industrial contacts and involvements which keep us closely in touch with market developments throughout the world. We also work closely with a number of investment banks, stockbrokers and other financial organisations and essentially see our services as complementary to theirs.

Finally, Thompson Clive has a strong international dimension demonstrated by our three operating bases in London, San Francisco and North Carolina, our active involvement in other countries and our international network of company and investor clients.