{"id":27987,"date":"2026-03-16T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=27987"},"modified":"2026-03-16T23:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:25:55","slug":"kelvin-capital-launches-fund-to-back-mature-smes-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=27987","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Capital launches fund to back mature SMEs \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelvin-Capital-Stuart-McKee-John-McNicol-Angus-Hay.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191093 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelvin-Capital-Stuart-McKee-John-McNicol-Angus-Hay.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191093 lazyload\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelvin-Capital-Stuart-McKee-John-McNicol-Angus-Hay.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelvin-Capital-Stuart-McKee-John-McNicol-Angus-Hay-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelvin-Capital-Stuart-McKee-John-McNicol-Angus-Hay-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kelvin-Capital-Stuart-McKee-John-McNicol-Angus-Hay-600x398.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Stuart McKee, John McNicol, Angus Hay of Kelvin Capital<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">SMEs at a pivotal stage of their development are being offered a new funding source by a business investment syndicate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Scotland-based\u00a0Kelvin Capital has launched The Kelvin Capital Catalyst Fund focused on investing into established, ebitda-positive UK businesses making succession, ownership transition or expansion plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The new\u00a0platform\u00a0will target mature SME companies with stable, recurring revenue profiles, across a range of situations including retirement-driven exits, shareholder restructurings, bolt-on acquisitions and growth capital requirements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Since 2009 Kelvin Capital has invested more than \u00a3150 million in early-stage companies. Stuart McKee, chairman, said: \u201cWe are now looking to build on that track record in different sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOur investment model combines strategic capital with the support of experienced non-executive directors and operating executives who bring proven expertise in deal execution, operational improvement and value creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Kelvin Capital\u00a0Catalyst Fund is structured to offer bespoke deal solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all control model. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Transaction structures may include full cash exits, deferred consideration arrangements or partial equity rollovers to retain management alignment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Kelvin #Capital #launches #fund #mature #SMEs #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart McKee, John McNicol, An&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,2128,265,137,15999,15996,61,16000,4585,15997,15998],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}