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We are a syndicate of global investors.

We are Conviction.

We pursue investment opportunities in early stage, fast growing B2B tech businesses.

We founded our syndicate in the early 2000s on the principles that continue to deliver strong performance across our portfolio of companies.

We look for tech businesses that meet the following characteristics:

Minimum revenue track record of 12 months

Scalable and repeatable business models

High annual growth rates

Plans to expand internationally

Demonstrable ability to become category leaders in local markets

Long term unicorn ambitions

The UK British Angels Association named us the 'Best New Entrant to the Ecosystem' in 2019 and the 3rd largest angel investment group in 2018

Our team.

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Jeremy Middleton

Founder

Jeremy Middleton

Founder & Chairman

Jeremy co-founded Homeserve plc, now a FTSE 250 business with a market cap of £3bn.

Jeremy also heads up Middleton Enterprises, a Newcastle based Family Office with £100m Assets under Management. He has been an active investor in VC opportunities for many years.

He served on the North East Local Economic Partnership as Access to Finance lead and chaired the project team raising £120m of early stage VC funds for the North East.

Our Investments

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Andrew Jenkins

Founder

Andrew Jenkins

Founder & CEO

Andrew is a former hedge fund manager and subsequently the Head of Private Clients at a listed asset management firm in London. He built up his own VC portfolio which included being the lead financier to Mimecast (B2B SaaS cybersecurity).

He financed Mimecast during its first 5 years, later introducing them to Dawn Capital and making returns north of 50x for his investor group upon the IPO on NASDAQ in 2015. It is currently valued in excess of $2bn.

He is a highly experienced VC fundraiser and personal investor and has led CIP to being one of the biggest Angel funders in the UK.

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Rebecca Roberts FCCA

Chief Operating Officer

Rebecca Roberts

Chief Operating Officer, FCCA

  • Rebecca has 8 years of experience in early stage VC, including her role as an Investment Manager at Northstar Ventures.
  • Rebecca ensures all aspects of FCA regulation and compliance are maintained.
  • She also takes responsibility for operations and investor relations.

Contact us

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Kristina Lazurenko CFA

Associate Director

Kristina Lazurenko CFA

Associate Director

  • Kristina holds a Masters Degree in Management from LSE. 
  • Kristina spent 4 years working at GAM where she was promoted to a Portfolio Manager of multi-asset class investment portfolios. 
  • She is responsible for the investment analysis and due diligence of investee companies

How we differ

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David Alprovich

Head of Research

David Alprovich

Investment Director

  • David has spent 10 years working in investments across a variety of asset classes.
  • David has managed a portfolio of over 20 VC investments for Middleton Enterprises Family Office.
  • He is responsible for sourcing deals and overseeing the due diligence of all CIP investments.

Founder Testimonials

"CIP brings together entrepreneurial experience of building businesses and foresight in anticipating the path of least resistance, this is every founder’s asset at different junctions of early business growth.

Furthermore CIP offers swift execution and decision making process which is a testament to understanding startup businesses from the inside out."

Antonio Separovic - Founder and CEO of Oradian

"Andrew and his network became a very valuable partner for Mimecast, providing access to flexible funding options and good advice as we navigated the uncertainties of life as a young ambitious company.

Durable founder led businesses that seek to change the status quo in the market often need a longer gestation period and patient capital to build a platform that can attract the right funding arrangements from the right venture investors at the right time for the company.

Andrew helped us terrifically to bridge Mimecast’s growth to that point. We also had a ton of fun working together through those formative times in our business too."

Peter Bauer - Founder and CEO of Mimecast

"Andrew and the CIP team led Adepto’s latest fundraise. Andrew takes a fair and firm but founder friendly approach, which is refreshing. The process was smooth with expectations set and met at all stages. CIP’s continued involved in Adepto is also valuable from a commercial focus and prioritisation perspective.

I would recommend working with CIP to any scaling company."

Chris Milligan - Founder and CEO of Adepto