Stellar nominated for “Exit of the Year” at the Growth Investor Awards 2017

Stellar named as finalist at 2017 Growth Investor Awards

Stellar Asset Management has been shortlisted for Exit of the Year at the 2017 Growth Investor Awards, which celebrate the role of the UK’s investment provider community in championing tax-advantaged investments, spotting growth potential and backing outstanding UK small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).

Launched by Intelligent Partnership in 2015, the Growth Investor Awards celebrate the UK’s SME investment community’s contribution towards innovation, technology, and job and wealth creation. The awards specifically acknowledge those companies and individuals who are helping start-up and ‘scale-up’ businesses realise their full potential and power Britain’s economy.

Stellar Asset Management will be competing in the Exit of the Year category alongside the following finalists: Endeavour Ventures, Mercia Technologies, Parkwalk Advisors and YFM Equity Partners. The winner will be announced at an exclusive black tie awards dinner, which will be held on Wednesday 8 November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster Gate, London.

Guy Tolhurst, Managing Director of Intelligent Partnership, said:

“The Growth Investor Awards measure the impact of talent, technology and innovative thinking within Britain’s thriving smaller-company ecosystem. We want to honour all those industry leaders who day-in, day-out display the ability, bravery and commitment needed to back entrepreneurs and help drive Britain’s economic growth from the bottom up. We are delighted that the role played by Stellar Asset Management has been recognised with this 2017 Growth Investor Awards shortlisting, within a fiercely contested category. I’d like to personally wish Stellar Asset Management the very best of luck, and we hope to see you on the winners’ stage in November.”

Finalists will now move on to a second round of judging to determine the winner in each award category. Daniel Kiernan, Intelligent Partnership’s Research Director heads up the Advisory Board, which represents different sections of the fund management, alternative investment and SME community. He said:

“These awards were designed in consultation with the SME industry. An independent panel of judges for each category is drawn from within and outside the industry – to bring a range of perspectives and to provide a level playing field. Having such a robust and comprehensive judging process really underscores the credibility and prestige of these awards.”

Advisory Board member Tim Hames —Director General of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) — said:

“Competitive advantage doesn’t go to the nations that focus on creating companies; it goes to the nations that focus on scaling them. The Growth Investor Awards recognise the broader contribution of the SME fund management community to scale up growth and those best optimising investment and support.”

Visit growthinvestorawards.com/finalists for a full list of all the finalists.