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George Buchanan
George leads on all our marketing and communication activities. He joined GCP in 2021 and has over 12 years’ marketing experience.
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2025 GCP Update: momentum, milestones and ambition
We’re proud of the fantastic momentum we have built so far in 2025. From raising a new fund, delivering two highly successful exits, and completing our 11th investment in GCP Fund V, to receiving industry recognition and moving to a new home. These achievements and milestones reinforce our continued commitment to support the growth of the current and future ambitious businesses we partner with.
Fund VI Close
In June, we announced the first and final close of GCP Fund VI at £411 million reaching its hard cap three months after formal launch. The fundraise exceeded its £350 million target and was oversubscribed at its hard cap. The close also represented a 58% increase in size from Fund V and included support from prestigious new LPs across Europe and the US, alongside strong re-ups from GCP’s existing investor base. Fund VI will enable us to continue our established strategy of partnering with ambitious Founder-led teams in high-margin, high-growth businesses underpinned by distinctive intellectual capital.
New Investment Partner: Nurtur
We were recently delighted to announce Nurtur as our latest investment partner to join the portfolio. Nurtur is the UK’s leading SaaS player in sales automation and estate agency data. Our partnership will support their continued technology innovation, including a new conversational AI solution and deepen its engagement with UK clients.
“We are delighted to be partnering with GCP. With their specialist technology investment expertise and strong track record of supporting sustainable growth in the businesses they work with, we are confident that GCP is the right investor to support us through this next phase of our journey.”
Damon Bullimore, CEO
Highly Successful Exits: Bridewell & Hippo
We announced two successful exits earlier this year. In March, Hippo was acquired by Exponent, marking a strong outcome following a period of sustained growth. We first partnered with Hippo in 2021and over the last four years we supported them to become a leading scaled digital services and data consultancy for the UK public sector, growing their headcount to over 500 people as well as building private sector presence.
In May we then confirmed our successful exit in the UK’s leading cybersecurity services business, Bridewell delivering a return of 9.3x. Our partnership also began in 2021, and through that period we supported them to significantly grow across the UK and US, both organically and through acquisition, demonstrating a core specialism and range of leading capabilities in protecting Critical National Infrastructure. Bridewell entered a new phase of growth in partnership with I-TRACING, a leading French-managed cybersecurity services business and existing portfolio company of the Oakley, Eurazeo and Sagard investor group. This brought together the market leaders in two of the largest markets in Europe thereby creating the go-to independent European cybersecurity powerhouse.
Team News
In May, Dominic Judd was promoted to Investment Manager. Since joining in 2022, Dom has played a key role in a number of our recent investments and made an excellent impact whilst supporting a range of growth initiatives with the businesses we partner with. We then welcomed James Craig as our new Portfolio Growth Director in June, James joined from Puma Growth Partners, and will help us develop our specialist and tailored value creation approach and function.
Awards and Recognition
We were delighted to win the Group Portfolio Collaboration Excellence Award at the Actum Group Private Equity Value Creation Awards in March. The award recognised our hands-on, collaborative approach to driving value across our portfolio partnerships. Earlier this year we were also honoured at the BVCA Visions 2025 Awards, alongside Hippo, for achievements in value creation and regional growth over our period of investment.
New Office
This summer, we are delighted to share we have moved to a new home at Smithson Tower, 25 St James’s Street, London. We look forward to welcoming our investment partners and industry friends to our new space.
We have built strong momentum in 2025 and with the dedication and expertise of our team, we’re well-positioned to further build on this success and deliver a strong second half of the year.