Gramar will invest sums of up to £250k as a sole investor in a business, and could lead overall investments of a greater amount. We are seeking to invest in businesses that are currently trading with a management team in place and which are ideally located in the centre or south of England.

The following criteria are attractive to us in our selection of businesses in which to invest:

• A clearly identifiable market niche that can be targetted efficiently
• A product offering that is unique or hard-to-find and presents a good margin opportunity
• A web-based or multi-channel sales model
• A business whose performance could be improved by a more sophisticated web presence
• A business model with organic growth potential
• A management team that is receptive to our strategic input

If this sounds like it might be you,

The Gramar team has specific experience in e-commerce and internet marketing as well as extensive successful backgrounds in private equity, venture capital and general management. Our team of five has invested £20 million in over 50 small and medium sized businesses over the last 20 years.

Murray Kenneth, CEO

Murray launched his first e-commerce store in 1998 and has subsequently honed his skills with a succession of catalogue and internet retail brands. An MBA with ten years on the front-line managing fast growing companies, Murray brings invaluable experience from the sharp end of multi-channel retail.

Ronald Fidler

Ron has a vast amount of experience both in large multi-national corporations and independent SME’s. Ex-President and Chief Operating Officer of Black & Decker, Ron was responsible for the performance of a world wide operating group with sales of $1.2 billion and 18,000 employees. Since 1986, Ron has chaired an independent venture capital investment company, investing in many small and medium size businesses.

Richard Carver

is the former Chief Executive of The Coverdale Group, a consultancy specializing in the strategic development of blue chip companies. Previously at Esso where he managed the shipping fleet and the UK pipeline.

Gordon Kenneth

Chartered accountant, PMD graduate at Harvard Business School. Co-founder and part owner of Oakland Capital Management founded in 1981 as Venture Capital managers, and latterly as private investors through Oakland Development Capital Fund Limited, in Jersey, and Bridgewell Holdings Limited in UK. Ex KPMG London, Booker Group, Ingersoll Rand and Oil Plus a BP/Booker joint venture.

Alan Blackham

Former Managing Director of Solus Schall, an international engineering services company and subsequently Executive Vice President of Solus Ocean Systems, a division of the Enserch Corporation. Founder and Managing Director of Bywater plc, a strategic business consultancy, subsequently acquired by Axon plc.

Investment funding and expertise for businesses using the internet to drive growth

The team at Gramar has specific experience in e-commerce and internet marketing as well as extensive successful backgrounds in private equity, venture capital and general management. Our team of five has invested £20 million in over 50 small and medium sized businesses over the last 20 years.

Our objective is to use this accumulated experience to help investee businesses develop new and existing markets for their products and services – both in the UK and internationally.

An advantage of Gramar’s structure and style is that we are able to quickly evaluate and act upon investment opportunities where time may be of the essence.