Portfolio

Companies built for customers to remember.

kgb focuses on consumer brands, financial services, telecom/technology, and services where customer delight and operating discipline can change the category. For founders and operators building in consumer markets, kgb's brand holding company page is for founders and owners who want a patient long-term home for a brand, not a short-term financial shuffle. The consumer product investors page is for product-led companies comparing partners across product experience, retail execution, and brand memory. The consumer goods investors page is for founders comparing investor fit across physical product reality, channels, repeat purchase, and brand memory. The consumer services private equity page is for service-led companies comparing partners across trust, support quality, and operating consistency. The CPG private equity page is for packaged-goods companies comparing capital partners across brand memory, retail execution, and repeat purchase. The CPG private equity firms page is for founders building a shortlist of partners who understand brand memory, retail reality, and repeat choice. The CPG investors page is for packaged-goods companies comparing capital partners across retail execution, repeat purchase, and brand memory. The consumer retail private equity page is for companies comparing capital partners across customer experience, channels, and brand memory. The consumer brand investment and brand building investment approaches show how that experience turns into support. The long-term capital for consumer brands page is for founders who need patient ownership, not just faster spend. The growth capital for consumer brands page is the clearest path for founders looking for patient capital to scale demand, while the consumer products private equity page is the direct path for companies comparing capital partners. The private equity firms for consumer products page helps founders build a sharper partner shortlist around product experience, customer memory, and repeat purchase. The consumer private equity firms page helps founders compare what kind of partner belongs on the shortlist. The consumer focused private equity firms page is for founders who want a specialist perspective, not just a source of capital. The consumer growth equity firms page is for founders weighing growth partners, not just capital sources. The consumer venture capital firms page helps founders compare VC-style partners without losing sight of patient capital, brand memory, and operating fit. The consumer products venture capital page is for product-led founders weighing capital against product experience, channel execution, and repeat purchase. The consumer goods venture capital page is for founders weighing venture-style capital against product reality, channel fit, and repeat customer choice. The consumer brand investors page is for brand-led companies comparing investor fit through memory, trust, operating quality, and patient growth. The consumer goods private equity page is for companies comparing partners that understand brand memory, trust, and execution. The consumer goods private equity firms page is for owners building a shortlist around product reality, retail or channel execution, and repeat customer choice. The consumer private equity page covers the broader consumer-company fit. The private equity for consumer brands page is built for brand-led companies evaluating patient capital.

Financial Services

118 118 Money

Start-up Funding / Growth Capital Investment

Built on the success of 118 118, 118 118 Money used deep data analytics and machine learning to build an unsecured loan and credit card portfolio in the United Kingdom. Its credit card and loan products did not charge late fees, over-limit fees, or any fees at all.

Transparent pricing: Never get Surprised.

Services

Conduit Global

Follow-on Acquisition

Conduit Global provides Call Center as a Service infrastructure and agent support to clients. It has supported other portfolio companies as well as a long-term roster of clients.

Mission-critical support at scale.

Consumer Brands

118 118

Start-up Funding / Growth Capital Investment

Founded in 2002 and launched publicly in March 2003, 118 118 was crowned market leader by the Financial Times in August 2003 with a 70% market share in the newly deregulated UK directory enquiries market.

Over 95% awareness and named a UK Superbrand in 2005.View 118 118 TV ads

Consumer Brands

118 218

Start-up Funding / Growth Capital Investment

Launched in France in 2005 to take on France Telecom, 118 218 became the market leader after a regulatory fight removed the 118 118 number advantage.

A nationally known and loved brand in a necessary category.View 118 218 TV ads

Consumer Brand

1818

Acquisition

The leading directory enquiries service in Switzerland. kgb purchased the business and joined with its founder prior to deregulation, then captured 50% of the market.

A simple, memorable brand built for everyday connection.

Telecom / Technology

Dispo

Growth Capital

Launched in France in 2018, Dispo provides an appointment scheduling service for doctors throughout France.

Modern convenience, on demand.