Beacon Equity Partners

Bill Hewitt, Former CEO of Exari Solutions Beacon founded Anaqua, a UK-based IP software and services startup Beacon expanded Anaqua to the EU, US and Asia and Anaqua became a world leader in its field Beacon sold Anaqua to Insight Venture Partners for US$217m, which represented a 24x return on capital “I founded Anaqua with the goal of building a world leader in the IP software and services field Thanks to the dedication and hard work of the Beacon and Anaqua teams, we expanded Anaqua from the UK to the EU, the US and Asia Beacon built the sales and finance departments and led a key acquisition ” Ed Mullen, Founder and Former Executive Chairman of Anaqua (Founder of Beacon Equity Partners) Beacon has made an initial investment of US$6M in SteelEye, and led the round which included Fidelity International Strategic Ventures and Illuminate Financial Group SteelEye is an award-winning UK company that provides data-driven compliance solutions for a range of regulatory compliance obligations

“The US is 55% of the fintech market We wanted help expanding to the US, so we were very pleased when Beacon led our last round Beacon understands the challenges we face in growing our business, and they provide invaluable support ” Matt Smith, SteelEye CEO Beacon invested US$5 7M in Encompass, a UK company that transforms Financial Crime, Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Vendor (KYV) compliance Using intelligent process automation and artificial intelligence, Encompass gathers and analyses a wealth of information to dynamically build a visual picture of a company or individual in just minutes Encompass serves some of the largest banks in the world

“Beacon Equity Partners is the perfect match for Encompass, with this investment enabling us to continue our rapid growth journey whilst investing across our business to meet demand The expertise Joe and Beacon bring in growing global companies is of great benefit, particularly as we work towards formally entering the North American market in 2021 – a significant milestone for Encompass ” Wayne Johnson, Encompass CEO and co-founder Every company is the sum of its people These are the beliefs that drive our team

• Every person has a fire inside that drives him or her to achieve, to grow, and to succeed
• In some people, this fire burns so brightly that they can change the world by creating new solutions to significant problems
• By creating jobs and opportunity for people around them
• By working, and worrying, and working some more, when the path forward is far from certain
• We invest in these entrepreneurs and salute their efforts, because we believe that new businesses are the backbone of the western economy
• Anyone—from any walk of life and without regard to race, color, sexual orientation or creed—can succeed
• And we invest based on that belief
• We invest not just to make a profit, but also to make our world a better place today and for future generations