Alex Garfitt

Non Executive Director at Off

Bristol, England

Overview

Alex Garfitt is an Investor at BGF in Bristol, England, with expertise in corporate finance, private equity, and financial modeling. He has made significant investments in companies like Character.com and Amdaris, and serves as a Non-Executive Director or Board Observer for multiple organizations, demonstrating strong leadership and strategic oversight in the industry. Garfitt's career highlights include investing in a variety of sectors such as fashion, retail, SMB software, data services, and IoT, and successfully supporting companies like Off-Piste Wines, Hydrock, and DevOpsGroup through private equity and seed investments.

Work Experience

BGF

Investor
2012 - Current
Investing patient equity capital into UK private and public companies. Investments include: PureCyber, Cardiff (£5m) - cybersecurity consultancy. Archus, Bristol (£9m) - healthcare infrastructure consultancy. Severn Drives & Energy, Gloucester (£4m) - supplier of power quality products to the renewable energy industry. Cornerstone, London (£10m) - diversity focused venture capital fund. Fun Brands Group, Swansea - online retailer of character clothing. UNRVLD, Cardiff (£6m) - digital marketing agency. Amdaris, Bristol (£6m) - software developer and digital transformation specialist. Off-Piste Wines, Cheltenham (£8m) - developer & global distributor of branded & private-label wines. Hydrock, Bristol - multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with 16 UK offices. Ruroc, Gloucester (£10m) - designer & global retailer of protective equipment for snowsports & motorsports. DevOpsGroup, Cardiff (£4m) - professional services company specialising in cloud engineering, consultancy & training. Prezola, Bath (£4m) - digital wedding gift list platform. Bigblu Broadband, Bicester (£15m) - global communications company specialising in the provision of rural, last mile broadband services. SLG, Cheltenham (£20m) - developer & global distributor of branded beauty products. BVG, Brecon (£10m) - multi-channel retailer of clothes, footwear and home & garden products. Trunki, Bristol (£4m) - designer, manufacturer & retailer of branded, multifunctional travel products for children. Magma Global, Portsmouth (£10m) - designer & manufacturer of high performance composite carbon fibre pipes for subsea oil & gas applications. Bullitt Group, Reading (£10m) - designer & manufacturer of licensed mobile devices (e.g. JCB and CAT phones). Primrose, Reading (£4m) - online retailer of garden products.