The Development Bank of Wales (branded as simply Banc; cy, Banc Datblygu Cymru) is a Welsh development bank that provides financial support for Welsh businesses and is owned by the

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. The bank provides loans for businesses to start up, strengthen and grow and also provides equity investments for already established businesses.

Services

The Group manages funds in excess of £1.4 billion and consists of the fund managers Development Bank of Wales and FW Capital, which invest in SMEs as well as Angels Invest Wales, a business angel network. The Development Bank of Wales Group can make

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, mezzanine and

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s of up to £10 million at all stages (early stage, development capital, as well as succession and acquisition) and also structures follow-on investments for its portfolio. The Group also syndicates/co-invests. Development Bank of Wales has four offices across Wales -

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

Llanelli Llanelli (" St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarth ...

and

St Asaph St Asaph (; cy, Llanelwy "church on the Elwy") is a city and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355, making it the second-smallest city in Britain in terms of population and urban ...

. In October 2017 the Development Bank of Wales was launched replacing its predecessor Finance Wales (2001 - 2017). In 2018 Economic Intelligence Wales launched as part of the Development Bank of Wales Group. A collaboration between Cardiff University, the Office of National Statistics and the Development Bank of Wales, Economic Intelligence Wales collates and analyses data to create independent, robust and reliable insight to help better understand and improve the Welsh economy.

External links

Development Bank of WalesFW CapitalAngels Invest WalesEconomic Intelligence Wales

References

{{Reflist Financial services companies of Wales Wrexham Companies based in Cardiff Banks of Wales