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Your Success, Without Compromise
Transparent,
Open, and Aligned
Founded by seasoned ICT business sales experts and business owners, Venture Corporate Finance was created to put your success front and centre with a clear, honest process — no smoke and mirrors.
Your business isn’t just another sale. It represents decades of hard work, and you deserve to be rewarded fairly. But selling can be complex and draining — we know because we’ve been in your shoes.
Revolutionising
Business Sales
We identified a gap: market success rates, completion times, and client satisfaction weren’t where they should be. So we set out to fix that by sharing the risk with you. If you’re not happy, neither are we.
With 13 transactions completed in the past two years alone, totalling £80m, our expertise, knowledge, and network help find the ideal buyer for your business.
If you want a true win-win, with no fees until you’re 100% happy with the deal, this is the venture for you.
Meet the team
Executive Team
Tim Poultney
Non-Executive Director
Tim was once the CEO at Veber, with over 18 years of experience in IT and hosting. Veber – a dedicated, customer focused hosting service provider – was sold to Acora in 2020.
Chris Jones
Non-Executive Director
Chris brings with him over 30 years’ experience in the UK TMT sector having acted at C-suite level for a host of notable businesses in telco and IT.
Gary Smith
Managing Director
Bringing 15 years of corporate finance experience with him to Venture Corporate Finance, Gary had one vision: to create a firm that’s fairer to ICT entrepreneurs.
Transactional Team
Stephen Taylor
Transaction Manager IT/Telecom
Stephen Taylor comes with a proven track record in the TMT sector. His excellent pedigree is highlighted by recent successes of completed transactions in the last 9 months in the IT and telecoms sectors.
Tom Griffiths
Transaction Specialist – General
Tom has over 8 years’ experience in finance, having worked in banking and asset management at JPMorgan. At JPMorgan he worked with the largest asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies in the world.
Jack Chiappe
Associate
Jack has several years’ experience in M&A having worked at a number of boutique advisory firms, both tech-specific and sector agnostic.
Relationship Team
John Patefield
Senior Advisor – IT/Telecom
Responsible for relationship management, John is able to quickly identify opportunities to support owners looking to grow or exit their businesses.
Tony Reddick
Senior M&A Advisor
Tony Reddick joins our team as a senior M&A advisor. He has over a decade of experience in the IT and technology business sales landscape and specialises in relationship development within the industry.
Chris Roberts
Operating Partner – Debt/Equity Advisory
Corporate Finance professional with 20 years banking and finance experience, with a broad range of transactional experience from senior positions held in Leverage Finance at The Royal Bank of Scotland, Head of Transactions for a FinTech debt platform and more recently working with Corporate Finance Advisors.
Cera Perigadu
Deal Originator
Cera dedicates time and effort to understanding the unique needs and goals of those she works with, offering tailored support and guidance, and ensuring that clients’ needs are prioritised and met.
Business Analyst Team
Matt Searle
Senior Analyst
Matthew joined Venture Corporate Finance to help with deal origination and investor profiling. He has 5 years of experience helping corporate advisory firms with business development and marketing strategy.
Xi Lin
Head of Market Research
Xi is head of our business analytics and research team. She has over 15 years of analytical experience and profiling companies.
Nicoline Muller
Analyst
Operations Team
Sue Duncan
Office Manager
With over 20 years’ experience in business administration, Sue serves a central role in keeping our offices running smoothly.
Dominic Spicer
Marketing Manager
With over 8 years in Digital Marketing, Dominic brings a heap of experience and skills to the company.
Charlotte Harris
Administrator & Business Analysis Assistant
Charlotte is a dedicated and organised business administrator with a passion for streamlining operations and she possesses a strong analytical mindset.
Why work with us?
Too often, sellers bear all the risk, paying hefty fees regardless of success. That’s unfair, and that’s why we operate differently.
Over the years, we’ve refined our strategies to align perfectly with your goals. We start with a free, bespoke Transaction Readiness Report that honestly assesses your position and advises next steps.
When you’re ready, we handle everything: sourcing buyers, managing due diligence, and negotiating the best offers. Our deep ICT sector insight puts your business in the best light, no guesswork, just solid results.
By cutting 30% of the time it takes to sell solo, we let you focus on running your business while we take care of the rest.
Ready to
get started?
If you believe now is the time to sell your IT, tech or telecoms business, or you would like to begin preparing for sale with a bespoke business review, then get in touch with the team today.