About Rigby Group

Rigby Group plc is the parent company for a portfolio of family-owned and highly successful businesses operating across Europe and the Middle East. Diversifying from its origins as a principally technology-led business, Rigby Group plc has evolved over the past 50 years - through smart, strategic acquisitions - into a £3.9bn British success story with over 8,500 employees. Rigby Group comprises six key divisions: Technology (SCC – Europe’s largest independent IT services business), Airports (Regional & City Airports, Norwich Airport, Exeter Airport, Coventry Airport and XLR Executive Jet Centres), Hotels (the Eden Hotel Collection), Real Estate (Rigby & Rigby superprime property development, Rigby Group Real Estate and Imperial Park, Coventry), Aviation (British International Helicopters and Capital Air Ambulance), and Finance (Rigby Private Equity, Rigby Investments and Rigby Capital). Rigby Group is a values-led business built around five core principles: foresight, hard work and enabling others. The mission of Rigby Group is to balance sustainability and profit in the pursuit of technological innovation, and to deliver long-term benefits for our stakeholders and communities. Everything we do is founded on the belief that cutting-edge innovation, traditional values, and vigorous philanthropy can be harnessed to create a sustainable future – financial, social, environmental and governance. Rigby Group is today Europe’s largest private investor in technology. It is also one of the top ten wholly family-owned second generation businesses in the UK and in the top 500 globally. Our Group values underpin our work: foresight, hard work and enabling others. The Rigby Foundation embodies the family’s determination to contribute to the communities of which they are a part, and Rigby Group currently pledges £2m per annum to the Foundation to support worthy causes.

Investment Details

Investment Range
Not specified
Investment Stage
Various stages
Industry Focus
AI/ML, Climate, Consumer (+5 more)
Investor Type
Corporate Venture Capital, Family Investment Office

Investment Focus

Focus Areas
AI/ML Climate Consumer Finance Fintech +5 more