Proactive - Gresham House Ventures

Investor media services to mid- and small-cap listed companies

Proactive delivers up-to-the-minute multimedia news, commentary and analysis on hundreds of small-cap listed companies and pre-IPO businesses across the globe, 24/7. The team also organises investor conferences, delivers websites and website tools for listed companies, and compiles sell-side research.

Investment rationale

We invested £3.3m of development capital, backing Proactive to take its services into the US, which is the largest global market with over 7,500 addressable customers and an active retail investor base.

Shortly after receiving our funding, Proactive opened its US office in Midtown New York. The capital is also helping the company expand in other international markets including Australia and Canada and to further promote its recently launched investor tools and sell-side research offer to customers in the UK

Investment team

Bob Henry

Portfolio Director

Bob’s focus is on maximising the potential of a number of portfolio companies. Historically he has specialized in construction, food manufacturing and sports equipment

I have the privilege of working with some exceptional teams in businesses with real potential and continue to learn from them.

Bob joined as part of our acquisition of the Mobeus VCT contracts. He joined the Mobeus VCT team in 1998 and was one of the Partners when they completed a management buyout from the Matrix Group in 2012.

Bob was previously at HSBC where he was Head of HSBC Ventures and prior to that spent time at County Bank.

He holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies.

Outside work Bob enjoys long-distance walking, travel, gardening, modern literature, theatre, good restaurants and family time.