# 3i Group

> 3i Group is a VC fund in London backing Software and Manufacturing. See 225 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 225
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 31%
- Fund size: $482M
- Last fund: Apr 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/3i-group-plc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/3iplc
- Website: http://www.3i.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3iplc/

3i Group is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Manufacturing. 3i is a British private equity group that has billions under management. For over 65 years we've invested in supporting people who start, grow, change and buy businesses; delivering significant power to the people they work with through their knowledge, experience and global network of relationships. Ultimately, we’re driven by their strongsense of values. They form close partnerships with the companies they invest in and they build strong relationships based on integrity, trust and mutual respect.3i’s ability to create value in its portfolio companies has always been underpinned by the differentiated scale of its international resources, knowledge and networks.However, they also recognise the role of specialist resource in driving superior performance. With a track record in delivering innovative value creation solutions, they have developed a highly-effective approach. Working collaboratively, their aim is simple: to give management the tools they need to build lasting capabilities and competitive advantage.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $5.2M–$47M |
| Private Equity | $30M–$587M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 35 | 16% |
| Manufacturing | 28 | 12% |
| Health Care | 25 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 22 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 19 | 8% |

196 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 46 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 40 | 18% |
| Series B | 39 | 17% |
| Series C | 35 | 16% |
| Series A | 17 | 8% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 68 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 28 | 12% |
| Germany | 17 | 8% |
| France | 16 | 7% |
| India | 4 | 2% |

20 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boris Kawohl | Partner, Private Equity | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-kawohl |
| David Stephens | Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-stephens-3 |
| George Archer | Senior Director - Banking | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-archer |
| John Thomson | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-thomson |
| Martine Verluyten | Non-Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martine-verluyten |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tivic Health | Tivic Health is a bioelectronic therapeutics company. We translate neuroscience into consumer-friendly medical devices, expanding the role of bioelectronic therapies in the healthcare ecosystem.Their first innovation, ClearUP™ Sinus Pain Relief, delivers temporary relief of sinus pain. It’s a small handheld device that’s easy to use, re-usable,and clinically proven. The company received FDA Clearance January 2, 2019 and will be shipping product in September 2019. | $18M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| Tivic Health | Tivic Health is a bioelectronic therapeutics company. We translate neuroscience into consumer-friendly medical devices, expanding the role of bioelectronic therapies in the healthcare ecosystem.Their first innovation, ClearUP™ Sinus Pain Relief, delivers temporary relief of sinus pain. It’s a small handheld device that’s easy to use, re-usable,and clinically proven. The company received FDA Clearance January 2, 2019 and will be shipping product in September 2019. | $16M | Post-IPO Debt | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| WaterWipes | Water Wipes is the world's only wipes that contains 99.9% water and a drop of grapefruit seed extract – a natural skin conditioner that keeps your baby's skin soft, supple and rash free. It moisturizes the baby's skin while providing a safe and an effective layer of goodness. | $153.1M | Private Equity | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| Constellation | Constellation provides digital and environmental transformation services. They offer cloud-based and artificial intelligence-powered information technology services to customers. | $125.2M | Private Equity | May 13, 2024 |  |
| NEoT | NEoT offers financing solutions in the fields of zero-emission mobility and clean and off-grid energy. | $64.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 23, 2024 |  |
| Blue Trail Group | Blue Interactive Group provides broadband, pay television, and telephony services through its subsidiaries. Marcelo Lacerda, Sergio Pretto, and Silvia Jesus founded it in 2008, with its headquarters in São Paulo in Brazil as a subsidiary of Claro as of December 11, 2015. | $50K | Private Equity | Dec 29, 2022 |  |
| Vakantie Discounter | Holiday Discounter (part of Elmar Reizen BV) was started in 2000 in Arnhem and has developed thanks to fully concentrate on cheap holidays. A team of staff called in the early every day the tour operators or airlines to get the best deals. And actually we still do, only now much more automated and we now operate from Amsterdam. |  | Private Equity | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| Konges Sløjd | Konges Sløjd is a creative brand that salutes the wild, varied, and perfectly imperfect life with children. Our aim is to make thoughtful and quality-conscious designs using our unique signature prints and color palette, whilst dropping in an imaginative humorous aesthetics. All clothing is soft to the touch keeping your little ones comfy and safecome rain, shine, good days, or rough nights. |  | Private Equity | Jun 20, 2022 |  |
| Digital Barriers | Digital Barriers is a world leader in edge-intelligent solutions for the global surveillance and security markets. The company is headquartered between the United Kingdom and United States, with regional operations covering Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.We provide software solutions and cloud services to manage the capture, analysisand streaming of live video, enabling actionable video intelligence to be delivered where it’s needed, when it’s needed. Our software-based solutions, supplied with highly-performant hardware where required, readily integrate with video management systems, cameras and sensors, and have been sold to flagship defence, security and law enforcement agencies in more than fifty countries around the world. We also resell through large commercial channel partners and on a licensed basis to leading technology companies and service providers.Digital Barriers established its reputation by providing integrated mission-critical surveillance and security solutions to some of the best known surveillance and security agencies in the world. We reinvented the art of the possible through the deployment of new, proprietary technology – our favorite customer references all contain the phrase “game changing”. Digital Barriers solutions are in use around the world every day keeping people safe, at the heart of national security operations and the fight against terrorism and serious and organised crime. We can deliver our software-based solutions as SDKs and licenses, on standard COTS hardware, or on bespoke hardware designed to meet the needs of the most demanding customers across defense, security and law enforcement. |  | Private Equity | Jun 16, 2022 |  |
| Digital Barriers Services | Digital Barriers is a revolutionary video technology provider that empowers individuals, organisations, and society with instant insights to make mission-critical decisions. |  | Private Equity | Jun 16, 2022 |  |

10 of 225 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scottish Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Cambridge Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-capital-group) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Flagship Pioneering](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flagship-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [NGN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngn-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 3i Group invest in?

3i Group invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Health Care startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 225 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 3i Group's check size?

3i Group typically joins rounds of $5.2M–$47M at Series B and $30M–$587M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 3i Group participates in.

### How do I contact 3i Group?

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### Who are the partners at 3i Group?

The team at 3i Group includes Boris Kawohl (Partner, Private Equity), David Stephens (Director) and George Archer (Senior Director - Banking), among 21 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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