# Howard Garland

> Howard Garland is a post-ipo debt investor at Pollen Street Capital backing Finance. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pollen Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pollen-street-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-garland/

Howard Garland is a Partner of Pollen Street Capital having re-joined the team in 2015 having left in 2012. Prior to 2012 he was a Partner in the team where he started in 2000. Howard is focused on investing in credit opportunities and financial services businesses with current responsibility for BIK and Deko as well as a number of creditinvestments including, Caledonian Finance, 3J Finance, Credit Step and Sancus. Howard was previously responsible for Banca Sistema and Arrow Global. Prior to re-joining the Pollen Street team in 2015, Howard assisted the Swedish credit institution Hoist Finance to enter the UK debt collecting and npl debt purchasing sector, supporting the acquisition of a number of UK companies and debt portfolios in both a structuring and operational role. Howard has a 1st class honours degree in Mathematics from University College London.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 100% |
| Small and Medium Businesses | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GLI Finance | GLI Finance Limited (AIM:GLIF) is a London-quoted finance business. We originate and invest in secured financing solutions for businesses, providing finance to small and medium sized companies in the US, UK and Europe. We aim to produce a stable and predictable sterling dividend and a double digit ROE, whilst at least preserving our capital value.The Company was admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc in August 2005, as T2 Income Fund Limited. Geoff Miller, now CEO of the company, joined the Board in 2009 and reshaped the business from an investment company invested in loans through a Collaterialised Loan Obligation (CLO) vehicle into a finance business in the period thereafter, through a series of corporate transactions. These transactions have given GLIF a unique range of platforms, online and offline, peer to peer and traditionally funded business.To reflect the growing importance of self-origination and the internalisation of the management of the business the Company its name to GLI Finance in 2013 and announced that the CLO investments, which were the origin of the company, are to be exited over time. | $65.5M | Post-IPO Debt | Jan 29, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Pollen Street Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Pollen Street Capital is an independent alternative investment manager, focused on investing in the financial and business services sectors

5 contacts available at Pollen Street Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian King | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-king-b201 |
| Daniel Khouri | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-khouri |
| Howard Garland | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-garland |
| Lindsey McMurray | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lindsey-mcmurray |
| Ethan Saggu | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-saggu-658f |

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## FAQ

### What does Howard Garland invest in?

Howard Garland invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Guernsey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Howard Garland last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Howard Garland closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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