Hugh Costello

Director of Investments at

Livingbridge EP LLP

Finance

Consumer Services

Profile

Hugh Costello is currently an Investment Director at Livingbridge EP LLP.
He is also a Principal at Business Growth Fund Ltd since 2017 and a Partner at Agathos Management LLP since 2022.
Previously, he worked as an Investment Manager at Octopus Investments Ltd from 2011 to 2013.
Mr. Costello has a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge and an undergraduate degree from the University of St. Andrews.

Hugh Costello active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Livingbridge EP LLP Livingbridge EP LLP Investment ManagersFinance Livingbridge invests in companies located across the globe primarily in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of consumer, healthcare & education, technology and services sectors. It participates in buyouts, MBOs, MBIs, secondary buyouts and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from GBP 15 - 300 million. The firm makes minority and majority investments.	Director of Investments	2015-08-31
Business Growth Fund Ltd Business Growth Fund Ltd Investment ManagersFinance Business Growth Fund Invests in companies located in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of acquisitions, internationalisation, technology, data and AI sectors. It provides financing for growth and early stage capital requirement with an investment size of GBP 3 - 30 million. It act as a minority investor and makes follow-on investments.	Private Equity Investor	2016-12-31
Agathos Management LLP Agathos Management LLP Investment ManagersFinance Agathos invests in small market companies located in the United Kingdom with a turnover of up to GBP 100 million and an enterprise value of GBP 10 - 25 million. It participates in buyout and growth-stage capital transactions with an investment size of GBP 3-10 million. It focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries.	Private Equity Investor	2020-12-31

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Former positions of Hugh Costello

Companies	Position	End
Octopus Investments Ltd. Octopus Investments Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Octopus Investments aims to achieve capital growth by investing in diversified portfolio quality smaller UK companies. They believe that the smaller end of the market is becoming increasingly inefficient and seek to identify fast-growing companies at attractive valuations which have the potential to offer investors substantial upside. The firm supports their institutional investors to meet their investment mandates on behalf of their end investors, across five specialist asset classes: renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, real estate, healthcare and venture capital.	Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income	2013-04-10

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University of Cambridge University of Cambridge Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Octopus Investments Ltd. Octopus Investments Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Octopus Investments aims to achieve capital growth by investing in diversified portfolio quality smaller UK companies. They believe that the smaller end of the market is becoming increasingly inefficient and seek to identify fast-growing companies at attractive valuations which have the potential to offer investors substantial upside. The firm supports their institutional investors to meet their investment mandates on behalf of their end investors, across five specialist asset classes: renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure, real estate, healthcare and venture capital.	Finance
Livingbridge EP LLP Livingbridge EP LLP Investment ManagersFinance Livingbridge invests in companies located across the globe primarily in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of consumer, healthcare & education, technology and services sectors. It participates in buyouts, MBOs, MBIs, secondary buyouts and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from GBP 15 - 300 million. The firm makes minority and majority investments.	Finance
University of St. Andrews University of St. Andrews Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Business Growth Fund Ltd Business Growth Fund Ltd Investment ManagersFinance Business Growth Fund Invests in companies located in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of acquisitions, internationalisation, technology, data and AI sectors. It provides financing for growth and early stage capital requirement with an investment size of GBP 3 - 30 million. It act as a minority investor and makes follow-on investments.	Finance
Agathos Management LLP Agathos Management LLP Investment ManagersFinance Agathos invests in small market companies located in the United Kingdom with a turnover of up to GBP 100 million and an enterprise value of GBP 10 - 25 million. It participates in buyout and growth-stage capital transactions with an investment size of GBP 3-10 million. It focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries.	Finance