A New
Investing
Approach
We invest in the infrastructure of tomorrow by backing the businesses that keep Britain running today.
Our mission is simple: to close the capital gap for exceptional entrepreneurs in energy, power, data, infrastructure, and manufacturing, the sectors we call the Backbone of the UK economy.
These businesses are real, profitable, and full of potential. But they’re too often overlooked by mainstream investors focused on flashy tech or SaaS models. We take a different path.
Alderway provides flexible, aligned, and purposeful capital to help businesses scale responsibly, upgrade operations, and build enduring value.
How We Do It
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Growth Capital: to accelerate performance and capture opportunity
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Partial Liquidity: enabling founders, especially retiring business owners, to take chips off the table while staying involved in a way that works for them
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Operational Support: brand, technology, team, customer experience, finance, and governance
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True Partnership: alignment, empathy, and shared ambition
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​We’re not just investors. We’re builders, operators, and long-term partners.
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If you’re shaping the future of power, production, logistics, or the built world—we’d love to hear from you.
The Equity Gap - the Capital Blind Spot in the Real Economy
Britain’s core industries: energy, infrastructure, logistics, and manufacturing, form the backbone of national resilience. Yet too many of the businesses powering them are stuck in an investment gap: too proven for venture capital, too independent for traditional private equity.
At Alderway, we back these overlooked firms with the capital, care, and conviction they deserve. Because when the businesses that keep the country running can’t access the support they need, the whole economy feels it. We're here to close that gap region by region, deal by deal.
Partnership Capital: An Aligned Approach
Flexible Ownership
We typically take a significant equity stake, providing meaningful alignment and long-term commitment. While we are majority investors, we operate as partners - working collaboratively with existing leadership or supporting planned transitions.
Fundamentals Focused
We focus on businesses that are already profitable and cash generative, with strong underlying economics and exposure to long-term structural trends. Our mindset is price-disciplined, patient, and value-focused.
Alignment
We invest where there is clear alignment on direction, ambition, and exit path. That shared understanding creates the conditions for durable partnerships and long-term success.
Cash In
We provide the capital needed to support organic growth, operational improvement, and expansion. Our typical investment ranges from £3 million to £25 million, tailored to the scale and potential of each business.
Cash Out
We enable founders or existing shareholders to realise partial liquidity, often as part of a staged transition or succession plan - while retaining a meaningful stake in the business’s future success.
Value Creation
Our support goes beyond capital. We bring strategic input, operational expertise, and access to a trusted network - all designed to strengthen performance and accelerate growth where it matters most.
Backbone Sectors: Where Real Value is Built
Why Backbone Sectors?
At Alderway, we focus exclusively on the sectors that keep economies moving, industries that generate the vast majority of global GDP but are too often overlooked by mainstream capital. These are the real economy’s backbone: essential, enduring, and full of untapped opportunity.
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With strong margins, resilient demand, and long-term tailwinds, these sectors offer more than just defensive plays, they’re the foundation for generational businesses. Yet despite their scale and importance, they remain systematically underfunded compared to high-profile tech and software ventures. We’re here to change that.