other names · Added 10 October 2026
ECI Partners
Private equity group
ECI Partners is a growth focused private equity group based in the UK and the US, first established by the Bank of England in 1976.
ECI typically invests up to £200m of equity (as part of an initial transaction) in businesses valued at up to £350m across a number of subsectors, such as Cloud & Digital, Data, Financial Services, GRC, HealthTech, HR & Edtech, and Travel.
It was a founder member of both the European Venture Capital Association (now "Invest Europe") and British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association ("BVCA") in 1983 having organised its first management buyout (for Ansafone) in 1980. Early investments included Williams Holdings – owner of Chubb and Kidde – founded by Nigel Rudd and Brian McGowan, Shanks & McEwan, National Express and Bloomsbury Publishing.
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