CPI-backed investment fund launches to support high-growth UK SMEs

EverQuest Capital Partners launched today and announced its strategic partnership with CPI. Through this partnership, EverQuest Capital Partners will offer investors access to off-market opportunities and connect high-growth potential companies with CPI’s deep technical expertise, including access to cutting-edge laboratories, pilot-scale facilities, and expert guidance across multiple disciplines. 

EverQuest Capital Partners is focused on technologies and manufacturing solutions with the power to transform critical UK industries. These include healthcare innovations that relieve pressure on the NHS, advanced semiconductor technologies for future digital infrastructure, renewable energy breakthroughs to meet net zero goals, and cutting-edge automotive developments to drive the transition to green mobility. 

The launch of this fund comes at a critical time, as the UK faces growing challenges in healthcare, sustainability, and manufacturing efficiency. The shift toward a circular economy and the urgent need for greener manufacturing solutions make EverQuest Capital Partners’ focus more relevant than ever. 

With decades of experience in high-value markets such as pharmaceutical manufacturing, energy storage, HealthTech, and sustainable food production, CPI offers SMEs a unique advantage. By providing access to cutting-edge technical infrastructure and expert support, CPI helps businesses accelerate their innovations to market. 

EverQuest Capital Partners is guided by an investment team with over 30 years of experience in venture capital and innovation funding. The team brings deep industry knowledge and proven expertise in scaling high-potential businesses. 

Frank Millar, CEO at CPI, said:

“We are excited to partner with EverQuest Capital Partners in launching this unique fund, supporting their commitment to driving investment in deep-tech businesses and enabling advanced manufacturing technologies to become market-ready solutions. 

“Advanced manufacturing is proven not only to change the way we design and manufacture, making UK businesses more competitive, it can also provide solutions to industrial challenges by decarbonising industry and reducing dependence on global supply chains.

“We cannot wait to get started and provide businesses with some of the best technical expertise and innovation know-how in the UK and indeed the world.” 

Stephane Mery, Partner at EverQuest Capital Partners, said:

“Today is a hugely exciting day as we launch EverQuest Capital Partners, the first fund to focus on Deep MakeTech. Deep MakeTech is the field where advanced processes, designs and materials converge to disrupt existing markets by transforming the way things are developed and made. This is an exciting market, and many disruptive firms have come from this field in recent years, including Tesla, AMSL and Moderna. 

“We want to help companies with bright ideas realise their potential and open doors for them that will accelerate those products and processes to market. 

“We are also announcing today a unique strategic partnership with CPI. This means we aren’t just bringing financial benefit; we’re also able to give companies access to some of the best technical people in the country as well as state-of-the-art equipment to test and hone their ideas.”