Jonathan Harris is the
publisher and editor of Young Company Finance (
www.ycfscotland.co.uk), a subsidiary of national business angel association LINC Scotland which publishes a monthly review of early stage high growth companies in Scotland, focusing particularly on the issues of how to fund growth.
After graduating from Cambridge University, Jonathan joined Scottish shipping group The Ben Line, and after four years in Japan worked with the group offshore drilling subsidiary, eventually as director and general manager.
After leaving Ben Line Jonathan took on various roles including adviser and interim chief executive, and acquired Young Company Finance (YCF) from its founder Gavin Don in November 2000.
Since February 2011 YCF’s activities in Scotland have been operated in partnership with LINC Scotland, of which Jonathan is a director. LINC Scotland acquired Young Company Finance in March 2022.
Jonathan has carried out a range of research studies in the young company sector, including the Risk Capital Market in Scotland and Investment Benchmarking Analysis reports for Scottish Enterprise since 2009.
Jonathan
also
founded the Spinouts UK project (
www.spinoutsuk.co.uk), publishing research and news based on its extensive database of spinouts and start-up companies from universities across the UK. Spinouts UK was acquired by Beauhurst in 2018.
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