London, UK – 11 November 2025 – The Global Growth Market today announced plans to launch a new international stock market designed specifically for growth companies.

Over the last twenty years, investment in UK growth companies has nearly tripled, yet the share coming from public markets has fallen from around 90% to just 2%. Worldwide, tens of thousands of later-stage private companies now generate strong revenues and rapid growth — yet remain locked out of the public markets.

“Public markets stopped working for growth companies years ago,” said Jon Prideaux, Chairman of the Global Growth Market. “We’re building a new market that brings both companies and capital back to the public markets — by offering a better deal to both.”

The Global Growth Market’s mission is to make public markets work for entrepreneurs again.

To attract investors, the Global Growth Market will only admit established companies with strong, growing revenues. Its Capital Partner Programme will cornerstone half of every company’s primary capital raise. Capital providers receive cornerstone fees, rather than pay fund management fees or carried interest — providing a compelling alternative to investing as a limited partner in a venture capital fund.

The Global Growth Market will attract companies by ensuring access to public capital, simplifying the IPO process, and easing the burdens of being a public company — allowing them to focus on building the future.

Headquartered in London, the Global Growth Market will tap into the city’s deep pool of brokers, analysts, advisers, and investors capable of floating companies valued below $5 billion. This represents London’s “sweet spot” — great businesses that often struggle to attract attention on Nasdaq. The UK’s global reach, legal certainty, and dynamic tech ecosystem make it the ideal home for a new kind of growth market.

The Global Growth Market is co-founded by Jon Prideaux, an experienced growth company entrepreneur, and Martin Graham, a former senior stock exchange executive, who serves as Chief Executive. They are supported by a highly experienced advisory board.

The £4 million seed round is being launched to fund Global Growth Market’s first year of operations — including regulatory approvals, platform development, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) licensing process. The company expects to begin trading in 2026.

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About the Global Growth Market
The Global Growth Market is a new London-based stock market designed to serve ambitious entrepreneurs building international growth companies. Its mission is to make the public markets work for entrepreneurs again by ensuring access to public capital, simplifying the IPO process, and easing the burdens of being a public company — allowing them to focus on building the future.

Global Growth Market will connect growth companies and investors through a transparent, technology-driven platform governed by English law.