The Development Bank of Wales helps businesses get the capital they need to start up, strengthen and grow. There’s funding available for businesses of every shape, size and stage. If you’re eligible and ready for investment, you have lots of options. You can get loans for as little as £1,000, or equity investment up to £5m. And you can repay the money over periods of up to 10 years, giving you the time and space you need to reach your potential.Over the next five years, the Bank will invest over £400m. It will also treble the lending support available to micro-businesses employing fewer than nine people, a group that makes up 95% of the businesses in Wales. When private sector investment and the funding available to homebuyers through Help To Buy – Wales is taken into account, the Bank is aiming to have a billion-pound impact on the Welsh economy.

Finance Wales has been managing public and private SME investment funds for over 10 years.We're currently investing 7 funds in Wales (6 for businesses):The European-backed £150 million Wales JEREMIE Fund launched in 2009 The £40 million Wales SME Investment Fund backed by the Welsh Government and Barclays The £6 million Wales Micro-business Loan Fund backed by the Welsh Government The £10 million Wales Property Development Fund backed by the Welsh Government The £20 million Wales Capital Growth Fund backed by the Welsh Government The £7.5 million Wales Technology Seed Fund backed by the Welsh Government The £170 million Help to Buy - Wales Shared Equity Loan Fund backed by the Welsh Government (for house buyers only) Rob is Director of Strategy at the Finance Wales Group, leading on future fundraising and strategic planning.A public finance specialist, Rob has held a number of high profile roles at the Ministry of Defence where he was the lead accountant on the creation and sale of QinetiQ plc as well as the creation of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories.He later joined the Welsh European Finance Office as Finance and Programme Director before becoming Director of Finance for the Welsh Government’s Department for Economy Science and Transport. He has been closely involved in bidding for funds including the Wales SME Investment, Property Development and Capital Growth Funds.A fully qualified Management Accountant, Rob has also been a member of the Department for Economy Science and Transport’s investment panel for the Wales Economic Growth Fund and has also undertaken various directorship roles, including being Chair of the Cardiff Airport Holding Company.