Posted on June 24, 2010 by Talya

What a buzz in our offices today,

ISIS Equity Partners  investing funds from the Baronsmead VCTs, has completed a £4 million investment in GettingPersonal.co.uk Limited

GettingPersonal.co.uk was established in November 2005 by John Smith and Giles Harridge with just one product, a personalised calendar and now we sell over 4,000 items ranging from personalised cards, notebooks, mugs and chocolate to non-personalised items for general gifting.

We have developed a cult following online and the unique nature of our business has attracted significant media interest, we’ve been featured eight times on ITV1’s This Morning and also ranked 12th in the 2009 Sunday Times Virgin FastTrack 100.

Commenting on the deal, co-founder and joint managing director, John Smith said:  “The business has grown rapidly over the past five years and we still believe there is further scope for expansion in both product portfolio and our marketing capability. ISIS clearly has a firm understanding of the online retail space and we are very excited about working with them as GettingPersonal.co.uk enters the next phase of its development.”

David Cowan, who led the transaction on behalf of ISIS said: “John and Giles are exactly the sort of dynamic, forward thinking entrepreneurs that we love working with.  They have taken a very simple concept and turned it in to a multi-million pound business in a very short space of time and, having worked successfully with many other leading e-tailers, we hope to be able to help management at GetttingPersonal.co.uk with the next stage of its journey.”

So all this means is we will be able to offer an even wider range of gifts and an even higher standard of service then ever before….watch this space