Active Partners

Active Partners Investments LLP is a London-based private equity and venture capital firm established in 2003. The firm specializes in direct investments across various stages, including early, mid, and late venture capital, as well as buyouts and growth financing. It primarily targets the consumer and leisure sectors, focusing on areas such as food, retail, hospitality, health and beauty, travel, and media. Active Partners typically invests in companies with an enterprise value between £3 million and £35 million, with a preference for those under £10 million. The firm aims to take a controlling stake or a significant minority position in its portfolio companies and seeks to exit investments within three to five years. While it primarily focuses on opportunities within the United Kingdom, it also considers selective investments outside the region.

Janice Cargo

Partner

Gavyn Davies

Co-Founder & Partner

Nick Evans

Managing Partner

Amna Hameed

Associate

Tracy Jones

CFO

Daniel Linegar

Principal

Jason Mahendran

Partner

Thomas Profumo

Partner

William Sheane

Investor

Spencer Skinner

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Roger Swift

Financial Director

Summa Wu

Associate

19 past transactions

Taylor & Hart

Venture Round in 2023
Taylor & Hart Limited, based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in diamond engagement rings, wedding rings, and custom jewelry, with a commitment to providing ethically sourced, GIA graded diamonds. Founded in 2011, the company has garnered recognition for its mission to help individuals express their emotions through personalized engagement rings. It offers an extensive selection of over 100,000 diamonds and has transacted over $2 million in sales within the past year. Taylor & Hart has received accolades such as "Best New Jeweler" in 2014 and has been featured in prominent publications like the Telegraph and Forbes. The company operates online and ships its products globally, ensuring accessibility for customers worldwide. It has also successfully raised over $500,000 through crowdfunding initiatives and maintains a high customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10 based on over 120 reviews. A distinctive feature of their rings is a pink diamond set on the inside, which serves as the brand's trademark.

Finisterre

Equity Crowdfunding in 2022
Finisterre UK Ltd. is a company that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of clothing and accessories tailored for cold water surfers and outdoor enthusiasts. Founded in 2002 by Tom Kay, the company is based in St Agnes, United Kingdom, and operates retail locations in London, Falmouth, and Braunton. Finisterre's product offerings include outerwear, merino wool base layers, knitwear, sweats and hoodies, trousers, t-shirts, dresses, and various accessories such as hats and socks. The company emphasizes sustainability in its designs, providing items that are suitable for cold climatic conditions, including waterproof suits and insulated jackets. Finisterre markets its products through physical stores and an online platform, catering to both men and women who seek functional and stylish apparel for their outdoor activities.

TALA

Seed Round in 2022
TALA is the brand you always knew you wanted but could never quite find - sustainable activewear and athleisure styles at competitive prices without the need to compromise on high-performance designs and flattering fits. they are here to disrupt the industry and demand change with wardrobe staples and on-trend pieces, making conscious shopping choices easier for everyone.

Subdial Watches

Seed Round in 2021
Subdial is a tech company that predicts market prices better than anyone else.

Vinterior

Series A in 2021
Vinterior Group Ltd operates an online marketplace specializing in vintage and antique furniture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company connects professional furniture sellers with buyers seeking unique design pieces. Its diverse product range includes storage solutions, tables, seating, and lighting, featuring styles such as mid-century, art deco, retro, modern Scandinavian, shabby chic, Bauhaus, industrial, boho, rustic, and various antiques from British, French, Italian, and Chinese origins. Vinterior aims to provide a platform for discovering and sourcing distinctive vintage furniture, catering to a growing demand for unique and sustainable interior design options.

TravelLocal

Series A in 2021
Local Knowledge, Better Holidays - We connect our customers with trusted, handpicked, in-country travel experts worldwide, who know the destination better than anymore. Providing the benefits of human expertise and the convenience of online booking, with full financial protection (ATOL and ABTA). We have taken bookings from clients in over 40 origin countries and to date offer 50+ destinations.

Piglet

Venture Round in 2021
Piglet is a direct-to-consumer homeware brand behind a range of high-quality and low-maintenance linen products and other soft home goods.

Taylor & Hart

Series A in 2019
Taylor & Hart Limited, based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in diamond engagement rings, wedding rings, and custom jewelry, with a commitment to providing ethically sourced, GIA graded diamonds. Founded in 2011, the company has garnered recognition for its mission to help individuals express their emotions through personalized engagement rings. It offers an extensive selection of over 100,000 diamonds and has transacted over $2 million in sales within the past year. Taylor & Hart has received accolades such as "Best New Jeweler" in 2014 and has been featured in prominent publications like the Telegraph and Forbes. The company operates online and ships its products globally, ensuring accessibility for customers worldwide. It has also successfully raised over $500,000 through crowdfunding initiatives and maintains a high customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10 based on over 120 reviews. A distinctive feature of their rings is a pink diamond set on the inside, which serves as the brand's trademark.

TravelLocal

Series A in 2019
Local Knowledge, Better Holidays - We connect our customers with trusted, handpicked, in-country travel experts worldwide, who know the destination better than anymore. Providing the benefits of human expertise and the convenience of online booking, with full financial protection (ATOL and ABTA). We have taken bookings from clients in over 40 origin countries and to date offer 50+ destinations.

FixMyCar

Venture Round in 2018
Who Can Fix My Car is a UK based on-line car repair and servicing marketplace. Drivers nationwide benefit from receiving quotes from local garages and are able to compare on price and real customer feedback.

Chick 'n' Sours

Venture Round in 2018
Chick 'n' Sours a whimsical menu of herb fed fried chicken, serious seasonal sides, sour cocktails, local beers & cracking soft serve ice cream creations, coupled with great tunes and loads of fun.

Context Travel

Series B in 2017
Context is a network of scholars and specialists in disciplines including archaeology, art history, cuisine, urban planning, history, environmental science, and classics who, in addition to their normal work as professors and researchers, design and lead in-depth walking seminars for small groups of intellectually curious travelers.

Rapha

Private Equity Round in 2017
Rapha is a cycling apparel company. Founded by Simon Mottram in London in 2004, Rapha launched with a month-long exhibition in East London’s Old Truman Brewery.

Cubits

Venture Round in 2017
Cubits was founded in 2014 with a goal to make crypto assets more accessible, agile, and applicable. That means opening the door to a more inclusive world of finance by building tools that empower people and businesses to use cryptocurrency in a meaningful way. The question is not whether cryptocurrency and blockchain technology will see mainstream adoption, but rather how that adoption will come to fruition. That’s where we come in. Cubits outfits the familiar environment of online banking with a full suite of commercial services and investment opportunities you can’t get from your bank. With offices in Berlin and Malta, we have 51 employees from 20 nationalities lending their expertise to our mission.

The Fold

Private Equity Round in 2015
Welcome to The Fold Limited designs, manufactures, and retails women's clothing products. The company offers dresses, tops and blouses, jersey, jumpsuit, knitwear, trousers, skirts, jackets and coats, shoes, and accessories for women under the brand THE FOLD. It also offers face masks. The company offers clothing products through retail stores and an online portal. Welcome to The Fold Limited was incorporated in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

FixMyCar

Venture Round in 2015
Who Can Fix My Car is a UK based on-line car repair and servicing marketplace. Drivers nationwide benefit from receiving quotes from local garages and are able to compare on price and real customer feedback.

Honest Burgers

Private Equity Round in 2015
Honest Burgers Ltd. operates a chain of restaurants in London. It offers food, including burgers; and drinks. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Evans Cycles

Acquisition in 2008
In 1921, the first shop of F.W. Evans Cycles opened on the Kennington Road in south east London. Trading from this site for thirty years, F.W Evans Cycles built up a strong reputation as a quality cycle shop. It became particularly well known for building its own frames and bikes, earning an award from the Cyclists Touring Club (CTC) for ‘The greatest improvement in cycle design, construction or equipment during the year 1925’. The business was purchased by Joseph Smith in the 1950s. At the time, the shop sold a range of cycles and toys, but during the seventies Joseph handed the business on to his son, Gary Smith, who developed the shop into a specialist cycle retailer. After more than 50 years of trading at Kennington Road, re-development of the site saw the store relocated to The Cut in Waterloo in 1977, where the shop continues to trade today. Indeed the latest re-incarnation of that original Waterloo Cut store recently won the Retail Week Enterprise Award for Store Design of the Year in 2013. During the 1990s, Gary worked with Mike Rice, then the Croydon store franchise owner, to reunite all the previously franchised stores under the umbrella of F.W. Evans Cycles (UK) Ltd. During this time, the Evans Cycles Mail Order catalogue was launched, enabling Evans Cycles to supply a wider range of products to a much larger audience. This major innovation required the opening of a central distribution centre, which was established in Leatherhead, Surrey. Within a few years, the growth of a new type of retailing – eCommerce - led to the Evans Cycles website also being launched.

Soho House

Private Equity Round in 2005
Soho House Limited owns and operates clubs, restaurants, cinemas, workspaces, and spas. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Soho House Limited operates as a subsidiary of SHG Acquisition (UK) Limited.
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