We focus on supporting founder-entrepreneurs, their teams, and their cultures. We share their vision and commitment to growing bigger, better businesses, helping to create a legacy that lasts. We are very thoughtful about the long-term trends that underpin the businesses that we invest in. Some call this “thematic investing”. When a business is aligned with one of these trends, we move quickly and with conviction. We team up with founders and entrepreneurs that lead established, growing businesses where there is the opportunity for us to invest between £10m to £60m equity in each partnership.
Seebo helps customers unlock the full potential of their production lines. Seebo Process-Based Artificial Intelligence empowers manufacturing teams to achieve global process optimization across multiple, conflicting objectives – from improving quality, throughput, and yield, to reducing waste and scrap, cutting energy costs, and lowering emissions.
Our expert lawyers are located nationwide and work with a central support team based in our head office in Guildford. Because we use technology to enable our lawyers to work flexibly – in many cases from their homes or clients’ offices – we are able to keep overheads low and pass on those savings to our clients.
Universally Speaking is a pre-eminent, end-to-end, game services provider for the global gaming market. Gaming is our passion and our primary focus. We are multi-award-winning in Localisation and Quality Assurance, working across all time zones. We work closely with our clients and pride ourselves on our ability to become an extension of their internal teams. With over fifteen years of experience working within the games industry as sector-specific specialists, Universally Speaking is one of the industry’s most trusted game service providers. We are recommended by the industry, for the industry.
Spy Alarms is a UK provider of electronic security and fire services. The company offer hassle-free installation, repair and maintenance for CCTV, fire and burglar alarm systems.
Redington offers a comprehensive suite of outcome-oriented advice, research, and technology to some of the largest pension funds, wealth managers, and institutional investors.
1000heads combines expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology, and creativity to help the world's best businesses build Social Age brands. It provides a fully integrated, end-to-end Social Transformation™ proposition to blue-chip clients encompassing data & analytics, strategy, and implementation.
Mobius Life is an authorised unit-linked UK life insurance company. We are an independently owned business committed to helping UK institutional pension schemes and asset managers implement their investment strategies, and meet their investment objectives. We offer clients access to an investment platform operating within a life company structure, supported by a wide range of investment services. Uniquely, we do not represent proprietary funds and therefore avoid conflicts of interest associated with proprietary fund providers. Our services include investment administration, creation of blended and white-labelled funds, trigger monitoring, transition management and pension scheme reporting. Working closely with our clients, we create tailored investment solutions to fit their unique requirements. Trustees of UK pension schemes choose our investment platform to consolidate their assets, and access a broad range of funds in a highly governed structure. Consultants and advisers use our investment platform to focus on investment advice rather than implementation issues. Asset managers utilise our life company licence to create tax-efficient life-wrapped funds, which are attractive to UK pension schemes. Life insurance companies employ our investment administration services to reduce their operational and governance overheads.
Nexus Vehicle Rental is a vehicle rental management provider that specializes in serving various industries, including construction, logistics, public sector, retail, utilities, and waste. The company offers access to over 500,000 vehicles through its advanced online booking and rental management system, known as IRIS. This platform connects corporate customers with vehicle rental companies, automating and streamlining the procurement process. Nexus ensures timely delivery, with vehicles available within two hours of booking, allowing clients to source any vehicle at any location across the UK.
Capital Economics is one of the independent economic research companies in the world. We provide country and regional research on the US, Canada, UK, Western Europe, Japan, China, India, Latin America, Emerging Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Emerging Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It provide overview services covering the global economy and financial markets, and have dedicated services providing research on commodities and on the property sector.
Sygnature Discovery is an independent provider of integrated drug discovery resource and expertise. It undertakes hit identification, hit-to-lead and lead optimization projects, and complete drug discovery programs. Core capabilities include medicinal chemistry, in vitro bioscience, computational sciences and informatics, DMPK/physical sciences, and project management. Sygnature operates from state of the art facilities in Nottingham and employs over 200 staff, most of whom are PhD scientists.
Global Freight Solutions is a technology platform that connects over 300 e-commerce businesses with parcel carriers. Global Freight Solutions Ltd (GFS) is the UK’s premier enterprise carrier management company. We offer a suite of delivery solutions for retail and B2B shippers. Our extensive range of products and services combined with the consultative expertise of our staff, deliver solutions to keep our customers at the cutting edge of delivery. GFS gives you choice, flexibility and contingency with the ease of use of one supplier. We take away the headache of managing multiple carriers and we make life easier for everyone in your business impacted by delivery. GFS specialises in multi & omni-channel delivery solutions. Our low cost, market-leading software, proactive customer care & competitive buy rates, combine to enable GFS’s three divisions – Parcels, Logistics and Technology – to provide premium, bespoke, scalable solutions that save clients time and money at every stage of their growth. If you're a retailer or a B2B shipper, despatching parcels in the UK and abroad, you can access over 1,000 delivery services through a single integration with GFS.
Travel Chapter specialises in providing quality accommodation all across the travel sector. The Travel Chapter Group is a technology driven travel business that is supported by a team of industry experts. Their headquarters are in Devon in the UK and our leading brand holidaycottages.co.uk specialises in holidays across England, Scotland, and Wales. Their goal is to continue growing The Travel Chapter Group, creating more exciting brands and continuing to offer the best service for their customers.
Bridge Leisure Management Ltd was formed in 2008 to provide professional management support and consultancy for the caravan holiday park industry. Their team of experts has many years of experience managing high profile holiday parks. Clients include independent holiday park owners, large operator groups, investors and corporate administrators. They have worked with well known names including Pontins, KPMG, Deloittes and Barclays.
Just Childcare operates a group of day nurseries providing outstanding care to children. It also conducts outdoor games, as well as offers homemade meals. The company offers activities from swimming to outdoor activities and games and from foreign language teaching to camping activities, enable the children to a safe and positive environment. With combined over 65 years’ experience within the childcare and education sector, the founders aim to expand the business utilizing substantial finance raised with Phoenix Equity Partners. Just Childcare provides extensive professional development opportunities and a fantastic apprenticeship scheme. They also offer reliable, quality, and friendly service to parents and safe, caring, fun, secure, and educational experiences for all their children. Just Childcare was founded in 2004 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Key Retirement Solutions is one of the UK’s first equity release advisory services. Key Retirement Solutions are also continuing to develop and grow strong partnership relationships to help bring the range of services and products offered by the group to a wider audience.
The gym group offers flexible, low cost, no-contract gym memberships across the UK. All of our sites have easy access to car parking or are close to major transport hubs. Our gyms are bright and spacious with high quality showers and changing facilities and a wide variety of gym equipment.
CloserStill Media - often described as the fastest-growing business media company in the UK - specializes in high-value, content-driven events and the nurturing of B2B or professional communities. The company operates chiefly in the healthcare and technology markets. CloserStill's portfolio includes some of the UK's fastest-growing and often award-winning events including Learning Technologies. Cloud Expo Europe. The Pharmacy Show and The London Vet Show.
Signum Technology is a manufacturer of safety critical flow control products for the energy sector. The company has three divisions: Gall Thomson supplies marine breakaway couplings which act as safety valves during transfer of crude oil through flexible hoses; KLAW LNG supplies emergency release systems for the safe transfer of cryogenic liquefied natural gas, either ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore; and KLAW Products provides a range of smaller-bore couplings for energy and industrial applications. Following Phoenix’s investment in 2012, there has been a focus on operational improvement, on investing in new manufacturing capacity, on building out the management team, and on investing in new product development to drive organic growth.
GNS, the maritime solutions company, supports more than 12,000 commercial shipping vessels and super yachts around the world. They use data intelligence to help their customers enhance safety, improve efficiency and reduce costs. Through their comprehensive suite of products and services, they deliver a broad range of solutions for real-time navigation, navigation management, voyage optimisation, regulatory compliance, ship-to-shore communications and cyber security.
Porthaven is a small, independent, care home company building and operating market leading care homes which are run professionally, responsibly and most importantly, with integrity and care.
Edif Group is a independent provider of technical solutions to Industrial markets worldwide. Edif adds value for its customers by helping improve the quality, safety and reliability of critical assets and infrastructure. Edif provides a range of inspection, testing and consultancy services. From vendor inspection and expediting to asset integrity consultancy, capability assurance and power engineering, Edif supports clients across the lifecycle of their equipment and assets. With a network of more than 20 offices internationally, over 400 full time staff and a network of associates in excess of 2500, Edif is able to undertake projects on a global scale.
Andrew Page Limited is a distributor of quality vehicle components, workshop equipment, tools and diagnostics, our aim is to ensure our customer's have complete satisfaction from the full service we provide. With currently 102 branches and rapidly expanding, Andrew Page remains to this day, one of the UK's most successful motor factors.
Precise is a business information group. We provide media monitoring, analysis, brand services and software applications to PR, communications, media and marketing professionals
ASCO Group provides supply chain management services to the oil and gas sector and other related industries. It offers integrated supply base management services; materials management services; marine services, such as marine technical, marine control/monitoring, ship and port agency, and vessel sharing; co-mingled fuel storage services; oil and gas industry waste management services; transportation and distribution services comprising road transport, freight forwarding, and heli-freight; and technical services, including lifting, recruitment, and customs compliance and consultancy. ASCO Group also provides oil, property, safety training services; and software solutions. It primarily operates in the United Kingdom, Norwegian sectors of the North Sea, Trinidad, Canada, and Australia. ASCO Group began operation in 1967. It has its headquarters in Aberdeen in the the United Kingdom.
Gaucho offers fine dining with an emphasis on authentic, high quality Argentinian steak and operates 14 restaurants in the UK and 3 international sites in Buenos Aires, Dubai and Hong Kong.
Acorn Care and Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education, foster care and residential care for vulnerable and hard to reach children.
Palletways is Europe’s largest provider of express palletised distribution services. With our strategically positioned network of depots and hub operations, we’re unrivalled in our ability to connect your business to the whole of Europe.
Vivid is a independent branded toys and games companies, licensing, designing, manufacturing and selling a combination of in-house developed toy and games IP and third party intellectual property licenses to major retailers in the UK, France, Germany, Benelux and US markets including Tesco, Argos, Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Toys“R”Us, Smyths, The Entertainer and Amazon.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited is a company in the industry, with assets of $10.2 billion at the year ended December 31, 2013 and over 900 employees in eight countries. Founded in 2002, Aspen has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2003 (NYSE:AHL).
We are the world’s largest Car Wash company and every year we wash over 34 million cars in 13 countries. Since we began we have washed over 800m cars throughout the world. We offer a consistent quality car wash at great value for money at over 836 locations around the world. In the UK we trade as ARC and IMO in the rest of the world. IMO Car Wash Group is the largest dedicated car wash company in the world and was founded in Germany in 1965. The group has expanded to include over 330 sites in Germany, 300 in the UK and over 300 sites throughout the rest of Europe and Australia. The IMO experience offers quality, speed and value for money through a unique conveyor wash system which can wash up to 4 cars at a time, with guaranteed results every car
Jimmy Choo is a 21st century luxury accessories brand, with shoes at its heart, offering an empowered sense of glamour and a playfully daring spirit. The brand traces its roots to a bespoke shoemaker named Jimmy Choo, based in the East End of London in the early 1990s, who catered to the global jet set, including Princess Diana. The Jimmy Choo company was founded in 1996, with Mr Choo’s niece, Sandra Choi, who had been heading up design in the East End atelier, coming on board as Creative Director, a position she holds to this day. Mr Choo departed the company in 2001. The sexy cut, fashionable design, and exceptional Italian craftsmanship struck a chord with a sophisticated clientele, and the first collection enjoyed immediate success. With a goal of creating a global luxury business, Jimmy Choo attracted outside investment and the company embarked on a significant expansion across product categories, channels and geographies. A pioneer in the art of celebrity dressing, Jimmy Choo was among the first to bring shoes and handbags to Hollywood where the red carpet proved to be the ideal runway for the brand. Today, Jimmy Choo can be seen on style icons from celebrities to royalty, musicians to heads of state. The brand’s reputation as a celebrity favourite helped to fuel its rapid expansion. Its iconography was further defined by the bold and dramatic advertising portraying glamorous but strong women in towering heels and luxurious handbags, captured by photographers such as Mario Testino, Inez and Vinoodh, Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel and Terry Richardson. Retail development has been integral to the company’s strategy. The first Jimmy Choo store was opened in 1996 on Motcomb Street in London, complementing a distribution in some of the most prestigious multi-brand stores in the world. Two years later, the company expanded to the US, opening two stores in New York City and Beverly Hills. International expansion continued with Jimmy Choo securing locations in the premiere luxury shopping destinations of the world’s most prestigious cities including Sloane Street and Bond Street in London, Avenue Montaigne in Paris, Via Condotti in Rome, Madison Avenue in New York, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and Ginza in Tokyo. Today, Jimmy Choo encompasses a complete luxury accessories brand. Women’s shoes remain the core of the product offer, alongside handbags, small leather goods, scarves, sunglasses, eyewear, belts, fragrance and men’s shoes. Pierre Denis was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July 2012 and the creative direction is overseen by Sandra Choi. Together, they share a vision to create one of the world’s most treasured luxury brands. Jimmy Choo has a store network encompassing 167 stores in 35 countries and is present in the most prestigious department and specialty stores worldwide. In October 2014 Jimmy Choo PLC was publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange with the ticker CHOO.
Mill House Inns
Acquisition in 2000
Mill House Inns owned and operated more than 50 high quality managed pubs in the UK. The majority of pubs were wholly-owned, located in commercially attractive areas.
THE COMPANY HAS RELAUNCHED AS STREAMSEARCH LIVE StreamSearch, patent pending, reinvents itself and sets out to create a new media platform leveraging live internet video transmissions. We intend to help define this infant industry. Founded in 1999, funded with $32 Million, now relaunched with the best of the old, an optimized new and a dash of futuristic. Many of the original team members, who went off to run ventures of their own, have rejoined the company in its rejuvenated mission. We have also set out to put the .LIVE extension on the map as the .com’s have become stagnant. “If It Moves, It’s .LIVE,” is our intention. LIVE has just begun and StreamSearch is uniquely positioned to be a dominant player in the space. Founded in 1999, StreamSearch established itself as, The Remote Control of the Web: the Internet’s most comprehensive source for audio and video. The Company had millions of LICENSED streaming and downloadable files in every category including entertainment, news, sports, music, movies and more, thereby creating a search engine for audio and video. It produced the Blair Witch 2 and Mission Impossible 2 online movie launches and so much more. The company had raised $32M from Rare Medium Group, Brentwood Venture Capital, Advantage Capital, SAC, Putnam, The McClatchy Company, Gannett Company, and Thomas Weisel Partners. It was headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. The company grew to 250 employees and a $100M valuation. We became known for producing the first ever Film and Music Festival on the Net with the awards ceremony at the Playboy Mansion. This led to us producing the Sundance Film Festival online. “This Rudy “Never Quit” on his vision, that now has been updated to LIVE. We are beginning to assemble exactly the team to be a dominant player in the space. Exciting times!” Stay tuned! Rob Shambro
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