West Hill Capital

West Hill Capital was established to enable both institutional and private investors the opportunity to invest in pioneering UK and European businesses. Over the years, West Hill's corporate finance team have successfully advised on over £20bilion of corporate transactions, including the $1.7biilion KKR sponsored MBO of Willis and the £889million public to private acquisition of Brit Insurance.

Robert Forbes Caie

Co-Founder & Partner

Andrew Galloway

Partner and Co-Founder

Mark Hickson

Co-Founder & Partner

David Hollidge

Partner & Co-founder

Theo McDonnell

Senior Associate

William Sadler

Senior Associate

Monika Wajda

Associate Director

Edward Williams

Partner

38 past transactions

ATLANT 3D

Series A in 2022
ATLANT 3D Nanosystems is a global pioneer combining unique advanced technologies to enable atomic layer 3D printing. The company was founded in 2018 by Dr. Maksym Plakhotnyuk, Ivan Kundrata, and Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann with a vision of delivering the first-ever atomic layer 3D printing technology to reshape the future atom by atom. Our state-of-the-art atomic layer 3D printing technology is a true European creation, supported by three major European universities: Technical University of Denmark, Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences, and Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Skyline Partners

Venture Round in 2022
Powered by blockchain, smart contracts and real-time streaming data analytics, Skyline Partners model focuses on the causes of the risk and not the effects. By eliminating inefficiencies, moral hazard and expensive unknown uncertainty from the equation, this enables us to offer tailored, affordable, innovative risk solutions, currently focusing on natural hazard and weather impacts for the worlds under and uninsured.

Care Hires

Seed Round in 2022
Care Hires has developed a platform to help Care Homes across the UK with staffing requirements. With 4,053 Nursing homes and 7,103 Residential Care Homes. The Health and Social care sector employs one in ten of the working population. With over 1.34 million jobs in the adult and social care sector in England. Care Hires has developed a platform to give control back to providers and reduce their agency cost per year. It is estimated that 65% of care homes in the UK are using temporary staff to cover vacant shifts.

TestCard

Venture Round in 2022
TestCard Diagnostics Ltd, operating as TestCard.com, is a health technology company that specializes in at-home medical testing solutions. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Botham and Luke Heron, the company has developed an innovative pull-out urine test kit that integrates with a mobile application, allowing users to receive immediate results. The urinalysis system combines the precision of medical lab tests with mobile technology, enabling users to apply urine to a test strip embedded in a postcard and scan it with their smartphone to obtain clinical-grade results. TestCard's technology is designed for privacy and convenience, allowing individuals to diagnose and monitor common health conditions at home. The company has received approvals for its medical devices in 27 countries for detecting urinary tract infections and is expanding its product range to include tests for pregnancy, ovulation optimization, and diabetes management. Based in London, TestCard is at the forefront of the shift towards preventative healthcare solutions.

Instinct Digital

Venture Round in 2022
Instinct Studios is a London-based FinTech design agency that helps financial services companies deliver transformational digital change and provide better communications to support their end-customers in making clear and informed financial decisions. The company works with a range of financial services companies, including insurance, asset management, wealth management, and investment platform providers. Instinct Studios’ product portfolio includes Fund Explorer, a SaaS solution that addresses the problem of static and out-of-date information within fund factsheets; and AMID technology, a B2B2C data processing and information delivery service. The company was founded in 2005.

TracInnovations

Venture Round in 2021
TracInnovations IVS develops a surface tracking system for image based diagnosis and treatment in medical applications. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Ballerup, Denmark.

Norlase

Series B in 2021
Norlase is an emerging global ophthalmic medical device company developing next-generation laser solutions for the treatment of retina and glaucoma disease. Norlase is comprised of worldwide industry leaders and experts in ophthalmology, laser technology, medical device development and customer care.

UNIBIO A/S

Venture Round in 2021
UNIBIO A/S, based in Odense, Denmark, specializes in converting natural gas, specifically methane, into a high-concentrated protein product known as UniProtein. This protein-rich biomass serves as a direct supplement in animal feed and has applications in other industrial sectors. Founded in 2001, the company utilizes its proprietary U-Loop technology to produce UniProtein, which can effectively replace fishmeal, a traditional and increasingly scarce feed component. UNIBIO aims to lead the global protein production market by leveraging methanotrophic bacteria, focusing on both its own production and licensing its technology to international investors interested in establishing large-scale production facilities. The company is also dedicated to enhancing the U-Loop technology to further boost productivity.

Appyparking

Series B in 2021
AppyWay is on a mission to make parking a truly forgettable experience. We understand how fragmented infrastructures and stand-alone solutions cause stress and hassle for the most mundane of daily tasks, like finding and paying for a parking space. We know there’s a better way of doing things and so we’re building innovative and future-ready solutions from the bottom up, to improve the way parking is accessed and managed. Our holistic kerbside management platform provides a ‘future of mobility’ conduit between the private and public sector, ensuring standardised kerbside data can flow between local authorities and mobility operators, unlocking the barriers that hinder the adoption of intelligent mobility solutions. Armed with best-in-class data, mobility APIs and our Govtech platform, we're now on a global mission to make the kerb work for everyone, physically, socially and commercially. AppyParking was named 2018 Best Parking App by Auto Express and 2017 Best UK Start-Up by Credit Suisse and received the 2019 Smarter Travel Innovation Award from Smarter Travel. AppyParking was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in England, UK.

Onvi

Seed Round in 2021
Onvi develops and operates an enterprise-grade sales platform tailored for the hospitality industry. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, the company provides software designed to enhance sales and expand customer bases for pubs, bars, cafes, and restaurants. Its platform improves operational efficiency through smart order management, eliminating the need for costly delivery aggregator commissions. By facilitating faster table turnover and promoting upselling with targeted offers, Onvi helps increase sales and customer satisfaction. The platform features beautiful menus, seamless instant payments, tipping options, custom vouchers, and promotions, all supported by in-depth insights and reporting tools. Onvi serves both large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses, offering lower card transaction fees compared to traditional payment-only providers, thereby boosting profitability for hospitality operators.

Lilli

Seed Round in 2021
Lilli is a UK-based SaaS company that uses machine learning to revolutionize home care.

AddiFab

Series A in 2021
AddiFab ApS manufactures 3D printing machinery. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Jyllinge, Denmark.

Windar Photonics

Post in 2020
Windar Photonics A/S is a young, forward-looking spin-off company from the Risø DTU research environment. In 2005, a research scientist had a bright idea for how to make wind sensing with LIDAR better and less expensive. WINDAR is a contraction of WIND and LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). This novel LIDAR architecture was developed through collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark and Photonics. Three years later, a breakthrough came for a new system of measuring the wind accurately over long distances. With a robust private equity fund behind it, Windar Photonics first saw the light of day in 2008. Since then, a team of innovative employees has joined the company, working to make wind turbines all over the world more effective.

TestCard

Seed Round in 2020
TestCard Diagnostics Ltd, operating as TestCard.com, is a health technology company that specializes in at-home medical testing solutions. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Botham and Luke Heron, the company has developed an innovative pull-out urine test kit that integrates with a mobile application, allowing users to receive immediate results. The urinalysis system combines the precision of medical lab tests with mobile technology, enabling users to apply urine to a test strip embedded in a postcard and scan it with their smartphone to obtain clinical-grade results. TestCard's technology is designed for privacy and convenience, allowing individuals to diagnose and monitor common health conditions at home. The company has received approvals for its medical devices in 27 countries for detecting urinary tract infections and is expanding its product range to include tests for pregnancy, ovulation optimization, and diabetes management. Based in London, TestCard is at the forefront of the shift towards preventative healthcare solutions.

Norlase

Venture Round in 2020
Norlase is an emerging global ophthalmic medical device company developing next-generation laser solutions for the treatment of retina and glaucoma disease. Norlase is comprised of worldwide industry leaders and experts in ophthalmology, laser technology, medical device development and customer care.

Skyline Partners

Venture Round in 2020
Powered by blockchain, smart contracts and real-time streaming data analytics, Skyline Partners model focuses on the causes of the risk and not the effects. By eliminating inefficiencies, moral hazard and expensive unknown uncertainty from the equation, this enables us to offer tailored, affordable, innovative risk solutions, currently focusing on natural hazard and weather impacts for the worlds under and uninsured.

Canopy

Seed Round in 2020
Canopy, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, is a financial services company focused on transforming the renting experience for landlords, agents, and renters. It specializes in areas such as insurance, insurtech, proptech, and fintech, aiming to create an ecosystem that benefits all parties involved. By challenging traditional practices, Canopy designs straightforward solutions that cater to the needs of both landlords and renters. One of its notable offerings is Deposit Free™ Insurance, which replaces costly and often unnecessary cash deposits, allowing billions of pounds previously tied up in deposits in the UK to be reinvested into the economy. Through its innovative approach, Canopy seeks to enhance financial well-being and improve living conditions for individuals within the rental market.

Visionable

Series A in 2020
Provider of a video conferencing platform designed to redefine business meeting by breaking down physical and virtual barriers between people and technology. The company's video conferencing platform is a visual business platform that helps business organizations to connect and collaborate with their customers, business partners and suppliers in real-time, enabling businesses to conduct video, data and audio conferencing intuitively and infinitely.

Particle3D

Seed Round in 2020
Particle3D (P3D) is a Danish biomedical engineering company founded in 2017. The company is based on more than 3 years of research and is currently developing patient-fitted bone replacement implants from natural materials through 3D printing. The mission is to revolutionize the treatment of craniofacial patients by providing state of the art solutions that will optimize the value chain for health care professionals, the health care system and most importantly the patients. Benefits of the technology include better aesthetic and functional outcomes for the patients, faster recovery and fewer complications, less complicated surgery and higher hospital productivity. The company aims at setting new standards in craniofacial reconstruction and will play a major role in a market segment with a very interesting commercial potential.

Humio

Series B in 2020
Humio Limited is a company that develops a live observability platform designed for real-time data aggregation, exploration, reporting, and analysis from various sources. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, it also has offices in Aarhus, Denmark, and San Francisco and Seattle in the United States. Humio specializes in time-series logging and offers a platform that supports unrestricted event analysis, deployable on any infrastructure, whether cloud-based or on-premises. The platform is capable of ingesting vast volumes of log data instantly, utilizing advanced data storage and in-memory search technologies. This allows customers to achieve cost-effective log management and analysis while minimizing hardware and engineering resource requirements. Humio serves multiple industries, including higher education, financial services, government, healthcare, transportation, and technology.

Visionable

Series A in 2019
Provider of a video conferencing platform designed to redefine business meeting by breaking down physical and virtual barriers between people and technology. The company's video conferencing platform is a visual business platform that helps business organizations to connect and collaborate with their customers, business partners and suppliers in real-time, enabling businesses to conduct video, data and audio conferencing intuitively and infinitely.

Opinsta

Series A in 2019
Opinsta specialise in implementing paperless and automated frontline workflows for large enterprise organisations. Trusted by 1000’s of employees, Opinsta's mobile & cloud-based SAM solution is used to better manage people, processes and assets. SAM is designed to enhance your existing legacy systems (EAM, ERP, HR, etc) by providing an integrated, simple to use frontend that standardises data capture, improves employee adoption and automates workflows. Clients such as LNER and Bombardier use SAM to report defects, incidents, inspections, H&S, risk assessments, quality assurance and more. SAM provided them with a solution that was quick to deploy, cost-effective to scale and reliable. Opinsta also specialise in bespoke B2B mobile app development and have supported the likes of British Airways & Holland & Barrett with a specialised service from concept to reality.

UNIBIO A/S

Private Equity Round in 2019
UNIBIO A/S, based in Odense, Denmark, specializes in converting natural gas, specifically methane, into a high-concentrated protein product known as UniProtein. This protein-rich biomass serves as a direct supplement in animal feed and has applications in other industrial sectors. Founded in 2001, the company utilizes its proprietary U-Loop technology to produce UniProtein, which can effectively replace fishmeal, a traditional and increasingly scarce feed component. UNIBIO aims to lead the global protein production market by leveraging methanotrophic bacteria, focusing on both its own production and licensing its technology to international investors interested in establishing large-scale production facilities. The company is also dedicated to enhancing the U-Loop technology to further boost productivity.

Appyparking

Series A in 2019
AppyWay is on a mission to make parking a truly forgettable experience. We understand how fragmented infrastructures and stand-alone solutions cause stress and hassle for the most mundane of daily tasks, like finding and paying for a parking space. We know there’s a better way of doing things and so we’re building innovative and future-ready solutions from the bottom up, to improve the way parking is accessed and managed. Our holistic kerbside management platform provides a ‘future of mobility’ conduit between the private and public sector, ensuring standardised kerbside data can flow between local authorities and mobility operators, unlocking the barriers that hinder the adoption of intelligent mobility solutions. Armed with best-in-class data, mobility APIs and our Govtech platform, we're now on a global mission to make the kerb work for everyone, physically, socially and commercially. AppyParking was named 2018 Best Parking App by Auto Express and 2017 Best UK Start-Up by Credit Suisse and received the 2019 Smarter Travel Innovation Award from Smarter Travel. AppyParking was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in England, UK.

Canopy

Seed Round in 2019
Canopy, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, is a financial services company focused on transforming the renting experience for landlords, agents, and renters. It specializes in areas such as insurance, insurtech, proptech, and fintech, aiming to create an ecosystem that benefits all parties involved. By challenging traditional practices, Canopy designs straightforward solutions that cater to the needs of both landlords and renters. One of its notable offerings is Deposit Free™ Insurance, which replaces costly and often unnecessary cash deposits, allowing billions of pounds previously tied up in deposits in the UK to be reinvested into the economy. Through its innovative approach, Canopy seeks to enhance financial well-being and improve living conditions for individuals within the rental market.

Freemarket

Series A in 2019
Freemarket works with businesses to accelerate their growth by giving them access to cross-border payments and currency exchange optimised for their needs. Freemarket's platform gives you access to a global bank network and innovative technology in one place, allowing you to streamline your processes, remove complexity and increase efficiency. Freemarket was founded in June 2010 by Alex Hunn. And it is headquartered in London, England.

Opinsta

Series A in 2018
Opinsta specialise in implementing paperless and automated frontline workflows for large enterprise organisations. Trusted by 1000’s of employees, Opinsta's mobile & cloud-based SAM solution is used to better manage people, processes and assets. SAM is designed to enhance your existing legacy systems (EAM, ERP, HR, etc) by providing an integrated, simple to use frontend that standardises data capture, improves employee adoption and automates workflows. Clients such as LNER and Bombardier use SAM to report defects, incidents, inspections, H&S, risk assessments, quality assurance and more. SAM provided them with a solution that was quick to deploy, cost-effective to scale and reliable. Opinsta also specialise in bespoke B2B mobile app development and have supported the likes of British Airways & Holland & Barrett with a specialised service from concept to reality.

SafeToNet

Series A in 2018
SafeToNet is the AI-powered software that safeguards children across their online messaging platforms, without sacrificing their privacy. The app guides them to make better decisions online, identifies when they are under threat or distress, and sends their parents a Safety Indicator alert when the child’s safety status changes.

Resen Waves

Seed Round in 2018
Resen Waves ApS operates as a renewable energy technology company. It develops and manufactures Resen Waves Power Buoy, a standalone small-scale wave energy device that helps in powering instruments and accessing data in real time for offshore oil and gas sector. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

Humio

Seed Round in 2017
Humio Limited is a company that develops a live observability platform designed for real-time data aggregation, exploration, reporting, and analysis from various sources. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, it also has offices in Aarhus, Denmark, and San Francisco and Seattle in the United States. Humio specializes in time-series logging and offers a platform that supports unrestricted event analysis, deployable on any infrastructure, whether cloud-based or on-premises. The platform is capable of ingesting vast volumes of log data instantly, utilizing advanced data storage and in-memory search technologies. This allows customers to achieve cost-effective log management and analysis while minimizing hardware and engineering resource requirements. Humio serves multiple industries, including higher education, financial services, government, healthcare, transportation, and technology.

The Mortgage Lender

Venture Round in 2017
The Mortgage Lender specializes in providing mortgage solutions tailored for individuals with unconventional financial situations. The company offers a range of services, including remortgages, loans, and debt management, specifically designed for homeowners. It assists clients who may struggle to secure loans from traditional financial institutions by offering individual voluntary arrangements and homeowner loans. Additionally, The Mortgage Lender provides insurance products, aiming to create accessible financial options for those in need.

Fleet Mortgages

Private Equity Round in 2014
Fleet Mortgages Limited provides mortgage loans and credit services. Fleet Mortgages Limited was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Hampshire, United Kingdom.