Working Together

Investment Focus

I find working with the team at Vespa Capital to be very productive, their high level of experience provides an excellent sounding board to me and my management team

Kerry Parker, CEO at SelectScience

Investment Focus

We support tech-enabled services, software, life sciences & healthcare and sustainability businesses in the UK lower mid-market.

These businesses are often leaders in a niche sector, driven by intellectual property or specialist know-how and exhibiting resilient characteristics that provide a foothold for future growth.

We invest in businesses headquartered in the UK often with international exposure who provide a high quality service or product, led by ambitious founders and management teams.

We are experts in supporting recapitalisations and MBOs where entrepreneur founders are considering de-risking and also investing for the future in partnership with an experienced, professional investor. This flexible approach lends itself to both minority and majority positions.

I find working with the team at Vespa Capital to be very productive, their high level of experience provides an excellent sounding board to me and my management team

Kerry Parker, CEO at SelectScience

Enterprise Value

£10m - £70m

Profitability

£1m+

Phase

Growth

Equity Cheque

£10m+

How we add value

We act in partnership with management teams to prioritise the appropriate strategies to facilitate growth in value and create foundations for the future

Vision

Developing and sharing a passion and vision with founders and management to drive the business forward

Leadership, People & Culture

Retaining a positive culture, acquiring talent through our c-suite network and supporting development

Sales and Marketing

Implementing improved digital sales and marketing structures to reach and convert new customers

Pricing

Creating a well-crafted and methodical pricing strategy driven by data

Innovation & New Products

Investment in new product and creative R&D to realise opportunities

Internationalisation

Identifying and pursuing international markets helps to capture overseas growth

Technology

Supporting digital transformation programs and leveraging data and AI to create value

M&A

Funding and strategy development to identify, source and integrate bolt-on acquisitions

What differentiates us?

Our skilled team, investment approach and engaged network set us apart

: Our partners have over 85 years of combined successful private equity experience, including 15 years of shared tenure

This wealth of valuable experience has encompassed over 50 company investments and over £1bn equity invested across a wide variety of transaction types, sectors, geographies and strategies from which the team can draw upon
: The partners and investment team at Vespa Capital have been the largest investor in our funds

Our significant financial contribution to our funds materially increases the alignment of our partnership model and is a key differentiator to other private equity investors

We operate a true partnership model with our management teams to deliver shareholder value growth over the long-term in every investment we make
: Entrepreneurs, C-suite executives and industrialists make up a large proportion of Vespa Capital funds creating a unique entrepreneur network from which we call upon

As well as assisting pre-deal, this network can be utilised to support portfolio companies and access commercial opportunities

We regularly encourage management teams to share experiences and collaborate. We host frequent networking and workshop sessions aimed to cultivate this

What our clients say

We look forward to working alongside the Vespa Capital team to continue building our service proposition and expand Cognite’s geographic footprint.

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What our clients say

We are excited by the new partnership with Vespa Capital as we look to further support our clients with their sustainability strategies and continue to lead our field in best-practice reporting and communications.

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What our clients say

When we were looking for an investment partner to help us go to the next stage of our development, we wanted constructive engagement not interference, experience in areas that were new to us and a passion for the life sciences industry that matched our own. In Vespa Capital we found all these things.

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What our clients say

Eserv has grown organically from start-up to scaling our digital twin technology and support services across five countries in three energy verticals. The management team and I are very much looking forward to starting this next chapter of growth, with our new partners at Vespa Capital.

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