# JRJ Group

> JRJ Group is a VC fund in London backing Gaming and Sports. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jrj-group
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/jrj_group
- Website: http://www.jrjgroup.com/

JRJ Group is a private equity investment firm with a core focus on the financial services sectorThe company is a growth-oriented investor and provides capital, deep operational expertise and expert strategic guidance to its portfolio companies. JRJ Group invests across the spectrum of the financial services sector and opportunistically inselect other industries, particularly focused on mid-sized European-headquartered businesses, providing strong growth potential.The financial services industry is hugely diverse, with a range of business models operating across myriad sub-sectors, serving a variety of customer types, and together comprising one of the largest areas of global economic activity. Within this context, JRJ Group employs an intensive research-oriented approach to the identification and analysis of compelling investable trends, and of those companies best positioned to exploit these trends.Growth and value creation are achieved through application of an active management approach. This is facilitated by JRJ Group’s unparalleled access to top calibre human capital across the global financial services industry, as well as its ability to leverage an extensive network of top-level contacts within financial institutions, governments, regulators, and other financial industry decision-makers.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for JRJ Group. Shizune tracks 4 team members at JRJ Group. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/jrj-group?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Private Equity | $24M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| eSports | 1 | 25% |
| Delivery | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jeremy Isaacs | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-isaacs |
| Kevin Woolford | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-woolford |
| Peter Sugarman | Partner - Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-sugarman |
| Roger Nagioff | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-nagioff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| exceL eSports | exceL eSports is a gaming organisation serving to enable its players to compete at the highest level in global eSports. | $23.7M | Private Equity | Jul 02, 2021 |  |
| EXCEL ESPORTS | EXCEL ESPORTS is a competitive gaming culture brand that uses its platform to have a positive impact on the gaming and esports community. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Joel and Kieran Holmes-Darby and is headquartered in London. | $23.7M | Private Equity | Jul 02, 2021 |  |
| Demica | Demica is a rapidly growing Fintech providing working capital solutions to large corporates and banks with a broad range of receivables, inventory and payables finance products. The company focuses on multinational clients all over the world, across industries and sectors, requiring facilities of US$50mn to US$750mn+. | $25M | Series B | Mar 14, 2018 |  |
| Food Freshness Technology | Food Freshness Technology (FFT) is a high tech innovations company focused on delivering comprehensive solutions for food freshness. These unique patented technologies are delivered by leading edge materials science developed in partnership with some of world’s renowned research & technology organisations. To-date FFT has raised in excess of$15m to bring to market a range of simple products that reduce waste, protect and increase food quality.The benefits delivered by FFT products are focused on extended freshness, improved consumption quality, increased sales and reduction in waste in the food sector, which are at the forefront of the industry’s needs, to keep it both competitive and profitable.These innovations directly help to address the problem at the heart of food security facing the world in the medium term future | $10.1M |  | Sep 01, 2015 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [76 west Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/76-west-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anglo American Platinum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anglo-american-platinum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anterra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anterra-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [International Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/international-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The New Frontiers (TNF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tnf-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TNF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tnf-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does JRJ Group invest in?

JRJ Group invests primarily in Gaming, Sports and FinTech startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is JRJ Group's check size?

JRJ Group typically joins rounds of $24M–$24M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds JRJ Group participates in.

### How do I contact JRJ Group?

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### Who are the partners at JRJ Group?

The team at JRJ Group includes Jeremy Isaacs (Founding Partner), Kevin Woolford (Executive Director) and Peter Sugarman (Partner - Chief Operating Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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