# Metric Capital Partners

> Metric Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Food Processing and Fruit. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metric-capital-partners/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/metriccp
- Website: http://www.metric-capital.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Metric-Capital-Partners-LLP

Metric Capital Partners is a VC fund in London focused on Food Processing and Fruit. Metric Capital provides debt capital solutions to European Companies with an Enterprise Value of €50 - 500 million. They seek to support their clients' ambitions to execute strategic transactions. They have the flexibility to provide capital solutions across their corporate clients' balance sheets, including senior ranking andsubordinated debt. Their capital solutions include: - Financing of buy-outs and acquisitions - Growth capital - Liquidity facilities - Bridge facilities and rescue financing The professionals of Metric Capital have developed deep corporate networks throughout various sectors and European geographies and have collectively committed over €100 billion of capital to corporate clients throughout their careers. The members of their management team have run multi-billion euro businesses and corporate divisions across a variety of financial services firms.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food Processing | 2 | 33% |
| Fruit | 1 | 17% |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| Farming | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 1 | 17% |
| Sweden | 1 | 17% |
| Turkey | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bjørn Tessiore | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B8rn-tessiore |
| Diego Prada | Senior Principal and COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diego-prada |
| John Connolly | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-connolly-2 |
| John Sinik | Managing Partner and Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-sinik |
| Richard Branson | Partner | 61 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-branson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aonic Group | Aonic Group is a video gaming organization that fosters a collaborative environment for small-to-midsized studios. By providing infrastructure and resources, Aonic enables studios to maintain their creative independence while benefiting from shared knowledge and support. The group focuses on empowering teams across various gaming platforms,including mobile, console, and VR, to accelerate development and innovation in the gaming industry. | $159.9M | Private Equity | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| Zambrero | Zambrero is a restaurant that provides complete dining and wifi facility services with a wide range of food and beverages. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 07, 2023 |  |
| Soul Foods Group | Soul Foods Group is comprising of three global brands, KFC, Starbucks, and Taco Bell. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Pure Harvest Smart Farms | Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a regional innovator in sustainable agriculture focused on the production of premium fruits and vegetables in the challenging climates of the Arab Gulf region using world-leading controlled-environment agriculture technologies. Pure Harvest seeks to leverage innovative growing technologies and horticultural bestpractices in order to pioneer year-round production of affordable, premium quality fresh produce. | $180.5M | Convertible Note | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Dream International B.V. | Dream is a player in the global fine-dining restaurant space. The Company operates through four subsidiaries consisting of: the Azumi group which operates restaurants in seven countries under the Zuma, Roka, Etaru, Inko Nito and Oblix brands; the Coya group; the Paraguas group; and the Nusr-et group. |  | Private Equity | Mar 28, 2018 |  |
| GBM Banca | GBM Banca is a regional commercial bank. |  | Private Equity |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Active Ownership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-ownership) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Centerbridge Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centerbridge-partners-lp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Olayan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olayan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OpCapita](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opcapita) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Metric Capital Partners invest in?

Metric Capital Partners invests primarily in Food Processing, Fruit and AgTech startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Metric Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Metric Capital Partners?

The team at Metric Capital Partners includes Bjørn Tessiore (Partner), Diego Prada (Senior Principal and COO) and John Connolly (Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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