# Piper Private Equity

> Piper Private Equity is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 79%
- Fund size: $8.7M
- Last fund: May 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/piper-private-equity/
- Website: http://www.piper.co.uk/

Piper Private Equity is a VC fund in London focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. Piper is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments in consumer brands with strong growth potential. Working in partnership with management teams, their goal is to build well-run, industry-leading companies with superior operating results and attractive growth prospects that will command a strategic premium at exit.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Private Equity | $6.5M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 9 | 27% |
| Food Processing | 6 | 18% |
| Fashion | 5 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 15% |
| Health Care | 5 | 15% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 22 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 24% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 29 | 88% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crispin Tweddell | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crispin-tweddell |
| Dan Stern | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-stern |
| Elizabeth Gibson | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/libby-gibson |
| Rory Gibbs | Investment Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rory-gibbs |
| Annabel Feather | Associate Partner, Talent | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annabel-feather |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VIEVE | Make-up brand by the famous artist Jamie Genevieve. A beauty brand built upon inclusivity, self-expression and positivity. | $12.1M |  | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Yard Sale Pizza | Yard Sale Pizza is a restaurant focused on the Operator of pizzerias offering handcrafted pizzas, making quality, freshly made pizza. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2025 |  |
| Martin Randall Travel | Martin Randall Travel is a travel agency that specializes in cultural tours and music festivals. |  | Private Equity | Jul 31, 2024 |  |
| Ancient + Brave | Ancient + Brave offers a range of high-performance products designed to rejuvenate the body, enhance natural beauty, and upgrade cognitive and physical performance. The company's offerings include 100% Bovine Hydrolysed Collagen, a supplement known for its ability to nourish and hydrate the skin from within. Ancient + Brave also providesproducts that support the body's ability to burn fat for fuel, boost metabolism, and serve as a source of fuel for brain cells. These offerings are popular among those following ketogenic diets and seeking nootropic support. The company is also a Certified B Corporation and a supporter of Rainforest Concern. | $8.5M | Private Equity | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Omlet | Omlet is a company that offers beautifully designed pet houses. | $44.2M | Private Equity | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Wild Nutrition | Wild Nutrition are natural supplements made using the highest-quality ingredients. | $6.9M | Private Equity | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| The Thinking Traveller | The Thinking Traveller is a multiple award-winning villa rental company specializing in luxury villas in the Mediterranean regions of Sicily, Puglia, and the Minor Italian islands in Italy. | $9.2M | Private Equity | Dec 06, 2020 |  |
| Mous | Mous is a fashion tech brand that designs and manufactures protective accessories. It is a technology startup that offers Musicase, a protective iPhone case that incorporates headphones. It was designed to prevent tangled and lost earphones as well as protect its users’ phones. Musicase utilizes its users’ Apple Earpods or its own headphones,enabling its users to both unroll and retract them without departing them from the case or losing them.Mous was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |  |  | Sep 26, 2019 |  |
| Bloom & Wild | Bloom & Wild, a letterbox flower delivery company, take an online approach to the traditional business of ordering and delivering flowers. It has infused the traditional flower-giving experience with predictive analytics and technology to deliver a fresher, less-traveled bouquet to the people they care most about.Founded in 2013 by AronGelbard and Ben Stanway, Bloom & Wild aims to become the pan-European market leader in flower and gift delivery. The company continued its expansion into more European markets and added bricks and mortar retail for the UK. By entering into a retail partnership with Sainsbury’s, Bloom & Wild sees an exclusive range of premium bouquets available in selected superstores nationwide. | $19.1M | Series C | Sep 30, 2018 |  |
| Neom Wellbeing | Neom Organics London has products with natural fragrances that have therapeutic benefits to both mind and body to relieve stress, aid sleep, calm and relax, boost your energy or lift your mood. |  | Private Equity | Jan 03, 2018 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Winona Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/winona-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Active Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Burda Principal Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burda-principal-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JamJar Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamjar-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MMC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mmc-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mobeus Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobeus-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Piper Private Equity invest in?

Piper Private Equity invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Fashion startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 33 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 Piper Private Equity's check size?

Piper Private Equity typically joins rounds of $6.5M–$26M 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 Piper Private Equity participates in.

### How do I contact Piper Private Equity?

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### Who are the partners at Piper Private Equity?

The team at Piper Private Equity includes Crispin Tweddell (Founder), Dan Stern (Partner) and Elizabeth Gibson (Founding Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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