# Pollen Street Capital

> Pollen Street Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and Finance. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 72%
- Last fund: Sep 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pollen-street-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pollencap?lang=en
- Website: http://pollencap.com

Pollen Street Capital is an independent alternative investment manager, focused on investing in the financial and business services sectors

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Pollen Street Capital. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Pollen Street Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/pollen-street-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | $56M–$330M |
| Private Equity | $38M–$273M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 27 | 47% |
| Finance | 15 | 26% |
| FinTech | 14 | 25% |
| Banking | 8 | 14% |
| Lending | 8 | 14% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 28 | 49% |
| Private Equity | 16 | 28% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |
| Series A | 2 | 4% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 2 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 33 | 58% |
| United States | 4 | 7% |
| Italy | 2 | 4% |
| Lithuania | 2 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian King | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-king-b201 |
| Daniel Khouri | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-khouri |
| Howard Garland | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-garland |
| Lindsey McMurray | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lindsey-mcmurray |
| Ethan Saggu | Investment Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-saggu-658f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Polluce SPE | Polluce SPE operates as a specialized bankruptcy-remote entity under the Italian Securitisation Law (Legge 130). The vehicle isolates asset portfolios to manage financial risks efficiently. | $115.3M | Debt Financing | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Elect Capital | Smart, fast capital for SMEs that don’t wait around. |  | Debt Financing | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| InSoil | HeavyFinance is a borderless crowdlending platform where farmers meet retail and institutional investors. We underwrite farmers, facilitate transactions, and service loans. | $136.7M | Debt Financing | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Zintra Capital | Zintra Capital is a private lending platform that specializes in short-term alternative financing for SMEs. It operates the largest non-bank credit and structuring team outside the banking system in Spain. |  | Debt Financing | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Megatrax | Megatrax Production Music is the leading independent music source. For over 20 years we have been featured in literally thousands of television shows, commercials, promos and trailers, plus an ever-growing number of feature films and multimedia projects. Megatrax truly is The Sound of Entertainment. |  | Debt Financing | Mar 12, 2026 |  |
| Morpheus Lending | Morpheus Lending is on a mission to transform the specialist lending space. Morpheus was founded to address the need for a more efficient and flexible approach to bridging finance. | $147.3M | Debt Financing | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| mcl finance | To reshape SME finance and level the playing field – funding that’s fast, fair, and fits for the businesses of the future.That’s the mission behind mcl finance. Since 2019, we’ve been building a lending ecosystem designed around the real needs of SMEs across the UK and UAE, pairing proprietary tech with real-world judgment to get capital where itcounts.Our model is simple: strong underwriting, smart distribution, and an approach that puts people before paperwork. We've already supported thousands of businesses and we're scaling fast, growing our team, and building a better way to finance the future. | $132.1M | Debt Financing | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Spotawheel | Spotawheel is a tech-driven used cars dealership platform that takes customer trust to a whole new level Spotawheel was founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, currently operating in Greece and Poland |  | Debt Financing | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| MCR Property Group | MCR Property Group is a real estate firm that expertise in acquisition, development, real estate investment & property management services. | $329.9M | Debt Financing | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| CredibleX | CredibleX Limited empowers companies to offer lending solutions to their SME ecosystem thereby creating a convenient, trustable and transparent lending solution for all partners. Credible X Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority ("FSRA") in the Abu Dhabi Global Market ("ADGM") and holds Category 2,Category 3 and Category 4 licenses for Providing Credit, Providing Money Services and Operating Private Financing Platform. | $100M | Debt Financing | Sep 10, 2025 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shawbrook Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawbrook-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [La Caisse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Celeres Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celeres-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Citibank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citibank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inter National Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inter-national-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Pollen Street Capital invest in?

Pollen Street Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and FinTech startups, most often at Debt Financing and Private Equity stage. Most of the 57 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 Pollen Street Capital's check size?

Pollen Street Capital typically joins rounds of $56M–$330M at Debt Financing and $38M–$273M 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 Pollen Street Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Pollen Street Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Pollen Street Capital?

The team at Pollen Street Capital includes Adrian King (CTO), Daniel Khouri (Partner) and Howard Garland (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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