Vespa Capital
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Vespa Capital is a lower mid-market private equity firm with discretionary capital that partners with ambitious management teams. The portfolio clients of the company are Random 42, Chase search and selection, and Catalis. The company believes in their partnership approach, deep commercial expertise, and extended industrial and internationalnetwork, supported by their unique investor base provides a competitive advantage in delivering shareholder value growth.Vespa Capital is located in the United States and the company was founded in 2007 by Nigel Hammond.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 87%
- Fund size:
- $202M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Vespa Capital invests in
Stages Vespa Capital invests in
Countries Vespa Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Marketing 3 (20%)
- Consulting 3 (20%)
- Health Care 3 (20%)
- Medical 2 (13%)
- Advertising 2 (13%)
Stage
- Private Equity 12 (80%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
- Post-IPO Equity 1 (7%)
- Secondary Market 1 (7%)
Country
- United Kingdom 13 (87%)
- France 1 (7%)
- The Netherlands 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Harp
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Luke Burton
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Nigel Hammond
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Tom Chaloner
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Right Legal Group
|
Right Legal Group is a law firm that offers wills, trusts, probate, power of attorney, and inheritance tax plan legal advisory services. | Private Equity / Feb 02, 2024 | |
eserv
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Eserv is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that revolutionises how customers design, build, operate and maintain complex industrial assets through our digital twin technology AS-TEG™. | Private Equity / Jan 10, 2023 | |
Cognite
|
Cognite is a quality-leading independent healthcare strategy and communications agency. | Private Equity / Mar 17, 2022 | |
Lumi Global
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Lumi Global provides trusted technology that streamlines AGMs, conferences and events. | Private Equity / Mar 01, 2022 | |
Digital Technology Advisory Group
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Digital Technology Advisory Group provides marketing strategy consulting and tech-enabled communications solutions. | Secondary Market / Jan 24, 2022 | |
Flag
|
Flag helps businesses be better through creative communications and reporting, specializing in sustainability and integrated reporting. | Private Equity / Jan 01, 2022 | |
Bluecrest Wellness
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Bluecrest Wellness is a privately run health screening company founded in the UK in 2012. The company, which operates out of the UK offers local wellness assessments to individuals on a range of different health issues. | $21.2M / Private Equity / Jul 25, 2019 | |
Valideus Ltd
|
Valideus Ltd is supply consultancy and management solutions to brand and community registry operators.We help new gTLD applicants at every stage from initial application and idea generation through to front-end registry management, and we do it exceptionally well as testified by the 121 applications that we have supported to date. Of the firstround applications with a 100% pass mark – 96% were from Valideus. Our scores were 2.94 above the average.We managed new TLD round one applications for clients from a diverse range of industry sectors, including global leaders in e-commerce, banking, consultancy, fashion, food, insurance, media, software and travel.We have supported over a dozen registries with consultancy and policy advice on subjects from qualified launch programmes to the protection of rights. Our validation and verification services have helped registries, including .XXX, .LONDON, .BRUSSELS, .VLAANDEREN, .WALES, and .CYMRU to "get the right names into the right hands".Nick Wood and Lorna Gradden, the directors and co-founders of Valideus, have worked in the domain name industry since founding Net Searchers, the first registrar in the world dedicated to working with brand owners, in 1995. Together with the team, they bring in-depth knowledge of the domain name industry, in part gained from the management of Com Laude, a leading ICANN accredited registrar. Valideus is a subsidiary of Adsero Capital, a company owned by Nick Wood, Lorna Gradden and private equity firm, Vespa Capital.Please contact us to discuss how our expertise can benefit your organisation.For applicants and registry operators we provide:Feasibility consultingApplication managementDomain name strategy and policy advice and consultancyNew gTLD launch planningValidation servicesFront-end registry services.BRAND registrar servicesWhat our clients say about us:“Valideus is a prominent voice at ICANN. They have great expertise, they are smart and reactive to what is going on, with other brands and with ICANN” “Valideus have more connections than the other players, they also have more knowledge, both in terms of ICANN regulations and advice on how to use gTLDs in the future. The other service providers just don’t have this level of knowledge, nor are they as helpful.” | Private Equity / Jun 01, 2017 | |
Com Laude
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Com Laude is a specialist domain name management company.We help businesses manage a key asset: their domain name portfolio.Founded on the expertise of Nick Wood and Lorna Gradden, who have worked in domain name management for a combined total of over 40 years, Com Laude make the business of domain management secure, reliable and predictable.Our unique approach to client management ensures that all aspects of domain name management are handled professionally and responsibly by a contact that the client knows and trusts. Our teams of experts create tailored approaches to domain name management for clients large and small. Our founders, Nick Wood and Lorna Gradden, provide strategic oversight and are on hand to offer guidance and assistance: you need only to pick up the phone and call.Nick and Lorna, the directors and co-founders of Com Laude and Valideus, have worked in the domain name industry since founding Net Searchers, the first registrar in the world dedicated to working with brand owners, in 1995. Nick and Lorna are highly regarded as "thought leaders" and pioneers, who have developed Best Practice in domain name management. Com Laude is an independent company, leaving us free to work with only the best partners from other sectors of the domain name industry. Com Laude is a subsidiary of Adsero Capital, a company owned by Nick Wood, Lorna Gradden and private equity firm, Vespa Capital. | Private Equity / Jun 01, 2017 | |
Chase Search and Selection
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Chase Search and Selection is a recruitment and contract sales organisation for pharma and healthcare sectors. | Private Equity / Jul 28, 2016 | |
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What does Vespa Capital invest in?
Vespa Capital invests primarily in Marketing, Consulting and Health Care startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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