Vespa Capital is a lower mid-market private equity firm, focused on investing in UK headquartered businesses with enterprise values between £10 million and £70 million. Our expertise lies in MBOs and private company recapitalisations.
Vespa Capital looks for differentiated, growing businesses with resilient characteristics and ambitious management teams. We provide a highly tailored and personalised investment solution and because of our own substantial commitment to our funds, we behave as genuine investment partners on a minority or majority basis.
If you are an owner and/or manager of a high quality, ambitious business generating £1.5 - £5 million EBITDA looking to explore a private equity style solution, then please do reach out. We are a small team with a flexible partnership style approach and we are happy to talk informally about what we do.
To speak with us please contact Chris Harp chris@vespacapital.com
Location: United Kingdom, England, Westminster
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2007
Investment Type: Private Equity Firm; Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Private Equity
Portfolio 19
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 04.07.2022 | Origo | origo.com | - | United Kin... |
| 04.04.2022 | Cognite | cognite.co | - | United Kin... |
| 04.04.2022 | Flag | flag.co.uk | - | United Kin... |
| 21.02.2022 | Digital Te... | dtadvisory... | - | - |
| 03.02.2021 | SelectScie... | selectscie... | - | United Kin... |
| - | Lumi Globa... | lumiglobal... | - | United Kin... |
| - | CHASE | chasepeopl... | - | United Kin... |
| - | Imagesound... | imagesound... | - | United Kin... |
| - | BioPhorum | biophorum.... | - | United Kin... |
| - | SDS | groupe-sds... | - | - |
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News 51
| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.12.2022 | Vespa Capital hosts portfolio CEO and CMO sessions | Vespa Capital recently hosted collaborative networking and workshop sessions for portfolio CEOs and ... |
| 25.11.2022 | SelectScience partners with BioPhorum to launch Virtual Biop... | Vespa Capital portfolio company SelectScience will next week launch the Virtual Biopharmaceutical Su... |
| 24.10.2022 | Origo launches new Dashboard Connector product | Vespa Capital portfolio company, Origo, has announced the launch of Origo Dashboard Connector, a new... |
| 24.10.2022 | DTAG Invests in Sustainability Advisor Citizen Good | Digital Technology Advisory Group (DTAG), the technology-focused consulting, insight and transformat... |
| 30.09.2022 | CHASE acquires Medacy Clinical Services | CHASE, the outsourced commercialisation partner to the UK life sciences sector has acquired Medacy, ... |
| 09.08.2022 | Testronic Acquires CDL and Giant Interactive | Vespa Capital portfolio company, Testronic, a division of Catalis Group providing award-winning ente... |
| 26.05.2022 | Vespa Capital partners with Origo | Vespa Capital is delighted to announce it has partnered with the leadership team at Origo to take th... |
| 03.05.2022 | Vespa Capital Completes New Office Move | Vespa Capital is excited to announce that we have moved London offices to 3 St James's Square. The ... |
| 05.04.2022 | Flag Communication boosts sustainability expertise with bolt... | Flag Communication, the sustainability strategy, reporting and communications agency, has completed ... |
| 17.03.2022 | Vespa Capital announces recapitalisation of Lumi | Vespa Capital is delighted to announce the successful recapitalisation of Lumi, underlining its ongo... |
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Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 13.02.2023 | DIGIT Deal RoundUp: January 2023 | Funding and Investment Scottish Enterprise £150,000 of funding awarded by the Scottish Enterprise w... | digit.fyi/... |
| 11.01.2023 | Aberdeen’s Eserve Gains Investment from Vespa Capital | Aberdeen-based digital company Eserve has announced the completion of an investment deal with Vespa ... | digit.fyi/... |
| 15.11.2021 | Vespa Capital Golf Day Raises nearly £400,000 for the Haller... | Earlier this month, Vespa Capital hosted the 10th annual Haller Foundation Golf Day at the glorious ... | vespacapit... |
| 13.04.2015 | Random42 Receives Investment from Vespa Capital | Random42, a London, UK-based technology-led digital agency serving the global pharmaceutical and bio... | finsmes.co... |
| - | Vespa Capital raises £150 million for third fund | Vespa Capital LLP (“Vespa Capital”) is delighted to announce the successful first and final close of... | vespacapit... |