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Vespa Capital

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Investor type

PE

Founded

2007

AUM

$160 M

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Seed Series B Late Stage (Series C+)

Region of investment

Europe
Investor profile last updated: 08 August, 2025

Profile

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 invests in differentiated, growing businesses with resilient characteristics and ambitious management teams. We provide highly tailored and flexible investment solutions and because of our substantial commitments to our funds, we behave as completely aligned investment partners.

If you are an owner and/or manager of a high quality, ambitious business generating £1 million+ EBITDA looking to explore a private equity solution, then please do reach out. We are a skilled and agile team with a 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

Industry

Business Services (B2B) Marketing and Advertising Media and Entertainment Financial Services Fintech Healthcare Services Sports/SportsTech MedTech Music HealthTech Energy CleanTech

Vespa Capital Funds

Name Type
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Vespa III
Private Equity (PE)
Financial Services
Fintech
Marketing and Advertising
Media and Entertainment
Energy
CleanTech
Music
HealthTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
Europe
$5-10 m
$160 M
February 2020

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FAQs about Vespa Capital

Vespa Capital is a private equity firm. It backs companies at Seed, Series B and Late Stage (Series C+), writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Vespa Capital is located in London, England, United Kingdom.
Vespa Capital was founded in 2007.
Vespa Capital invests in companies and startups in Business Services (B2B), Marketing and Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Financial Services, Fintech, Healthcare Services, Sports/SportsTech, MedTech, Music, HealthTech, Energy, CleanTech.
Vespa Capital invests in companies and startups in Europe.
Vespa Capital invests in companies and startups at Seed, Series B, Late Stage (Series C+).
Vespa Capital usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Vespa Capital has around $160m assets under management.
Vespa Capital last fund was created/launched in 2020-02-25
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