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Private equity firms in England

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

544
Private equity firms in England
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
12
Other types here
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Business Growth Fund London, United Kingdom 492 408 106 50
2 3i Group London, United Kingdom 476 140 195 114
3 SoftBank Vision Fund London, United Kingdom 471 334 91 126
4 Apax Partners London, United Kingdom 243 94 121 82
5 Janus Henderson Investors London, United Kingdom 240 34 144 0
6 Foresight Group London, United Kingdom 236 138 43 221
7 Abingworth London, United Kingdom 196 56 90 9
8 LDC London, United Kingdom 152 125 66 80
9 Lightrock London, United Kingdom 130 68 7 58
10 YFM Equity Partners London, United Kingdom 117 87 26 43
11 24 Haymarket London, United Kingdom 103 42 12 13
12 Kennet Partners London, United Kingdom 102 51 45 7
13 Vitruvian Partners London, United Kingdom 95 52 31 80
14 ETF Partners London, United Kingdom 86 40 10 14
15 Generation Investment Management London, United Kingdom 85 41 24 81
16 Steadview Capital London, United Kingdom 84 32 19 0
17 True. London, United Kingdom 83 13 6 8
18 Actis London, United Kingdom 80 57 34 141
19 Livingbridge London, United Kingdom 75 49 37 28
20 Calculus Capital London, United Kingdom 72 48 15 15
21 M&G Investments London, United Kingdom 71 29 11 249
22 Greyhound Capital London, United Kingdom 71 3 11 10
23 Latitude London, United Kingdom 66 3 7 0
24 Cur8 Capital London, United Kingdom 63 5 5 12
25 Bridges Fund Management London, United Kingdom 62 16 13 38
26 Hg London, United Kingdom 61 48 31 140
27 Permira London, United Kingdom 60 39 23 117
28 Mobeus Equity Partners London, United Kingdom 59 52 15 16
29 Virgin Group London, United Kingdom 59 7 17 62
30 West Hill Capital London, United Kingdom 58 47 6 7
31 Pollen Street Capital London, United Kingdom 57 42 16 23
32 Grosvenor Food & AgTech London, United Kingdom 56 24 6 125
33 Novator London, United Kingdom 56 20 11 5
34 Gresham House Ventures London, United Kingdom 54 44 2 13
35 Zouk Capital London, United Kingdom 53 33 19 10
36 Helios Investment Partners London, United Kingdom 51 23 11 9
37 BH Digital London, United Kingdom 49 14 6 186
38 Schroders Capital London, United Kingdom 49 12 11 0
39 Inflexion London, United Kingdom 48 34 19 125
40 One Peak London, United Kingdom 47 38 3 14
41 Apis Partners London, United Kingdom 46 32 10 18
42 Bridgepoint London, United Kingdom 44 31 16 50
43 WestBridge Capital London, United Kingdom 43 26 12 13
44 MPGI London, United Kingdom 43 3 6 0
45 Puma Private Equity London, United Kingdom 42 40 2 10
46 Unbound London, United Kingdom 41 15 5 2
47 Doughty Hanson & Co London, United Kingdom 40 16 17 3
48 Lansdowne Partners London, United Kingdom 40 9 11 26
49 Schroder Ventures London, United Kingdom 39 13 21 609
50 Three Hills Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 37 32 11 38
51 Development Partners International London, United Kingdom 37 23 10 10
52 CoinShares London, United Kingdom 37 9 5 0
53 Cibus Fund London, United Kingdom 36 13 4 17
54 QuantumLight London, United Kingdom 36 1 1 7
55 Mustard Seed London, United Kingdom 34 18 2 1
56 Juno Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 34 14 2 2
57 Alta Berkeley Venture Partners London, United Kingdom 34 4 13 0
58 Eterna Capital London, United Kingdom 34 3 3 5
59 Kartesia London, United Kingdom 33 27 12 38
60 Columbia Lake Partners London, United Kingdom 33 10 10 12
61 ECI Partners London, United Kingdom 32 31 17 30
62 Piper Private Equity London, United Kingdom 32 26 13 12
63 MML Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 32 24 15 48
64 Connection Capital London, United Kingdom 31 21 7 3
65 Montagu London, United Kingdom 31 16 16 18
66 Rockpool Investments London, United Kingdom 30 28 9 0
67 TowerBrook Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 30 14 14 80
68 SMH Venture Finance Limited London, United Kingdom 30 12 10 0
69 Alpina Partners London, United Kingdom 30 10 7 1
70 Better Capital London, United Kingdom 30 4 7 0
71 TLG Capital London, United Kingdom 29 24 5 1
72 Edge VC London, United Kingdom 29 14 5 2
73 Brookstreet Equity Partners London, United Kingdom 28 19 1 2
74 BC Partners London, United Kingdom 28 18 15 127
75 Growth Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 28 18 8 21
76 BP Marsh & Partners London, United Kingdom 28 16 4 5
77 Metric Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 27 18 8 0
78 IK Partners London, United Kingdom 27 17 11 118
79 Literacy Capital London, United Kingdom 27 17 7 8
80 The Capital Partnership London, United Kingdom 25 12 4 4
81 Sprints London, United Kingdom 25 10 3 15
82 Meridian Health Ventures London, United Kingdom 25 5 2 7
83 Hermes GPE London, United Kingdom 25 0 10 0
84 Searchlight Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 24 20 10 62
85 Bain Capital Private Equity London, United Kingdom 24 9 9 0
86 Perwyn London, United Kingdom 23 19 4 25
87 Oakley Capital London, United Kingdom 23 16 8 84
88 Sushi Venture Partners London, United Kingdom 23 2 5 0
89 Phoenix Equity Partners London, United Kingdom 22 18 6 24
90 Horizon Capital London, United Kingdom 22 10 9 10
91 Alcuin Capital Partners London, United Kingdom 21 17 6 11
92 Quilam Capital London, United Kingdom 21 11 3 9
93 Iona Capital London, United Kingdom 21 3 1 6
94 AgDevCo London, United Kingdom 20 17 2 6
95 Bowmark Capital London, United Kingdom 19 17 8 31
96 Dresdner Kleinwort London, United Kingdom 19 5 9 1,182
97 Stonebridge PLC London, United Kingdom 19 2 3 1
98 Expedition Growth Capital London, United Kingdom 18 16 1 11
99 Mayfair Equity Partners London, United Kingdom 18 11 6 8
100 Lion Capital London, United Kingdom 18 9 7 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in England, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 544.

Investment stages

Among these 544
Private equity investors408 Early stage investors203 Late stage investors140 Venture investors138 Seed investors110 Debt investors59 Post IPO investors35 Secondary market investors26

Other investors in England

Angel investors1,189 Venture capital firms1,054 Investment partners362 Startup accelerators140 Micro VC funds101 Family offices95 Angel groups94 Corporate venture capital70 Startup incubators66 Investment banks60 Venture debt funds49 Hedge funds39

Private equity firms elsewhere

New York967 California771 Texas351 Beijing264 Illinois255 Florida225 Ile-de-France213 Massachusetts207 Shanghai202 Central Region173 Ontario165 Connecticut158 Hong Kong Island158 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi143 Guangdong134 Maharashtra114 Pennsylvania101 Colorado89 New South Wales83 NA - South Africa81 Noord-Holland81 Bayern80 Georgia80 Dubai74
Cite: FundingWatcher, 544 private equity firms in England, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/england-united-kingdom/