Scottish Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm in Glasgow City that focuses on technology. Founded 1991 in Glasgow City, United Kingdom by Calum Paterson, Gary Le Sueur and Stuart Paterson, it invests in late stage ventures, debt financing, series B, series C, and private equity. Its portfolio companies include Mister Spex, Solarcentury, TotallyMoney, and Zuto. As of March 2020, Scottish Equity Partners has made 158 investments. Their most recent investment was on July 31, 2019, when Zuto raised £7M. Scottish Equity Partners has had 45 exits, the most notable of which include Skyscanner, Matches Fashion, and Clavis Insight. Scottish Equity Partners has raised eight funds, their latest being SEP V Co-investment 1. This fund was announced on October 17, 2017 and raised a total of £14.5M.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Broadcom is a San Jose, California-based fabless semiconductor company.
American multinational corporation based in boise, idaho which produces many forms of semiconductor devices.
LoveCrafts is a London-based company that builds marketplaces for the crafts sector.
Empower Interactive is a healthcare company founded by Eve Phillips, Kara Chanasyk and Jesse Wright.
A biotechnology company that develops and commercializes biological treatments for cancer and infectious diseases
picoChip is a Bath and North East Somerset-based company founded in 2000.
Cambridge Semiconductor Limited is a Cambridge, Cambridgeshire-based company.
People
Tim Ankers
Principal
Andrew Davison
Partner
Catherine Simpson
Partner
David Sneddon
Partner
Fraser McLatchie
Principal
Jan Rutherford
Partner
Keith Davidson
Partner
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Alize Wind
Dotmatics
Immedis
Matches Fashion
Merthyr Renewable Energy Ltd
MREL Holdings
Peppermint Technology
Redwood Technologies Group
TotallyMoney
Zuto