Our Story

IPE Ventures was incorporated in January 2017 and has become one of the most successful boutique private equity investment companies operating within the SME buyout market

We are passionate about the sector – deploying private equity funding of between £1m and £20m for MBO’s, full buyouts, growth capital, recovery capital, acquisition funding and equity release transactions.

Our success lies in our ability to provide not just funding, but in our specialist sector focus. This is complemented by the support from a highly successful management team that can offer hands-on expertise and guidance as required.

As successful entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand the challenges that you deal with every day. We have been there, seen it and done it before!

IPE is an incubation investment platform with the know-how to help management teams and shareholders create real value.

Funds are available for immediate deployment - we are actively seeking new investment opportunities.

Why Partner with Us?

If you are looking for a funding partner to either work with you or your Management Team, it’s important that your funder understands the nuances, complexity and fragility of the recruitment sector. We understand the market, but we never forget that we are dealing with ‘people’ businesses. Our expertise, as detailed below, sets us apart from many of the institutional Private Equity investors that operate within our markets.

Philosophy

We invest and partner with great leaders and high potential companies within the specialist sectors we operate.

One Team - We are truly aligned with our partner shareholders, sharing the risks and the rewards.

Trackrecord

We have come along way in only 4 years, testament to our successes along the way.

The senior management team have over 30 years of sector experience and we have more than 20 PE transactions under our belts.

Funding

We invest with private funds where possible, supplemented by bank debt as and when necessary. We have no institutional rules or red tape, allowing for interesting and flexible deal structures beyond traditional funding constraints.


Resources

We recognise that different companies require different levels of support depending upon their state of maturity Our Partners can gain access to a range of support services if they require them. We maintain specialist inhouse resources for finance, IT, and HR, plus a partner network of selected Legal and Marketing professionals.

Our Team – The Sector Experts

Adam Fletcher

Group Managing Director af@ipe-ventures.com

Mark Keegan

Group Finance Director mk@ipe-ventures.com

Nisha Maher

Director - HR & Operations nisha.maher@ipe-ventures.com