Venn
London EC2 Designed by Volta FCA Authorised Qualified Investors Only

Where
Capital
Meets
Clarity

A London-based alternative investment manager. We run three strategies with a single thesis: rigorous process, patient capital, and the discipline to say no.

Investor enquiry
£1.4bn
AUM
9yrs
Track Record
18.4%
Net IRR (Flagship)
3
Active Strategies
/ 001 — The firm

Capital without noise

Venn Capital was founded in 2016 by a group of investment professionals who left larger institutions with a shared frustration: that scale had become an end in itself, and that the discipline required to generate genuine risk-adjusted returns was incompatible with the constant pressure to deploy.

We run a small number of concentrated strategies. We take fewer positions than most of our peers. We hold them longer. We are not in the business of being busy. We are in the business of being right, with appropriate humility about how difficult that is.

Founded
2016, London EC2
Regulated by
FCA (No. 789123)
Minimum commitment
£500,000
Investor type
Institutional & HNWI
/ 002 — Strategies

Three strategies. One standard.

001

Venn Flagship Long/Short

Concentrated equity long/short strategy. 15–20 positions on each side. UK and European focus with selective global exposure. The original strategy, now in its ninth year.

Net IRR18.4%
Sharpe Ratio1.42
StatusOpen to new investors
002

Venn Credit Opportunities

Opportunistic credit strategy targeting dislocated or complex situations in European leveraged credit. Launched 2020. Closed-ended structure with 5-year investment period.

Target return12–15% net
Vintage2020
StatusFully deployed
003

Venn Growth Equity

Growth equity co-investment vehicle targeting European technology and consumer businesses at Series B–D. Typical hold: 4–7 years. First close completed Q4 2024.

Target raise£250m
First close£90m — Q4 2024
StatusOpen — second close 2025
/ 003 — The team

Seven people. No committees.

Decision-making at Venn is concentrated. Every partner has made a career-level commitment to the strategies they run. We do not have analysts producing memos that filter up to a CIO who deploys capital they didn't research. The person who researched the position makes the call.

J.H.
James Hartley
Founding Partner · Portfolio Manager, Flagship
S.V.
Sarah Vance
Partner · Portfolio Manager, Credit
M.O.
Marcus Osei
Partner · Head of Growth Equity
L.K.
Laura Kim
Partner · Head of Risk
R.B.
Richard Baxter
COO & CFO

Investor relations

We welcome enquiries from institutional investors, family offices, and qualified high-net-worth individuals. Minimum commitment is £500,000 across all strategies.

If you are a financial intermediary acting on behalf of a client, please note this in your enquiry. We will revert within two working days.

Important notice
The information on this website does not constitute a financial promotion or an invitation to invest. It is directed only at persons who qualify as professional clients or eligible counterparties as defined by the FCA. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.