Shackleton Ventures

Shackleton Ventures is an investment firm with a long record in venture and development capital. Today it manages a portfolio of private holdings using its own balance sheet and its directors' personal accounts, investing alongside the entrepreneurs it backs.

What Shackleton Ventures offers

• Development capital — Investments, generally in profitable companies in traditional industries.
• Venture investing — Holdings in revenue-generating companies, most of them profitable.
• Restructuring help — Simplifying capital structures, resetting incentives, shaping strategy and providing new money when needed.
• Secondary purchases — Acquiring existing holdings from investors who want to sell.

Who it works with

Companies whose development has outlasted the original venture funding, where early backers want to exit and management has little incentive. The firm is named after the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Key facts

• Capital source: Its own balance sheet and directors' accounts
• Regulated arm: Shackleton Finance Limited, FCA-authorised
• Exits: Over 25 profitable exits, per its earlier description