Open Equity invests in and builds B2B tech and tech-enabled services businesses - organically and through acquisition. Our mission is to simplify the path to £100M+.
Most PE firms buy for control. We invest for growth. We combine an operator's organic growth playbook - digital product, content, paid acquisition, AI - with a dealmaker's inorganic playbook - rollups, M&A, deal structuring, capital formation - to turn good businesses into global leaders.
Built from our experience and frustrations as founders, operators, and in private equity. The partner we wish we'd had the first time around.
The organic growth engine no other PE firm has in-house - combined with the deal capability to consolidate categories.
Product-led growth, feature development, UX - building what the market will pay a premium for.
Founder-led content, SEO, thought leadership - compounding inbound that reduces dependency on outbound.
Paid media, conversion infrastructure, attribution - revenue growth with measurable unit economics.
Operational AI, agents, automation - reducing cost base and increasing margin at scale.
Systematic acquisition to build market leaders. Target mapping, thesis development, platform strategy.
Acquirer mapping, competitive process, negotiation, SPA, completion - end to end, both sides.
Earn-outs, deferred consideration, management incentives, working capital - structured to protect the founder.
Raising capital for acquisitions and growth. Engineering the exit at the multiple the business was built for.
We worked alongside the management team to digitally transform the business, execute 100+ acquisitions, and position for a premium exit to a global buyout firm.
"There is no way on earth we could have done this without Open Equity."
CEO - Portfolio company - Business services
We build businesses before we exit them. That creates a window - and an opportunity for aligned investors to deploy capital into deals they can see, diligence, and choose.
No blind pool. No 10-year lock-up. Full visibility.
Our current focus: an AI services rollup targeting the model-agnostic deployment gap. View the investment thesis →
Qualified investors only. Deal-by-deal basis.
"What got you here won't get you there. That's the lesson I learned building businesses across three continents."
I've built and scaled companies as a founder. Acquired them in private equity. Structured joint ventures with sovereign partners in the Gulf. Worked with governments, global enterprises, and founders at every stage from zero to £1BN+.
The pattern is always the same: founders and owner-operators who build good businesses locally need a different playbook to become global leaders. They need operating capability, deal capability, international networks, and capital - under one roof, from people who've actually done it.
That's Open Equity. Not advisors watching from the outside. Partners building alongside you, with skin in the game and a track record that speaks for itself.
Whether you're scaling globally, considering an exit, or looking for a private equity partner with a difference - we're open - let's talk about what's next.