Inspirit Capital

Overview

Inspirit Capital is a London-based investment firm specializing in corporate carve-out transactions. They focus on acquiring small and medium-sized businesses headquartered in the UK or Ireland that are being divested by large corporations. Their approach involves forming partnerships with management teams, corporate vendors, and other key stakeholders to reinvigorate these businesses into standalone, entrepreneurial organizations. They target opportunities with an enterprise value of up to GBP 100 million. Their investment strategy primarily focuses on corporate carve-outs, targeting businesses with revenues greater than GBP 20 million and an enterprise value up to GBP 100 million. They seek control investments, typically through majority equity ownership, with a target investment horizon of up to 5 years. Inspirit Capital has a strong track record of executing corporate carve-out transactions and reinvigorating businesses in standalone, entrepreneurial environments. Inspirit Capital is backed by a small group of institutional investors and is currently deploying Inspirit Fund I and Inspirit Fund II, which were raised in December 2019 and July 2023 respectively. The partners of Inspirit are also investors in the fund, thereby ensuring their interests are aligned with external investors and portfolio company teams.

Investment Focus

• Revenue greater than GBP 20 million
• Enterprise value up to GBP 100 million
• Businesses headquartered in the UK or Ireland
• Control investments (typically through majority equity ownership)
• Target investment horizon up to 5 years
• Opportunity for material transformation through ownership period

Portfolio Companies