Elderstreet Investments Ltd

Founded

31 Dec 1984

Address

Elderstreet Investments Ltd
32 Bedford Row
London
WC1R 4HE
United Kingdom

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Phone

+44 (20) 7831-5088

Website

http://www.elderstreet.com

Industry

6630 Fund management

VCID: 28713

Profile

Corporate information

Official name

Elderstreet Investments Limited

Registration country

United Kingdom

Investment activity status

Active investor

Overview

Elderstreet Investments Limited, a leading UK venture capital fund manager investing in early stage and growth capital for UK growing technology businesses, was acquired by Draper Esprit plc in February 2021 and is now a 100% owned subsidiary.

Funds managed

Fund	Type	Vintage
Elderstreet Capital Partners LP	Venture	1999
TriVen VCT PLC	Venture	1999
Elderstreet Downing VCT	Venture	1998
Elderstreet Millenium Venture Capital	Venture	1996
Elderstreet Investor Club	Venture	1996

Investor		Profile	Country	Notes
	Draper Esprit PLC		United Kingdom	Initial investment. Led the round.

Investor		Contacts	Round
	Draper Esprit PLC	+44 (20) 7931-8800	Acquisition

Investments

Selected investments

	Country	Date	Notes
Aconite Ltd The Smart Choice, leading Card, Transit & Mobile Payments Chip and Pin Software Solutions & Consulting.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2010	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Fords Packaging Systems Ltd The world's leading supplier of Capping Presses and have supplied over 10,000 machines to 76 countries.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2009	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Access Intelligence PLC Targets small to middle market software companies with good growth potential in selected niche sectors.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2008	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Engine Group Ltd A creative marketing communications agency.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2007	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Smart Teachers Probably the best little recruitment agency for school teaching jobs throughout the UK and within all states of Australia.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2005	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Baldwin & Francis Ltd A leading supplier of underground electrical equipment to the UK Coal Industry.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2004	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
SnackTime PLC The UK’s largest independent vending operator.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2003	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
weComm A pioneer of the mobile application industry, a part of Open Text, a global leader in Enterprise Content Management.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2002	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Caplin Systems Ltd An online trading platform.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2000	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Vordel Inc A Cloud Service Broker.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 2000	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Sift Group Ltd One of the UK’s leading digital media experts.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 1999	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Wessex Advanced Switching Products Ltd	United Kingdom	31 Dec 1999	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Lyalvale Express One of the most popular producers of shotgun cartridges in the world.	United Kingdom	31 Dec 1998	N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Melorio PLC A vocational training company, sold to Pearson PLC, one of the UK's leading vocational and professional training providers.	United Kingdom		N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Computer Software Group Ltd A developer and marketer of computer software for business solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. Sold to HG capital.	United Kingdom		N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
ET & T Ltd Telecom Services Integration. Sold.	United Kingdom		N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Whereonearth Ltd Technology company that provides algorithms and locations data.	United Kingdom		N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
Mediasurface PLC A UK based supplier of content management systems and associated services. Sold to Alterian, a marketing platform vendor, in July 2008.	United Kingdom		N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
eCountries.com			N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active
U Mole The leading specialist rental outlet offering no-dig equipment to the UK utility and utility contractor market. Sold to VP PLC 2008.	United Kingdom		N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active

	Michael Jackson	Chairman
	David Taylor	Director

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Selected investments