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June 2024 Update

Grafton Capital sells Third Financial Software to Nucleus Financial

Grafton Capital has announced the sale of its portfolio company Third Financial Software to Nucleus Financial, marking the end of a nine year journey.

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February 2024 Update

HomeViews Acquired by Rightmove Plc

Rightmove Plc acquired HomeViews, a business founded by Ed Barroll Brown, Grafton Capital’s Managing Partner.

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September 2023 Update

Xtremepush Acquires Thunderbite

Grafton Capital portfolio company Xtremepush strengthens its platform with the acquisition of Thunderbite, boosting customer engagement with real-time gamification solutions.

Grafton Capital invested €18 million in Xtremepush in 2021, a leading multi-channel customer engagement platform provider, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

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Case Study

Microsoft acquires Softomotive

When Softomotive was acquired by Microsoft in April 2020, Grafton Capital was the only external shareholder, having invested $25m in September 2018.

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, stated that Softomotive would become part of Microsoft’s Power Automate platform. “We’re bringing RPA – or robotic process automation – to legacy apps and services with our acquisition of Softomotive”.

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Growth capital for leading technology companies

Grafton Capital at a glance

2014

Established

£138m

Invested to Date

Investments

£5m-£20m

Typical Investment

Flexible growth capital

Grafton Capital usually invests growth capital as a minority partner, acting as a sounding board, listening and supporting founders. In some cases, we have acquired a majority interest or even the entire business.

Specialists in software

Grafton Capital has a proven track record of supporting entrepreneurs that have built successful tech-enabled or software businesses. We are laser focused on this market and are able to share best practice across our portfolio, supporting founding teams when and how they need it.

Entrepreneurial at heart

Grafton Capital has an entrepreneurial and flexible approach to investing and building value. We can provide fresh capital or we can buy shares from existing shareholders, either to help founders de-risk their own position or to tidy up the cap table.

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It’s very easy to work with them. They are very skilled with an entrepreneurial approach. The relationship with my organisation has been very successful.

Giovanni “Nanni” Grossi, Founder and CEO at BOARD International

Grafton Capital has brought immense value to Third Financial. They bring a sensible sounding board for ideas, independent thinking and very valuable experience. We wouldn’t be where we are today without them.

Ian Partington, CEO at Third Financial

“Knowledge, insight, support and advice are the four words that spring to mind, and you get this in abundance working with Grafton Capital. Every bit a friend, coach and advisor, as much as they are an investor.”

Paul Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder, MPP Global

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“Grafton Capital has been a very good partner to Alva by providing growth capital and ongoing pragmatic advice. Their approach is very refreshing and they bring a realistic perspective to the board, helping us identify growth opportunities and blind spots.”

Alberto Lopez-Valenzuela, Founder CEO, Alva Reputation

“I was a little apprehensive initially, but Grafton Capital met and exceeded all my expectations. They added immense value to our board of directors and were exceptionally good at helping the management team to focus on what really matters and to make informed decisions.”

Marios Stavropoulos, CEO and Co-Founder of Softomotive

Grafton Capital is a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in leading European software and tech-enabled companies.

Since 2014, Grafton has invested approximately £140m of growth capital. We partner with founders who have global ambitions, as well as companies that are leading players in valuable niches.

We typically invest growth capital of between £5 – £20 million, taking a minority stake in a business, but we aim to be a flexible partner and can offer liquidity solutions for shareholders as well as new growth capital. Our focus is on providers of business software, tech-enabled businesses, data and analytics, online platforms and marketplaces.