
Kennet Partners
1st Floor, 9-11 Kingly Street, London, England, W1B 5PH, United Kingdom
Overview
Kennet invests in growth companies providing information technology products and business services that leverage information technology. Kennet provides expansion capital to firms who want to accelerate growth and build exceptional shareholder value in partnership with an experienced investor. As a growth equity investor, Kennet works with management teams to build shareholder value. They provide direct support to their portfolio companies, including strategy formulation, business development, executive recruitment and corporate finance initiatives. Kennet is an experienced growth equity team with a track record of building global market leaders and achieving high-value exits. Kennet is a different kind of investor. They help successful, entrepreneurial technology businesses in North America and Europe take the next big jump in growth.
- Total investments
- 35
- Lead investments
- 25
- Investments · 12mo
- 2
- Active investors
- 6
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- Information Technology
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Summize
Participated · Equity · Jan 2026
Summize is a Manchester-headquartered LegalTech scale-up offering an AI-driven contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution that plugs into widely used workplace applications such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, Slack, Salesforce and HubSpot. The platform automates contract creation, review and obligation management, giving in-house legal teams and business users instant clarity while reducing manual workload. Summize serves customers including Revolut, AMC Networks, Sigma, Matillion and multiple NBA, MLB and NFL franchises. The company operates additional offices in Boston and San Diego as it pushes into the U.S. market. Over the past five years, Summize has achieved 100% year-on-year growth in annual recurring revenue, underscoring strong product-market fit. Management’s stated goal is to remove contracting bottlenecks for mid-sized companies and position legal departments as strategic partners through AI adoption.
- Yonda Tax
Led · Equity · Dec 2025
Yonda Tax provides end-to-end automation of global indirect taxes—handling registration, filing and remittance—so companies can remain compliant as they expand across borders. Branded as a “tax-first, tech-second” partner, the platform combines accountancy expertise with software to deliver highly accurate, personalised support. Its fixed-fee, subscription pricing is based on the number of regions a client files in, offering predictable costs versus competitors’ transaction-based models. The company has grown over 100 percent year-over-year and has more than doubled headcount in the past 12 months. Roughly 60 percent of its customers are in the United States, with growing adoption in the UK, Australia, Canada and Singapore, serving sectors such as eCommerce, SaaS and AI. New funding will be used to enhance product features and expand into additional industries and jurisdictions, particularly in the US and APAC regions.
- Qount
Participated · Equity · Feb 2025
Qount provides a cloud-based, AI-driven practice management platform that consolidates CRM, onboarding, collaboration, document management, tasks, workflows, e-signatures, payments and billing, and project tracking into a single solution. The platform is designed to automate service delivery workflows and digital work units, using sentiment-driven AI to optimize firm operations. Qount positions its suite to help accounting, tax, audit, and bookkeeping professionals standardize processes, minimize errors, and improve visibility across firms. The company says the funding will accelerate investments in applied AI and its go-to-market strategy. Qount was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. Recent leadership hires include CEO Peter Miele and CMO Greg Pope to lead growth and market expansion.
- Fluid Topics
Led · Series B · Apr 2024
Fluid Topics provides a content delivery platform that lets users search, read, and interact with product documentation, unifying technical documentation, datasheets, marketing material, multimedia and more. The platform delivers actionable information tailored to users in a contextualized, personalized, and secure way via business applications and digital communication channels. The company positions itself to help maintenance and repair technicians navigate very large documentation sets during service calls. Founded in 1999 by Fabrice Lacroix and based in Lyon, France, Fluid Topics targets complex-product environments with extensive documentation. The company said it will use new funding to expand operations and development efforts.
- Screendragon
Led · Equity · Feb 2024
Screendragon is a London- and Cork-based technology company offering a SaaS platform for the agency and marketing sectors to automate complex workflows, connect distributed teams, and provide visibility and agility at scale. The platform powers many brands and agencies and is intended to help teams plan, innovate, create and deliver content to market efficiently and effectively. The company raised $27M in funding and plans to use the proceeds to continue expanding the business. Screendragon was founded by John Briggs, Jan Quant and Fergus Ashe, who will continue to lead the company. Executive Chairman Clive Sirkin will assume the role of Chairman of a newly constituted board of directors. Additional board appointments tied to the round include Cillian Hilliard, Michael Elias of Kennet, and Fidel Manolopoulos of Federated Hermes; an independent board member will be named shortly.