Shackleton Ventures
1st Floor, 48 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1JF, United Kingdom
Overview
Shackleton Ventures specialises in secondary venture and development capital investments. They buy existing holdings from an investor that is seeking liquidity. They will often provide new funding for companies alongside their secondary purchase. They specialise in markets where their team members have experience as investors and entrepreneurs. Shackleton Ventures FCA-authorised subsidiary, Shackleton Finance Limited, currently manages four funds, details of which are provided under Investors. Shackleton has achieved a high success rate, achieving 18 profitable exits so far in its ten year history with significant unrealised gain across its remaining assets.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- OmPrompt
Led · Equity · Jul 2014
OmPrompt provides a customer automation management platform used across the consumer goods, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and logistics sectors. Led by CEO John Wakeman, the company serves enterprise customers including Arla, Bacardi, British Sugar, CEVA, DB Schenker, Heinz, Kellogg’s, Kimberly‑Clark, Medtronic, Smiths Medical, Stryker, Reckitt Benckiser and Unilever. In July 2014 OmPrompt raised £2.5m in funding from Albion Ventures alongside Shackleton Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to expand sales and marketing and to forge strategic partnerships with BPOs and BPMs among other initiatives. Headquartered in Oxford, UK, OmPrompt focuses on enterprise customer automation use cases across its core industries.
Team
No current team members are available.