Investments

Gentian Capital is a venture focused on acquiring profitable independent UK-based businesses at fair valuations with a target of twenty profitable businesses by 2030. Gentian Capital's strategy is to improve management and invest in the company to grow the business.

Typically the vendor is looking to sell the business due to retirement but with a strong desire to ensure its successful transition to new owners who will continue to run the business largely as it is. We trust management teams with the day to day running of their businesses but Gentian Capital has substantial experience in bringing more focus and clarity around business management systems that can help the acquired company to improve its profitability and cash generation.

Furthermore we offer advice and support wherever necessary, stimulate intra-group cooperation, participate in succession planning and implement robust financial controls.

“Gentian's investment has allowed us to continue on an accelerated trajectory following my graduation from Founders Institute pre-seed accelerator in February 2020 and a grant from Innovate UK the following October. The investment will allow us to launch our platform with cutting edge technology in the summer 2021. Gentian have been the perfect lead investor and put together a great angel syndicate for StyleSwap; we are honoured to have their backing. The Gentian team not only got our vision and technology quickly but understood the challenges of balancing the build of an innovative product with the need to introduce processes and people to realise the potential of an early stage start-up.”
Josephine Waddington
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CEO & Founder
Style Swap
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“Gentian's investment has allowed us to continue on an accelerated trajectory following my graduation from Founders Institute pre-seed accelerator in February 2020 and a grant from Innovate UK the following October. The investment will allow us to launch our platform with cutting edge technology in the summer 2021. Gentian have been the perfect lead investor and put together a great angel syndicate for StyleSwap; we are honoured to have their backing. The Gentian team not only got our vision and technology quickly but understood the challenges of balancing the build of an innovative product with the need to introduce processes and people to realise the potential of an early stage start-up.”
Josephine Waddington
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CEO & Founder
Style Swap

EQONIC

EQONIC is a British technology company focused on delivering transformative energy storage technologies to help the world transition towards a zero emissions future.

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Honey+Harvey

Honey+Harvey is a multi-site cafe and brunch restaurant bringing the London-centric, high end style venue found in major cities to the provinces, including Suffolk and Hampshire. Honey+Harvey's menus reimagine the classic brunch sourcing the best local ingredients in the region, offering a unique experience at each venue.

If you are a leisure or hospitality entrepreneur looking to partner with a funding provider with sector expertise please contact Joe Fellows at joe.fellows@gentiandevelopment.com.
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StyleSwap

With fashion resale set to exceed fast fashion sales this decade, Style Swap will be the global pre-owned marketplace for luxury fashion. Style Swap uses proprietary machine learning to optimise the visibility of products to the right buyers so that users find items quickly.

Style Swap improves the sustainability of the fashion industry by reducing waste, carbon emissions and landfill volumes.

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ctec energy

CTEC Energy is a British company producing Localised Power Generation using synthetic gas from non-recyclable plastic, mixed with biomass.

This syngas can be used to produce electricity, hot water or hydrogen with the lowest industry emissions from non-recyclable waste.

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trovr

Trovr is the easy smartphone app that enables users to receive rewards for making eco-conscious decisions by recycling bottles and cans via reverse vending machines.

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