Growth Equity
Active
Active takes minority stakes in growing companies, usually without full control, from London, United Kingdom. It states a focus on consumer & retail.
Stated investment criteria
What Active says it buys
Read from Active’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Active to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies Active lists on its own website. 5 carry a stated investment year.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subdial | 2021 | 5 | — |
| Vinterior | 2021 | 5 | — |
| Classified Cycling | 2022 | 4 | — |
| Code First Girls | 2022 | 4 | — |
| Sticks'n'Sushi | 2024 | 2 | — |
| All The Aunties | — | — | — |
| All Things Butter | — | — | — |
| Artah | — | — | — |
| Baller League | — | — | — |
| Botivo | — | — | — |
| Caravan | — | — | — |
| Chicken Shop | — | — | — |
| Context | — | — | — |
| Coopah | — | — | — |
| Creature Comforts | — | — | — |
| Cubitts | — | — | — |
| Epetome | — | — | — |
| Evans | — | — | — |
| Finisterre | — | — | — |
| Flash Pack | — | — | — |
| Freja | — | — | — |
| Fussy | — | — | — |
| Goplaces | — | — | — |
| Gutology | — | — | — |
| Healf | — | — | — |
| Heidi | — | — | — |
| Honest Burgers | — | — | — |
| KatKin | — | — | — |
| LEON | — | — | — |
| Leblanq | — | — | — |
| Limitless Travel | — | — | — |
| Lovetovisit | — | — | — |
| Magic Ai | — | — | — |
| Marleybones | — | — | — |
| Materials Market | — | — | — |
| Meplace | — | — | — |
| Mojo | — | — | — |
| Myedspace | — | — | — |
| Nimbi | — | — | — |
| Northern Monk | — | — | — |
| Ourritual | — | — | — |
| P Happi | — | — | — |
| Padel Social Club | — | — | — |
| Patch | — | — | — |
| Piglet | — | — | — |
| Piglet In Bed | — | — | — |
| Plend | — | — | — |
| Poolhouse | — | — | — |
| Pore Favor | — | — | — |
| Puttshack | — | — | — |
| Rapha | — | — | — |
| Release Layer System Rls | — | — | — |
| Roots | — | — | — |
| Schplendid | — | — | — |
| Seat Unique | — | — | — |
| Secret Cinema | — | — | — |
| Shuffle | — | — | — |
| Soho House | — | — | — |
| Sprive | — | — | — |
| Steven Com | — | — | — |
| Stocked | — | — | — |
| TALA | — | — | — |
| Taylor Hart | — | — | — |
| The Fold | — | — | — |
| Tipjar | — | — | — |
| Travellocal | — | — | — |
| Unravel | — | — | — |
| Valla | — | — | — |
| Vieve | — | — | — |
| Whocanfixmycar Com | — | — | — |
Compiled from Active’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
Valuation context
Transaction values in Consumer & Retail
What companies have actually sold for in consumer & retail, across 837 recorded transactions.
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