Arete, a new multi-family investment office, has launched operations in the North West of England.
The firm aims to offer ‘transformational’ private capital to entrepreneurs and companies across the region.
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It will partner with sophisticated investors, HNW investors and family offices to deliver a ‘structured’ approach to private company investment.
With its mission stated as ‘beyond capital’, Arete plans to influence businesses and their management teams in the post-investment phase towards growth and future capital events.
Future plans
Founded by Mike Fletcher, Simon Lord, Ben Hatton, Matt Cheetham and David Moore, Arete will be initially based in Liverpool and Manchester.
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By GlobalDataThe firm is currently staffed by 12 employees. Plans are on to expand the workforce to 20-25 next year with the launch of another office in Yorkshire.
The multi-family investment office is currently pursuing a number of deals in the region. These are anticipated to be announced in the next few months.
Partner Comment:
Arete joint managing partner Lord said: “I’m genuinely excited about taking Arete to market at this time because agility, together with direct access to private investment and growth expertise have never been more important or sought after.
“Through using our wide range of relationships with principals and investors, we are focused on creating and providing access to proprietary deal flow – that’s our core DNA and that’s the opportunity we’re seizing with Arete.”
He added: “It’s our collective vision to create a leading private capital business with true alignment with our backers and entrepreneurs, which by doing so, will create a pipeline of future private capital opportunities.”
In another recent development, a new IFA consolidator Radiant Financial Group launched in the UK with the backing of private equity firm Apiary Capital.
