Alicorn Venture Partners

The business operates as a venture and growth equity investor with a strong emphasis on secondary transactions in growth-stage technology companies. It sources opportunities to purchase existing equity stakes from early investors, employees and other shareholders, often combining these with primary growth capital injections. The firm then actively supports portfolio companies through governance and strategic input, sometimes taking controlling positions, and aims to generate capital gains via exits such as strategic acquisitions by larger corporates or other financial sponsors.

At the fund or investment vehicle level, it pools capital from institutional and high-net-worth limited partners, charging ongoing management fees for overseeing the portfolio and earning carried interest on realised investment profits. Value is created by identifying undervalued or mispriced technology assets, structuring deals that balance venture upside with private equity risk controls, and accelerating revenue growth and exit readiness in portfolio companies.

Alicorn Venture Partners is a UK-based venture capital and private equity investor focused on secondary and growth investments in established technology companies, including high-tech and deep-tech sectors. It acquires stakes in growth-stage businesses, often via secondary share purchases from existing shareholders, and can take significant positions including majority control, as seen in its acquisition and delisting of digital experience analytics provider Glassbox.

The firm earns returns by buying stakes in undervalued or mispriced technology companies, adding capital and operational support, and exiting through trade sales, further buyouts or public listings. Its direct customers are shareholders and founders in growth-stage technology companies seeking liquidity or growth capital, and limited partners who invest into its funds or investment vehicles, from whom it collects management fees and performance-based carried interest.