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Kennet Partners

Kennet Partners

Venture Capital

Kennet Partners is an international growth equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in Europe and North America. The firm supports entrepreneurial technology businesses with expansion capital.

Portfolio

9

companies

AUM

£1000M

under management


Portfolio companies

Summize

Summize

Summize offers an artificial intelligence powered contract lifecycle management platform.

Yonda Tax

Yonda Tax

Yonda Tax automates global tax compliance for scaling businesses.

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usecure

usecure provides human risk management solutions to help organisations mitigate cyber threats.

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Jiminny

Jiminny provides a conversation intelligence platform that helps sales teams analyse customer interactions.

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eStorebrands

Digital shelf software supplier for major global brands.

Scoro

Scoro

Scoro provides an end-to-end work management software platform for professional services.

Grip

Grip

Grip operates a market engagement platform for virtual and in-person events.

Provar

Provar

Provar delivers a specialised test automation platform for the Salesforce ecosystem.

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Receipt Bank

Digital accounting platform that automates financial data management for accountants.


Team

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Michael Elias

Managing Director and Founder

Hillel Zidel

Hillel Zidel

Managing Director

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Alex Taylor-Harris

Director


Recent investments

£40.0M

Maven Capital Partners led a £40m investment alongside Kennet Partners, Federated Hermes Private Equity, and YFM Equity Partner.

"We founded Summize to bring contract clarity to the entire business, and Maven, along with our additional investors, has been a key partner in supporting that mission. Contracting shouldn’t be a bottleneck for growing midsize companies, so our goal is to help in-house legal teams use AI to reduce manual work and spend more time as strategic partners and business accelerators."
— Tom Dunlop, CEO and co-founder
Series A
Undisclosed

Kennet Partners has backed the human risk management platform in its latest funding round.

"This investment marks a significant milestone for usecure, our team, and our partners. Our mission has always been clear — to become the global leader in human risk management for MSPs and IT teams. With Kennet’s support and expertise in scaling SaaS businesses, we’re ready to accelerate that journey, deliver more value to our partners, and drive innovation that helps organisations worldwide strengthen their human firewall."
— Charles Preston, Founder & CEO
Series A
£13.5M

The investment round was led by transatlantic growth equity firm Kennet Partners.

"I’m delighted to announce details of today’s funding round which will further propel Jiminny’s growth and enable us to keep supporting and serving our customers to the high standards we set."
— Tom Lavery, CEO and Founder
Growth
£21.1M

Kennet Partners and Digital+ Partners have provided the company's first external capital to fund international expansion and product development.

"We are extremely excited about the opportunities our new investment will bring. We plan to accelerate our vision of creating the most complete Digital Shelf Automation platform for brands, revolutionizing how they manage their e-commerce retail partners. We recognise the value of our people and the expertise we have from a branding perspective which makes us unique when it comes to developing technology which makes a difference. This new investment is exciting for our global teams as we can make even more great ideas come to life."
— Bartosz Kielbinski, CEO
Series A
£9.3M

Kennet Partners led the Series A round to support product development and international expansion.

"Our mission is to empower organisers to bring professionals together to advance industries. This funding round is going to enable us to take the experience to a new level, leveraging our extensive industry-leading platform, offering unique value for Virtual, Hybrid and In-Person events."
— Tim Groot, CEO and founder
Series C
£55.0M

Insight Partners led the Series C round, which included participation from Augmentum Fintech, Kennet Partners, and CIBC.

"The addition of Augmentum alongside our current investors, Insight, Kennet and CIBC, strengthens our board and will help us meet our ambitious growth goals, following a stellar 2019."
— Adrian Blair, CEO