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What does Scottish Equity Partners invest in?
Scottish Equity Partners invests most often at Venture and Series C (47% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise Technology, AI and Data.
Scottish Equity Partners highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Series C: 47% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 62 rounds, median $8.9M
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15 exits from the portfolio
What they do
SEP is a leading growth equity investor in enterprise technology companies in the UK and Europe.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- Enterprise TechnologyAIData
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first141 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Feb
- 2019
3 rounds
- Jul
- Jun
- Jan
- 2018
1 round
- Dec
- 2016
1 round
- Jan
- 2015
4 rounds
- Nov
- Jul
- May
- Jan
- 2014
8 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Dec
- Sept
- Jul
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- 2013
9 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- SeptSeries C$16MSole investor
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Jan
- Jan
- 2012
15 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Jul
- May
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration6 named
ADAndrew DavisonPartneriForm ADV
ALAnthony Lawrence RobisonPartneriForm ADV
CPCalum PatersonManaging PartneriForm ADV
JCJan Carol RutherfordPartneriForm ADV
KRKeith Robert DavidsonPartneriForm ADV
SAStuart Andrew Weir PatersonPartneriForm ADV
We also hold 28 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$1.0Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Scottish Equity Partners, LLP
- SEC number
- CRD 161989
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed15 in all
PowervationBought by ROHM Semiconductor$70MJul 2015
ZinwaveBought by McWaneUndisclosedFeb 2014
ControlCircleBought by Alternative NetworksUndisclosedJan 2014
KialaBought by UPSUndisclosedFeb 2012
VirtenSysBought by Micron TechnologyUndisclosedJan 2012
picoChipBought by Mindspeed Technologies$77MJan 2012
ZeusBought by Riverbed Technology$110MJul 2011
SurfkitchenBought by TelecaUndisclosedMar 2011
Essential ViewingBought by Digital BarriersUndisclosedMar 2011
Gigle NetworksBought by Broadcom$75MNov 2010
HeartscapeBought by Roper IndustriesUndisclosedFeb 2010
TidewayBought by BMC SoftwareUndisclosedOct 2009
MTEM LimitedBought by Petroleum Geo-Services$275MJun 2007
Rhetorical Group plcBought by ScanSoftUndisclosedJan 2004
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.