Crescent Capital Overview

Crescent Capital is a venture capital fund manager based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, established in 1995. The firm focuses on investing in technology, life sciences, and manufacturing companies within Northern Ireland. Crescent Capital has raised over £60 million to date from government, private, and institutional investors, and has made investments in over 30 companies. The firm typically invests between £450,000 and £1.2 million initially, with up to £3 million invested per company over all rounds. Investments are made in the form of equity, considering both majority and minority positions, with returns sought from capital appreciation rather than dividend yield. Crescent Capital aims to exit investments within five to seven years, most likely through a trade sale of the entire company. The firm has a generalist mandate to invest in manufacturing, tradable services, and technology companies in Northern Ireland, backing experienced management teams with good track records who are prepared to commit their own capital to transactions. Crescent Capital has been retained as the manager of the North Ireland Growth Fund, a new fund established to pursue investment opportunities within Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, with a target size of up to $100 million. The fund will principally pursue development capital investment opportunities, with a small allocation for early-stage and start-ups. The firm's management team is led by Colin Walsh, Managing Director, who has been an active venture capital investor in the local high-tech sector for the past twenty years. Crescent Capital's investors include the New York State Common Retirement Fund, Invest Northern Ireland, Investec Bank, IKEA Group, Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannuation Committee, the European Investment Fund, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Ulster, and a wide variety of public pension funds, insurance companies, private individuals, and institutional investors from Ireland, the UK, Europe, and the US.

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