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View servicesEIS funds offer a tax-efficient way to invest in venture capital.
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Help to get started.
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Jasper Smith, Vala Capital
The Vala Sustainable Growth EIS aims to invest in companies that have the potential to grow rapidly, create significant value for investors, and make a positive contribution to the world’s sustainability challenges. Through the Vala Sustainable Growth EIS, investors can acquire a portfolio of shares in small companies. These companies will have credible plans to achieve rapid growth, offering products or services that have the potential to address one or more of the sustainability issues explained in more detail in the Investment Strategy.
Key Individuals - Jasper Smith runs Vala Capital and has overall responsibility for the Vala EIS Portfolio’s deal flow and mentoring services. He is an entrepreneur who has founded and invested in many companies in the media, technology and engineering sectors. He has achieved a number of successful exits, creating significant shareholder value along the way.
Jasper is supported by a team of experienced investment professionals with backgrounds in venture capital, private equity and entrepreneurship.
Investment goal
Growth
Relative risk
High / Adventurous - Capital at Risk
Invests in
Technology for planetary health
Sustainable consumption and commerce
Fairer access to social goods
Target Return
2.5x return after five years
Not a reliable indicator of future income.
CURRENT STATUS - OPEN
Open to new investors. The fund is evergreen. The minimum investment is £25,000.
The goal is to invest in companies that are aiming to make a meaningful difference to one of the major sustainability issues facing our economy, society and environment. Success for these companies will be defined by three equally important measures: their sustainability impact, their growth and development, and the value they build for investors.
The companies we invest will all be start-ups and early-stage companies, but they may be at different phases of their business plans when the Fund first invests. Some companies may already be ‘post-revenue’ - they have already started to sell their product or service and now require funding to accelerate growth (for example, by investing in their sales and marketing function or expanding their product range). Other companies may be ‘pre-revenue’ - they are still developing a product, and they require funding to cover the costs of finalising
and launching it into their chosen markets. The Fund may also invest in some businesses more than once. As such, your portfolio could include companies that have already been invested in by previous Fund Investors and mentored by Vala Capital over a number of years.
Toraphene is a new packaging material that is stronger, thinner and more impermeable than alternatives. It can also be manufactured at a competitive price, making it economically viable.
Terralogix.ai has developed a unique, AI-driven software platform to unlock the value of land without clear title.
Arksen is a technology and adventure company designing the ultimate marine exploration vessels.
Full initial charge | 5% |
Annual management charge | 0% |
Administration charge | 0% |
Performance fee | 20% |
Performance fee, calculated as 20% of the cash returns that exceed 110% of the amount invested into companies.
Initial charge | 2.5% |
Annual management charge | 1.5% |
Please check the fees section of the Information Memorandum for full details. All fees and charges are stated exclusive of VAT, which may be applicable in some cases. Any fees and charges payable by the investee companies or the underlying businesses do not directly come out of your investment. However, they will effectively reduce the returns generated by investee companies and therefore directly impact your investment.
To invest, you must be an eligible investor. To be an eligible investor, you must be qualifying as one or more of the following:
Important information for private investors – Reliance on the information provided here to engage in any investment activity may expose an individual to a significant risk of losing all of the property or other assets invested. Your attention is drawn to the risk section contained within the Information Memorandum. Investments are typically in unquoted shares in small companies, the value of which can be volatile and are often difficult to sell. Nothing on this website constitutes investment, tax, financial, legal, regulatory, or other advice by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP.
The value of an investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the full amount invested, and you may therefore lose some or all of your investment.
If you are unsure of the suitability of any investment for your circumstances, please contact your independent financial advisor or other professional advisor authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) who specialises in advising on investments of this type. Tax reliefs depend on individual circumstances. There is no guarantee however that the tax reliefs (such as EIS reliefs, CGT reliefs or IHT relief) will be available on any investment made or that if it is initially available, it will not be subsequently withdrawn. Any references to tax laws or rates are based on current legislation, all of which are subject to change and are provided as a guide only. Prospective investors are advised to take their own investment and taxation advice and should consult their own professional advisors on the implications of investing.
Investments made in investee companies via funds managed by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). For more details, please contact us or refer to their website: https://www.fscs.org.uk
Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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Investing in start-ups and early-stage businesses involves risks, including illiquidity, lack of dividends, loss of investment and dilution. It should be done only as part of a diversified portfolio. Any investments are targeted exclusively at investors who understand the risks of investing in early-stage businesses and can make their own investment decisions. Any pitches for investment are not offers to the public.
Investments made in investee companies via funds managed by Sapphire Capital Partners LLP are not covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). For more details please contact us or refer to their website: https://www.fscs.org.uk
In providing information about Sapphire Capital Partners LLP ("Sapphire") and Sapphire's services, Sapphire is not communicating and does not intend to communicate any invitation or inducement to any person to make any investment or divestment or to engage in investment activity, and is not offering to acquire or dispose of securities. Investors should consider carefully whether an investment in a fund managed by Sapphire is suitable for them in light of the information in the respective information memorandum and with to their personal circumstances. Sapphire is not issuing, promulgating, or providing any financial or other advice to any person. Before investing, investors are recommended to consult an appropriately authorised independent financial adviser.
Sapphire Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. You should be aware that values can go down as well as up and you may not get back all or any of the amount you originally invested.
Sapphire Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance and may not be repeated. You should be aware that values can go down as well as up and you may not get back all or any of the amount you originally invested.