What investment strategy does Alchemy Partners focus on?

Alchemy Partners focuses on Buyout strategies in the private equity space.

How many portfolio companies does Alchemy Partners have?

Alchemy Partners has 3 active portfolio companies and 3 completed exits and 5 funds tracked on GP Intel.

Where is Alchemy Partners headquartered?

Alchemy Partners is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

What is Alchemy Partners's assets under management?

Alchemy Partners manages approximately €2.9B in assets under management.

When was Alchemy Partners founded?

Alchemy Partners was founded in 1997.

What sectors does Alchemy Partners invest in?

Alchemy Partners invests across Healthcare, Consumer, Financials, TMT.

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Alchemy Partners

London, United Kingdom·Founded 1997·

Buyout

·alchemypartners.co.uk

Alchemy Partners is a London-based private-equity and special-situations investment firm founded in 1997 by Martin Bolland, Robert Barnes and Jon Moulton. The firm first raised capital through the Alchemy Investment Plan, an open-ended…Read full bio

AUM

€2.9B

Funds

Portfolio

Key facts

HQLondon, United Kingdom

Founded1997

Websitealchemypartners.co.uk

Recent exits

JOA Groupe

Gaming · 2017

Revolution Bars Group

Hospitality · 2015

Four Seasons Health Care

Healthcare · 2004

Coverage notes

5 funds tracked, 6 portfolio companies (3 active · 3 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.

About Alchemy Partners

Alchemy Partners is one of Europe's longest-running pure-play special situations private equity firms, with £2.5 billion under advisement and £4.0 billion under management cumulatively as of December 2024, headquartered in London at 25 Bedford Street. The firm was founded in 1997 by Jon Moulton, with more than £5.5 billion (€3 billion plus) deployed across special situations since inception. Alchemy remains a partner-owned independent firm with deep distressed and complex transaction heritage.

Investment thesis

Alchemy Partners deploys capital through approximately five Special Opportunities funds (ASOF I through V) plus earlier private equity vintages, executing more than 220 transactions and approximately 175 PE deals across its history. The platform deploys flexibly across the capital structure with £25-150 million per transaction, spanning distressed debt, capital solutions and private equity for underperforming or undervalued businesses. Sector focus spans information technology, financial services, business services, communications, distribution and manufacturing, with geographic deployment across 14 European countries concentrated in UK, Ireland, German-speaking Europe and the Nordics.

Recent activity

Recent realised exits include special situations exits across 2025. Recent acquisitions include Barons Eden (hospitality, UK, March 2025), with ASOF V approximately 20% deployed across nine investments in four countries as of early 2025. The platform continues active deployment of the latest special opportunities vintage across European mid-market distressed and complex transactions. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €49/month.