NVM Private Equity
NVM Private Equity is an employee-owned UK lower-mid-market private equity firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Newcastle, with offices across the UK regions including Reading and London. NVM backs management buyouts and growth capital deals in regional businesses, typically investing GBP 5m to GBP 15m per company, and manages around GBP 440m of funds. The firm is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 653677) and its current institutional fund is NVM Private Equity Vintage III, a GBP 142m vehicle closed in 2018. NVM became employee-owned following a 2003 buyout from the Aberdeen Group and historically managed the Northern VCT range before that mandate moved to Mercia in 2017.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 18 portfolio companies (13 active · 5 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund NVM Private Equity has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
NVM Private Equity Vintage IIIBuyout2018 · 8yr€166M13 active · 5 realized
Unrealized
13 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnlea Systems | Energy | UK | 2014 |
| Buoyant Upholstery | Consumer | UK | 2013 |
| Chemigraphic | Industrials | UK | 2019 |
| Dale Power Solutions | Industrials | UK | 2018 |
| Easby Group | Industrials | UK | 2022 |
| Inprova Group | Business Services | UK | 2022 |
| Leading Resolutions | IT Services | UK | 2023 |
| Love Saving Group | Business Services | UK | 2021 |
| MRO+ Solutions | Industrials | UK | 2024 |
| Noted Aromas | Consumer | UK | 2026 |
| Salocin Group | Business Services | UK | 2022 |
| Smart Payment Technologies | Software | UK | 2019 |
| Vegetarian Express | FoodTech | UK | 2024 |
Realized
5 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CurrentBody | E-commerce | UK | 2018 | 2025 | IPO | – | |
| Intuitive Limited | Software | UK | 2014 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Mobius Networks | Telecom | UK | 2019 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | |
| nZero Group | Energy | UK | 2017 | 2025 | Trade Sale | ||
| The Fresh Group | Business Services | UK | 2014 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – |
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About NVM Private Equity
NVM Private Equity is an alternative investment platform with capital deployed across 2 active fund vehicles, headquartered in London. The firm deploys capital across European mid and small-cap businesses spanning consumer, business services, industrials and energy.
Investment thesis
The platform combines complementary investment strategies, deploying capital across consumer, business services, industrials and energy businesses in the United Kingdom and broader European market. Multi-strategy capital deployment enables flexibility across the business lifecycle, with the partnership culture supporting management teams through growth, transmission and selective M&A across multiple fund vintages and asset classes.
Recent activity
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 16 active portfolio companies and 0 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
Investment team
Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
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