Literacy Capital

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

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Seed

Stage

01.04.2018

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1

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About Company
Literacy Capital is a closed-end investment company that invests in and supports small, growing UK businesses to achieve long-term success.

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founded date

01.09.2017

Number of employees

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's investment strategy is focused on investing in businesses where a clear route to creating additional value can be seen, with a wide variety of types of businesses and situations. They have a unique fund structure and investment approach that gives them greater flexibility and better alignment with their management teams and investors. Additionally, Literacy Capital is the only investment fund of its type to have been set up with a charitable objective, actively supporting UK literacy charities by donating 0.9% of net assets each year, with approximately £2m donated since inception in 2017.
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Number of Funding Rounds

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People

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Richard Pindar
Richard Pindar

Richard Pindar

Richard co-founded Literacy Capital in September 2017 and has a background in investing, private equity & related consultancy / advisory roles. Richard worked in Corporate Finance initially, working in a lead advisory M&A capacity His final two years involved time in the Private Equity Group within Transaction Services and performing financial due diligence for large private equity clients.

current job

Literacy Capital
Literacy Capital

Richard Pindar

Paul Pindar
Paul Pindar

Paul Pindar

Mr Pindar is the former Chief Executive of the Capita Group Plc, the UK’s market leader in providing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. He joined Capita in 1987 following its management buyout from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA). Capita was floated on the USM in 1989 with a market value of £8m and is today a FTSE 100 company with a market capitalisation of c.£4.7bn. Mr Pindar is Chairman of Integrated Dental Holdings, the UK’s largest chain of dental surgeries.

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Literacy Capital
Literacy Capital

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4

Paul Pindar

Employee Profiles
3
Miral Patel

Miral Patel

Investment Director

Paul Pindar

Paul Pindar

Chairman

Richard Pindar

Richard Pindar

Chief Investment Officer

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