Risk Capital Partners LLP is a London-based private equity firm, co-founded in 2001 by Ben Redmond and Luke Johnson. The firm invests in numerous sectors, including leisure, retail, media, healthcare, IT services, financial services and support services.
Risk Capital Partners mainly provides growth capital investment, taking minority or majority positions in established, profitable, mid-market UK companies and typically contributing ã3-ã15 million per investment.
The firm is currently investing a ten-year ã75m fund on behalf of pension funds, life companies and specialist fund investors, including ã25m provided by Risk Capital's own partners. The firm has participated in a range of investment situations, including development capital for organic growth, management buyouts, shareholder restructuring, company turnarounds and the acquisition/de-listing of public companies.
In November 2020 the group funded a media consultant for the COVID Recovery Group of anti-lockdown MPs.
In 2005 Risk Capital Partners acquired the Greyhound Racing Association It later emerged that the purchase was part-financed by property developer Galliard Homes and GRA faced a ã49 million debt. The company was later dissolved following the disposal of its assets.