Manzanita Capital

What is Manzanita Capital?

Manzanita Capital is a London-based private equity firm established in 2001, focusing on investments in the beauty sector. They specialize in the luxury and premium niches, targeting companies with a potential for strong growth and global expansion. Manzanita Capital is not constrained by strict investment horizons due to their long-term perspective, which is supported by patient family capital.

This approach allows them to cultivate businesses into enduring global brands. They invest in entrepreneurs and emerging companies, dedicated to preserving the spirit of creativity while introducing the necessary processes and resources for scaling.

Their investment strategy prioritizes integrity, trust, collaboration, and alignment of objectives with the founders they partner with.

Manzanita Capital offers more than capital; they engage deeply with their portfolio companies, providing expertise and support across e-commerce, wholesale, retail, board-level strategy development, operational structure, talent attraction and retention, as well as financial, tax, and legal assistance.

They encourage knowledge sharing across their companies to leverage combined experiences.

With their first investment in Space NK, they have gained broad insights into the beauty industry and keep growing their international presence in key markets like the US, UK, Europe, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Manzanita Capital's portfolio also extends to early-stage investments in businesses that have the capacity to disrupt the beauty industry.

Their investment criteria focus on companies with exceptional products and passionate founders that operate internationally.

Their specialties include merging, with the fund investment ranging from a minimum of $520,000 to a maximum of $8,400,000, enabling flexibility in the scale of their engagements. Manzanita Capital is located at 3rd floor, 43 Great Marlborough Street, London, W1F 7JL and can be contacted through general inquiries at their email.

They are dedicated to helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses while nurturing brand equity in the beauty sector.

What they say:

We are a private equity firm that focuses on acquiring established brands.

What we look for: We invest in brands and support entrepreneurs.