Long-term backing for companies built to last.
Leath Ventures is a London-based private equity firm with a history of backing companies across Southeast Asia. We buy into profitable businesses with solid track records and work closely with the founders and managers who brought them this far.
About Leath VenturesDeliberately lean
We operate with a small team. As such, clients receive prompt decisions and keep an engaged partner at their side long after the transaction closes.
Three routes to investment
Majority and full acquisitions
Leath Ventures takes controlling or complete ownership of established businesses, often when a founder or corporate parent is preparing to step away and wants the company to continue in capable hands.
Management buyouts
Where an existing leadership team wants to own the company that it already runs, we supply the funding and deal experience needed to bring the purchase to completion.
Minority growth investment
Owners who want to stay in charge can take a minority investment from us to pay for expansion, further acquisitions or a fresh stage of development.
The businesses we seek
Leath Ventures invests across technology, consumer, healthcare, services and real estate, favouring companies whose models are simple to grasp and difficult for competitors to copy. We value sound fundamentals with an edge that has been hard won.
Proven performance
A meaningful trading record and earnings that stand up to deep analysis.
A defensible position
Customer loyalty or proprietary know-how that rivals would find hard to reproduce.
Capable leadership
Managers we want to invest alongside, or an owner ready to plan an orderly succession.
Headroom for growth
Scope to expand through acquisitions, new markets, operational gains or fresh investment in the core business.
An open mind on sector
Our experience runs deep across several industries, yet we assess every opportunity on its own merits and consult sector experts where necessary.