Interregnum

Simon Barker, as Chief Executive, leads investment execution and portfolio management. Roger Taylor, the Chairman and co-founder, remains closely involved in strategic direction. The firm's AIM-listed status means board-level decisions on material acquisitions are subject to public disclosure obligations, providing an unusual degree of external visibility into deal approvals compared to private investment firms.

Interregnum targets distressed, cash-constrained, or under-managed technology companies — often businesses that lack the scale for private equity auction processes and the growth narrative for venture capital. Principals leverage decades of UK and European technology networks. The firm's public-company balance sheet allows it to act quickly when sellers need certainty of close, a sourcing advantage over fund-based buyers who must syndicate LP capital.

Neither. Interregnum is a publicly listed technology merchant bank — a rare category. It uses permanent balance-sheet capital rather than finite-life funds, and it acquires controlling stakes in technology companies with the intent to restructure and exit. This brings it closer in posture to private equity operationally, but its indefinite hold periods and public-company transparency separate it from both conventional VC and PE fund managers.

Interregnum focuses on mid-market, post-revenue technology companies — typically those with operational challenges rather than pre-revenue startups. Target companies often have existing customer bases, recurring revenue, and products that need commercial repositioning rather than technology invention. The firm does not participate in seed or early-stage venture rounds.

The firm concentrates on enterprise software, digital health, fintech, and digital media. It has historically avoided deep-tech, hardware, and capital-intensive manufacturing — sectors where its operational turnaround playbook, built around commercial repositioning and cost restructuring, provides less edge.

Interregnum operates as a for-profit public company and does not maintain a disclosed philanthropic foundation. The firm's principals may have personal philanthropic activities, but no charitable vehicle is formally linked to the corporate entity in its public filings.

Interregnum is not a family office. It is a publicly traded merchant bank that raises equity capital from external shareholders on the AIM market. While founder Roger Taylor exercises significant influence through his role and shareholding, the firm's investment capital comes from public-market investors, not a single family's wealth — subjecting it to listing rules and minority-shareholder protections that family offices do not face.