MonacoSol

Investment decisions are led by Chairman Richard and CEO Ollie. Richard sold his first business to Capita in 1997 and most recently exited Deep Secure in August 2021, while Ollie led the MBI and subsequent sale of Secura Hosting to Node4 in 2019. CFO Eddie conducts buy-side financial due diligence, drawing on his corporate finance background at Grant Thornton. The team acts as a unified investment committee, with no external advisory board disclosed.

The firm sources opportunities primarily through the founders’ established UK software network, built across 30 cumulative acquisitions and disposals. Because the principals are former operators rather than career investors, their pipeline originates from direct relationships with founder-led B2B software SMEs. The website indicates an inbound pathway for founders seeking investment, supplemented by the team's proactive M&A outreach in construction tech and business services software.

MonacoSol self-identifies as a private equity business, not a family office. The capital appears to be a combination of the founders’ own liquidity from prior exits and operating profits, deployed without an external fund structure. This hybrid posture — operator capital, no disclosed institutional LPs — functions more like a private holding company making PE-style investments.

All observable activity is direct, control or near-control investments into UK B2B software SMEs. The firm has not publicized any fund-of-funds commitments, LP stakes in external vehicles, or club deal arrangements. Its stated model is to invest an average of £2 million of growth capital alongside hands-on operational support.

MonacoSol targets business-to-business software and technology. The portfolio signals no positions in consumer apps, hardware, biotech, deep tech or non-software business services. Construction software (Open ECX, WebContractor), sales tech (Furza), and payments software are the only named verticals, suggesting the firm stays within domains where its principals have direct operating experience.

No co-investment relationships with external private equity GPs or institutional allocators have been disclosed. The firm’s investment model appears to be proprietary and independent, consistent with a team that deploys its own permanent capital without syndication requirements.

The capital originates from the founders’ personal exits in UK software and technology: Richard from Imasys and Deep Secure, Ollie and Eddie from the Secura Hosting MBI and sale to Node4, and related liquidity events. The firm does not report raising committed funds from outside limited partners.