NewShore Partners

Overview

NewShore Partners was founded in 2014 by Tim Horlick, whose career spanned senior structured credit and principal investing roles at Goldman Sachs before he established the firm in London. The firm emerged in the post-crisis window when European growth-stage fintech began attracting dedicated specialist capital, and Horlick positioned NewShore as a concentrated, highly selective investor rather than a broad platform. The firm targets growth-stage technology companies across Europe and Israel, with a heavy emphasis on fintech, enterprise software, digital health, and property technology. It typically leads or co-leads Series B and C rounds, writing equity cheques in the $10 million to $30 million range. NewShore has backed companies including payroll API provider Pento, business banking platform Tide, and digital health insurer Alan, building a portfolio concentrated in capital-efficient businesses with clear regulatory or network moats. The firm also deploys selectively in later-stage rounds. Its geographic center of gravity is London and Tel Aviv. NewShore operates with a lean team structure, typical of specialist European growth managers that prioritize portfolio concentration over asset gathering. The firm does not publicly disclose headcount. In October 2023, NewShore participated in Pento's acquisition by HiBob, crystallizing one of its earlier fintech positions (public record). NewShore's structural posture is that of a pure-play growth-equity specialist that bridges the gap between early-stage venture firms and large multi-stage funds in Europe. By concentrating on a narrow stage band and maintaining a small portfolio, the firm offers institutional allocators exposure to a segment where larger generalist managers often struggle to write appropriately sized cheques — a sourcing dynamic that echoes the early architecture of firms like Frog Capital but with a sharper fintech bias.