A mountain to climb
Tim Slade and Jules Leaver just wanted enough money to go skiing. They ended up founding a retail phenomenon.
It’s about more than investing money.
It’s an investment of effort, time and emotion in businesses and people we believe in.
This is why we take such a patient approach to partnership: we invest wisely in people and processes to create the right platform before we look to fully realise potential.
We understand the importance of ensuring the business has the right infrastructure in place to cope with the pace of growth, whether that involves logistics, sales channels, IT systems or any other business-critical system or process.
We work with our management teams to build high performance cultures.
We also know it is vital to keep an eye on the wider picture, and to be aware of the growing value of the business and how this value can ultimately be realised.

Tim Slade and Jules Leaver just wanted enough money to go skiing. They ended up founding a retail phenomenon.