About Us
Acceleration Capital.
Transformational Skills.
Pharaoh Capital was founded in 2022 to target the next generation of impact investments opportunities in the UK Energy and Renewables sector.
Innovative Investment
We are a family office investment firm targeting companies that solve key energy challenges, through innovation and technology.
We look for businesses with an attractive yield and growth potential, providing “Acceleration Capital” to maximise their potential, on a majority ownership basis.
We invest in small and mid-market companies, with the objective of increasing operating cash flow, through growth initiatives and active ownership.
Sector Focus
Pharaoh builds businesses in the Energy and Renewables space.
We look for disruptive business models, or technology companies which innovate or create new markets.
We blend unparalleled knowledge and commercial discipline with an entrepreneurial spirit and financial mindset.
Our Difference
Investors, Technologists, Operators, Entrepreneurs.
Pharaoh is genuinely unique in the world. Our impact goes far beyond financial investment. We work tirelessly to align ourselves with your business, to deliver future-focused strategies tailored to the needs of a growth business.
Our investing strategy is flexible and patient. We’re independent and privately funded.
This means we operate outside the typical PE funding cycles, allowing us to focus on a long-term vision rather than short term financial hurdles.
Our Difference
Pharaoh has a proven track record of success.
Under founder Grant Nicholson’s leadership, Pharaoh Capital has turned the vision of being a force for good into reality. In an age of energy uncertainty and complexity, Grant believes in the transformative power of acceleration capital applied to innovation. His proven record of success, as an entrepreneur and investor, is testament to the strength of this conviction. With a dynamic, hands-on management style, Grant is a stronger believer that financial investment should leverage both the expertise of a company’s executives and his personal experience of scalable growth.
Knowledge and ideas are nothing without the capital to bring them to life. At Pharaoh we want to work with the brightest and the best: we bring finance and business development expertise to cutting-edge technology or innovation. Coupled with energy and passion, I truly believe that the Pharaoh formula has the power to transform lives.
Grant Nicholson – Pharaoh Founder
Our Approach
Pharaoh Capital investments are made in companies from early-stage to expanding businesses seeking to develop products and/or markets.
Invest with Pharaoh
On larger transactions, Pharaoh Capital can act as lead investor or work with other syndicates. We frequently partner with like-minded investors and invest on equal terms.
Our Investments
Transformational capital should unleash a business’ potential. Our investment portfolio shares operating characteristics and competitive dynamics that drive long term value.
News & Insights
Pharaoh Capital acquires UtilityMix
25/07/2023
Energy Sector investor Pharaoh Capital today announces the acquisition of UtilityMix, the UK’s leading technology platform for Letting Agencies, in an undisclosed seven-figure deal.
North West private equity activity continues to fall in first half of 2023
24/07/2023
Pharaoh Capital continues to buck the trend as PE activity continues to fall across the North West in the first half of 2023, following a slow year in 2022. According to provisional half-yearly data from CMBOR.