How many investments has Columbia Lake Partners made?

Columbia Lake Partners has 19 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Columbia Lake Partners invest at?

Columbia Lake Partners invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.

What sectors does Columbia Lake Partners focus on?

Columbia Lake Partners focuses on Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.

Where is Columbia Lake Partners located?

Columbia Lake Partners is headquartered in London, GB.

Who does Columbia Lake Partners co-invest with?

Columbia Lake Partners most often shares deals with Accel, Atomico, EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme, among 54 tracked co-investors.

Columbia Lake Partners

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London · Series A–Late Stage · 29 people tracked

Also known as COLUMBIA LAKE PARTNERS MANAGER LLP

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Columbia Lake Partners provides growth loans to European technology companies, aiming to be the kind of fund founders would want to work with when seeking capital. The team draws on extensive experience, having previously extended credit and managed portfolio relationships exceeding £300 million across more than 100 companies. The firm emphasizes that no company follows a straight path to success and positions its venture debt as flexible financing that can extend cash runway or bridge a company to profitability. CLP is backed by a group of investors that includes partners at Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Stage

Series A–Late Stage

London, GB

Instruments

Debt

Founded

2014

Last 12 months

1 investment

Tracked investments

Acquisitions

Team · 29 people

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Wayne Goldstein· Advisory Board; Co-Founder and Principal of The Endicott Group

Co-Founder and Principal of The Endicott Group, an investment and advisory firm focused on financial institutions; previously a Managing Director at Sandler O'Neill & Partners.

G. Felda Hardymon· General Partner

Richard Crawshaw· General Partner

Robert M. Stavis· General Partner

Robert P. Goodman· General Partner

Simon Palmer· General Partner

Craig W. Netterfield· Managing Partner· London, England, United Kingdomin

Founding Partner of CLP with over 15 years of venture lending experience in North America and Europe; previously a Partner at Wellington Financial LP providing growth capital loans to technology firms.

Daniel Bull· Partner· Bicester, England, United Kingdomin

Previously Assistant VP in the Venture Capital Group at Comerica Bank in San Francisco. Holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.

Ed Salmon· Partner & CFO

Previously Director of Finance and Treasury for SVB UK, with over 14 years of venture lending experience and 15 years in investment management and private equity. Chartered Accountant with a Masters in Finance from London Business School.

Ang Jonathan· Investment Manager· Singaporein

Ang Jonathan is a Director at SM Universe in Singapore and works with Tembusu Partners, a Singapore-based fund management platform operating pan-Asia funds, a private wealth arm, and a direct investment practice focused on early-stage technology companies in South East Asia. He has close to a decade of experience in technology investments and fund formation, is a Singapore-qualified lawyer admitted to the Singapore bar, and holds the CFA charter.

Ng Jonathan· Investment Manager· Singaporein

Ng Jonathan is a Director at SM Universe in Singapore and works with Tembusu Partners, a Singapore-based fund management platform operating pan-Asia funds, a private wealth arm, and a direct investment practice focused on early-stage technology companies in South East Asia. He has close to a decade of experience in technology investments and fund formation. Ng is a Singapore-qualified lawyer admitted to the Singapore bar and a CFA charterholder.

Anderson Ng· Investment Analyst· London, England, United Kingdomin

Spent five years as a debt advisor in the Canadian real estate industry, arranging loans for institutional clients and family offices. Holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University, Canada.

Brian Feinstein· Advisory Board; Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners focusing on consumer Internet and enterprise software; previously a founder at Opera New Media and worked in Blackstone's private equity group.

Chloé Lavin· People Director

Over 16 years of people leadership experience across technology, financial services, consulting, health and advertising. Previously People Director at Manual and Publicis Sapient; holds degrees from LSE.

David Fischer· Advisory Board; Partner at Gold Hill Capital

Partner at Gold Hill Capital responsible for raising capital and managing debt financing investments; previously spent eleven years at Silicon Valley Bank.

Elza Cloete· Finance Manager

Chartered Accountant qualified in South Africa with PwC, with international experience in the UK and USA. Graduate of Stellenbosch University with an honours degree from UNISA.

Felda Hardymon· Advisory Board; Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners focused on software, communications and storage; also a professor at Harvard Business School and visiting professor at LSE.

Hallam Dixon· Investment Manager· London, England, United Kingdomin

Previously at Aksia investing in credit funds and co-investment opportunities. Holds a first-class BSc from LSE and an MSc from the University of Oxford.

Ignatius Pinto· Investment Manager· London, England, United Kingdomin

Previously a Senior Associate at PwC with four years in financial services. ACA qualified with a first-class BSc in Mathematics from UCL.

Kate Vine· Investment Associate· Toronto, Ontario, Canadain

Previously worked in corporate venture capital at Nationwide Building Society. Holds a first-class BSc in Mathematics from the University of Bath.

Kehara Warnakulasuriya· Analyst· London Area, United Kingdomin

Previously worked in strategy consulting at Stax. Holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Politics from LSE.

Ken Wilcox· Advisory Board; Chairman Emeritus of Silicon Valley Bank

Former Chairman and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank / SVB Financial Group, focused on technology, life sciences and venture capital niches.

Kevin Hargaden· Senior Investment Associate

Previously a Strategy and Investment Consultant with Melbourne University. ACA qualified with PwC Ireland and holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School.

Severine Smyth· Paralegal· Bicester, England, United Kingdomin

Prior experience at Novus Legal Services. Holds a Master's in Advanced Legal Studies from Verona, Italy, and a Master's in International Business Management from IAE in Nantes, France.

Donatella Callegaris· Director

Richard Cranshaw· Director

Timothy Oldridge· Director

Derek Benedet· Investmentsin

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Zinhle Phakathi· Marketing Manager· Johannesburg Metropolitan Areain

Zinhle Phakathi is a Marketing Manager at Columbia Lake Partners who specializes in community engagement strategies connecting founders and investors. Her experience includes designing partnership initiatives, managing marketing and communications, curating events, and supporting startup acceleration programs across African ecosystems. She has worked with founders and investors to develop networking opportunities, branding initiatives, and storytelling platforms for ventures.

What they invest in

from 17 of 19 portfolio companies

SaaS ×14AI & Machine Learning ×10Data & Infrastructure ×4Enterprise Software ×4Marketing Tech ×3PropTech ×3E-commerce ×2Fintech ×2

HQs:United Kingdom×3Spain×2United States×2Czechia×1Germany×1France×1

Investments · 19 tracked

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By year:2025 · 2 2024 · 2 2023 · 1 2022 · 1 2021 · 1 2018 · 18 dated

Amenitizamenitiz.com inNov 2025 · $45M

Amenitiz is a cloud-based property management system (PMS) and all-in-one hotel operations platform for independent hotels, bed & breakfasts, guesthouses, and vacation rentals across Europe.

PropTechSaaSTravel & HospitalityBarcelona, ES

Frédéric Cadet(Founder)in

Co-investorsBacked Eight Roads Ventures Kfund Lanai Point Nine Chalfen Ventures +2 more

Amplienceamplience.com in 𝕏

Amplience is an AI-enhanced headless CMS and digital asset management platform designed for enterprise retail brands to create, manage, and deliver personalized content across multiple channels at scale.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaS

Rory Dennis(Founder)in John Williams in

Co-investorsOctopus Ventures Sixth Street

Brandwatchbrandwatch.com in 𝕏acquired by Cision

Brandwatch provides social media management and marketing intelligence platforms that enable brands and agencies to monitor, analyze, and manage their digital presence and execute data-driven social strategies.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB

Guy Abramo(Chief Executive Officer)in Matt Brown(President, PR Newswire)inAmy Jones(Chief Marketing Officer)inSteve Boyes(Chief Revenue Officer)Jim Daxner(Chief Product Officer)Jeff Mullins(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsAccel Anthemis Venture Great Oaks Venture Capital Highland Europe Nauta Capital Partech Ventures +2 more

Catawikicatawiki.com

Ravi Vorain

Co-investorsAccel Lead Edge Capital Northzone Peak Project A Ventures

Contentsquarecontentsquare.com in

Contentsquare offers a digital experience analytics platform that uses AI to help teams understand customer behavior across websites and apps through heatmaps, zoning analysis, journey mapping, and session insights.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSParis, FR

Jonathan Cherki(Founder)in

Co-investorsBleu Capital Canaan Partners Elizabeth Street Ventures Highland Europe Homebrew Seed4Soft +9 more

Factorialfactorialhr.com in 𝕏

Factorial is an AI-powered business management platform that automates and centralizes administrative HR and people management tasks for companies.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSBarcelona, ES

Jordi Romero(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtomico Creandum CRV (Charles River Ventures)General Catalyst Point Nine Kfund

Goodlordgoodlord.coMar 2022

Goodlord provides an AI-enhanced software platform for the UK lettings market, automating administration, referencing, identity verification, and regulatory compliance across the tenancy process.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS

Co-investorsElevate Innovation Partners Finch Capital Highland Europe LocalGlobe Oxx Walking Ventures +3 more

Marshmallowmarshmallow.com in 𝕏Apr 2025 · $90M

Marshmallow is an insurance and financial services company that builds its own pricing and fraud technology to offer fairer prices to people who have recently moved to the UK.

FintechInsurTech

Alexander

Co-investorsBridford Investments (Bridford Group)Impact Ventures Kreos Capital Outrun Ventures Passion Capital Portfolio Ventures +5 more

Mewsmews.com in

Mews is a cloud-based hospitality platform and property management system (PMS) for hotels, covering booking, pre-arrival, check-in, in-stay purchases, point of sale, and check-out.

Cloud ComputingPropTechSaaSTravel & HospitalityPrague, CZ

Richard Valtr(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtomico Battery Ventures HENQ Invest henQ vc Kinnevik Notion Capital +5 more

Ometriaometria.comNov 2021 · $40M

Ometria is a customer data and experience platform (CDXP) built for retail and DTC brands, combining customer data with AI-powered marketing across channels including email, SMS, on-site, in-store, social, and app push.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS

Ivan Mazour(Founder & CEO)in James Dunford Wood(Founder)in

Co-investorsAdjuvo Bright Pixel Capital Chamaeleon Craigie Capital InfraVia Capital Partners Octopus Ventures +5 more

Scoroscoro.com in 𝕏

Scoro is a professional services automation platform that combines CRM, project management, billing, and reporting for services firms.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales Tech

Fred Krieger(Founder)in

Co-investorsInventure Kennet Partners Livonia Partners Tera Ventures Inventure

Shapr3Dshapr3d.com in 𝕏

Shapr3D is a 3D CAD software for designing 3D models across Mac, iPad, Windows, and Vision Pro devices.

Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechHardwareBudapest, HU

István Csanády(Founder)in

Co-investorsEBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme Inreach Ventures Lifeline Ventures Point Nine

Showpadshowpad.com inJun 2018

Showpad connects sales teams with AI-powered tools to enhance learning and performance.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechChicago, US

Pieterjan Bouten(Executive Officer, Director)inLouis Jonchkeere(Executive Officer, Director)

Board Jeff Horing(Director)in Barend Van de Brande(Director)in Norman Fiore(Director)in

Co-investorsInsight Partners Dawn Capital Entourage Ventures Hummingbird Ventures Korelya Capital Vector Capital

Sidekicksidekicktool.comJun 2024

Sidekick sells the AxisBoard, a physical training and rehabilitation device used to improve foot stability, control, and address issues such as Achilles tendon problems and stiffness.

ConsumerHardwareHealthtech

Hin Lai(Founder)in

Co-investorsEdmonton Unlimited Development Bank of Wales MS&AD Ventures Octopus Ventures Pact VC Semantic Ventures +1 more

Sidekickshipsidekick.comJun 2024

Shipsidekick provides a logistics platform combining warehouse management, order management, transportation management, and ERP functions, with an AI assistant, for shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsMute Ventures Development Bank of Wales MS&AD Ventures Octopus Ventures Pact VC Semantic Ventures +1 more

Spherasphera.com in 𝕏

Sphera is a software company providing safety, sustainability, and productivity solutions for enterprises across supply chain and operational risk management.

Climate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Paul Marushka(Founding CEO and President)in

Co-investorsBlackstone Genstar Senovo Neuberger Berman

SportPursuitsportpursuit.com

Portfolio company exited when bd-Capital acquired a majority holding.

Co-investorsGrafton Capital Nucleus Adventure Capital Draper Esprit Scottish Equity Partners SEP

Thinksurancethinksurance.de inJun 2023

Thinksurance offers a digital "Advisory Suite," an omnichannel consultation and sales platform that connects insurers, underwriting agents, and brokers to distribute insurance products across B2C and B2B channels.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS

Co-investorsBootstrap Europe German Startups Group MTECH CAPITAL VIEWPOINT VENTURES Eight Roads Ventures

Zoovuzoovu.com in 𝕏

Zoovu provides an AI-powered search and discovery platform for B2B ecommerce, helping buyers quickly find replacement parts, components, and complex products in large catalogs.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS

Rob Mullenin

Co-investorsBeringea EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme FTV Capital Target Global

Exits · 1

1 acquisitions

Brandwatchacq. by Cision

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Marshmallow raises $90 million: funding for more products, in more places

Marshmallow · marshmallow.com · Jun 1, 2026

Spain's Amenitiz expands to 15,000+ hotels and processes €3 billion in bookings ahead of new €38.9 million funding | EU-Startups

Amenitiz · eu-startups.com · Nov 11, 2025

Sphera Announces Significant Growth Investment From Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions | Sphera

Sphera · sphera.com · Sep 3, 2025

Belgium’s Showpad to lead AI sales tech charge after Vector Capital-backed merger | EU-Startups

Showpad · eu-startups.com · Aug 27, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Columbia Lake Partners made?: Columbia Lake Partners has 19 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Columbia Lake Partners invest at?: Columbia Lake Partners invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Columbia Lake Partners focus on?: Columbia Lake Partners focuses on Enterprise Software, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Columbia Lake Partners located?: Columbia Lake Partners is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Columbia Lake Partners co-invest with?: Columbia Lake Partners most often shares deals with Accel, Atomico, EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme, among 54 tracked co-investors.

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