Pollen Street Capital
Private equityLondon
Investment thesis
Pollen Street invests in and partners with companies across financial and business services, aiming to build market-leading businesses. Its portfolio spans payments, digital banking, insurance and insurtech, wealth and asset management software, credit and real estate platforms, core banking solutions, professional/restructuring services, and enterprise process automation. The firm emphasizes performing through partnership and scaling technology-driven, often regulated, financial services businesses primarily across Europe and the UK.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
What they invest in
from 1 of 45 portfolio companiesB2B Marketplaces ×1Direct to Consumer ×1Marketplaces ×1Retail Tech ×1SaaS ×1
HQs:Denmark×1
Investments · 45 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathGlobal provider of core banking solutions
High-growth technology business with a unique data proposition
Pioneering innovation to reimagine debt collection
Digital payments platform with a track record of market leading innovation
Enabling digital trade by helping organisations around the world to control 100% of their spend
Global provider of enterprise-grade process automation software for regulated industries
A truly disruptive leading digital bank operating across Europe
Europe's largest digital property investment platform
Building a leading European fund services platform
The world's largest international mobile top-up service
A leading innovative, technology-led insurance broker in Italy
A leading talent assessment software platform in the Nordics and Benelux
Rapidly growing provider of omni-channel payment services to SMEs
Market-leading payments enabled ecommerce solutions to restaurants
A leading purpose-led digital bank
Building the UK's leading, digitally enabled mortgage broker
The UK's fastest growing home emergency insurance platform
Leading UK multi-channel digital insurance platform
Scaled, vertically integrated UK wealth management platform
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 4
as of Sep 2025| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSC V (A), L.P.LPs: Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association | 2025 | — | 7.8% | 1.09x | 0.00x |
| Pollen Street Capital V, L.P.LPs: Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island | 2023 | — | — | 1.40x | 0.23x |
| PSC Accelerator IILPs: Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association | 2023 | — | 33.4% | 1.53x | 0.03x |
| Pollen Street Capital IV, L.PLPs: Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island | 2020 | — | 17.0% | 1.43x | 0.36x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does Pollen Street Capital focus on?
- Pollen Street Capital focuses on Enterprise Software, Fintech, InsurTech, PropTech, SaaS.
- Where is Pollen Street Capital located?
- Pollen Street Capital is headquartered in London, GB.
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