celebrating european venture capital success simon cook ceo esprit partners about based vc with 21 years heritage investing c 700m over 4 5 funds to date several business cycles multiple exits merger between prelude and cazenove private equity 120 experience unique mixed team of technical operational financial backgrounds combines builds on early stage skills technology ipr market assessment formation later go strengthening m&a financing exiting aim build 100m 1000m global businesses at exit it telecoms new media medtech focus london cambridge base pan coverage the ground in europe silicon valley extensive networks cross growth right for company from seed usa presentation venturesource data last 2 vcs have helped entrepreneurs create nearly 90 companies values 100 000 2004 2005 value average 5x invested let s name them can you spot 1b
