Incubator Testimonials

We have incubated many firms since the year 2000, amongst them they have included: hedge funds, venture capital funds, corporate finance firms, private equity firms, capital introduction firms, family offices, energy market participants, both start ups and established firms. At the appropriate time, we have assisted them through their FSA application, and continued their compliance monitoring, until they grew large enough to have an in-house department.

Testimonials, “Incubation” & “Locum” Clients past and present:


Seonaid and her team have been magnificent - highly responsive and a fund of knowledge and guidance - we have been able to serve our corporate finance clients without loss of momentum and with complete confidence.

Kevin Pakenham,
Partner, Pakenham Partners
http://www.pakenhampartners.com/


This is the second time that Sturgeon has helped and guided us through the regulatory process with one of our entities. The help has been much more than accommodating extending to different regions and products that they were previously engaged in. Our relationship with Seonaid has been such that we are considering her to be a director of one of our FSA regulated entities in our group to provide and offer continuing support to what we determine is an excellent relationship.

Simon Pearson,
Principal of Ballance Group and UBO of Ballance Advisory UK Limited
www.ballance-group.com


“We were a breakaway team from an past Umbrella Incubated Client of Sturgeon Ventures LLP. We found SV’s team to be professional in all their dealings with our firm, and a great stepping stone and mentor to our own independent authorisation with the FSA within a 2 year period. The added bonus, was they introduced us to a client with whom we had a successful transaction. "

Henry Talbot-Ponsonby and William Rudebeck
Directors – Venture Capital Partners Limited
www.venturecapitalpartners.co.uk


“The regulatory incubation services of Sturgeon Ventures helped us to rapidly grow our business when we needed it from a regulatory standpoint for our first two years. Sturgeon Ventures advised us on our FSA application and it was approved 6 weeks from submission; which greatly exceeded our expectation. We were very happy with Sturgeon’s services and would have no hesitation in recommending them to other firms”

Paul Sullivan, Partner, Grisons Peak LLP – Corporate Finance and Advisory Firm


Sturgeon Ventures LLP provided a Locum for Denham Capital Management (UK) LLP for the period of their FSA Authorisation, and a time beyond during their start up phase.

Denham Capital (May- Nov 2008)
www.denhamcapital.com


“Sturgeon Ventures has helped us in every aspect of our business. Firstly, it accelerated our business model with the incubation and introduced us to other invaluable services providers such as lawyers. Secondly, it provided guidance for how optimal day-to-day management and administration of the business could be done, with very practical advice based on rich and long experience. It is a lively organisation where the brainstorming does not stop and ‘creativity’ is the word. Sturgeon really cares about its clients’ network of contacts, marketing and image in the business world, and never forgets the minute detail. We feel we are in good hands”.

Mr. C. Amore, Director, IlliquidX
www.illiquidx.com


“Sturgeon Ventures LLP played a large part in the successful launch of Haibun Partners LLP with their incubation of Haibun Partners under the regulatory umbrella of Sturgeon Ventures; they were also able to assist us with the intricate application for FSA registration.
Sturgeon Ventures provided us with the foundations to begin our work with confidence and without delay.”

Haibun Partners LLP
www.haibun.co.uk


"Sturgeon Ventures LLP provided us with Ms. Seonaid Mackenzie as our Locum Investment Advisor, throughout the life of the company and then Sturgeon Ventures acted as a Corporate Finance Advisor and was able to sell Progressive Partners, to another firm.
We found working with Seonaid and her team always professional and helpful in all regulatory matters and corporate matters."

Rob Wirszycz, Founder, Progressive Capital Partners Limited


"Sturgeon Ventures has provided incubation services to our business as we prepare our team to work within a regulated environment. The support and advice delivered by Seonaid and her colleagues has proved invaluable during this critical phase of our development."

Simon Butterfield, Managing Director, EIC Energy Trading Limited
www.eic.co.uk


“Sturgeon Ventures supported Moelis & Company by providing an ‘umbrella’ UK compliance function for our European advisory practice. This temporary solution enabled our firm to be in a position to provide financial advice to our clients rapidly while, in parallel, Sturgeon Ventures assisted CCL Compliance in applying for our own full FSA authorisation. Sturgeon Ventures worked seamlessly with our US compliance function during both the incubation and transition period. We found their advice and service to be both professional and invaluable for an advisory firm such as ours seeking to establish a UK base in a rapid and efficient manner.”

Kristian Bagger, Managing Director, Partner of Moelis & Company UK LLP
www.moelis.com


Sturgeon Ventures LLP played an important role in helping us launch our hedge fund managment business Aston Risk Management Limited in 2004 through the utilisation of their FSA umbrella service. Additionally Sturgeon provided continuous compliance monitoring to the business to allow the partners of our firm to focus on the investment management and other operational matters. We were so pleased with the overall level of service provided by Sturgeon that we had no hesitation in re-engaging Sturgeon Ventures to provide both an incubation and compliance monitoring service for a second time when we launched another fund advisory business several years later in the latter part of 2007.

Dale Briscoe - Director of Mearal Investment Advisors Limited


Contact us by email info@sturgeonventures.com
Sturgeon Ventures LLP is Authorised and Regulated with the Financial Services Authority
FRN # 452811

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