I have known Seonaid professionally for nearly two decades. There are few people in the industry that look after their clients with the genuine commitment and consideration that she brings to this business. We are not just her clients but we are treated like an extended family.
Sturgeon Ventures has provided continued and sterling support to Eleven for over five years. The team are responsive, thorough and provide a robust yet flexible approach to regulation and incubation. We recommend them wholeheartedly.
I have worked with Seonaid and her team for some time having been introduced by a mutual contact. Seonaid is incredibly knowledgeable and well respected and I have found the wider Sturgeon team to be professional and, above all, client driven. As a client, it is has been a pleasure working with them.
We were introduced to Seonaid and her team in February 2011, so we could provide un-interrupted service to our investment banking clients. Nine years later, we have advised twenty completed M&A transactions, and we still rely on Sturgeon Ventures to provide us with regulatory cover. The reason is simple: with Sturgeon at our back we can concentrate our efforts on meeting our client needs, confident that we are also meeting fully our compliance responsibilities.
KB Associates has worked successfully with Sturgeon on a number of mandates both Irish AIFs and UCITs using their Man Cos and Self Managed; where we have delegated day to day Portfolio Management to Sturgeon, with advice from its Appointed Representatives. Our joint model has been very effective for start up and established managers.
It is always a pleasure to work with Sturgeon Ventures. Seonaid and her team have a refreshingly creative, problem-solving approach, and are strongly focused on helping clients achieve their goals while understanding their regulatory responsibilities.
Sturgeon Ventures introduced us to great business partners in Malta and we would recommend them to any start ups in the financial services industry. We have referred them business in the UK and also had business referred to us from their network. I would happily advise to any of our Hedge Fund and Private Equity clients to use the services that Sturgeons services provide. The have a wealth of knowledge but also small enough to provide a very personal touch to each client.
Apex Fund Services has worked with Sturgeon for almost a decade as a delegated portfolio manager to fund structures in a number of the jurisdictions. Sturgeon are experienced, committed and engaging with start-up and experienced managers from around the world, and we recognise the strengths of their team and value their independence.
We are a breakaway team from a 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 FCA within a 2 year period. The added bonus, was they introduced us to a client with whom we had a successful transaction.
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OS Capital LLP engaged with Bourne Financial LLP to be the Portfolio Manager of its investment business with OS Capital LLP as its AR in July 2005. This structure was the brainchild of Miss Seonaid Mackenzie who co-ventured with Bourne Financial LLP’s principal, who had changed its name under her guidance, from Man Corpus Asset Management to encourage the offering to link with the offices of Bourne Financial then in Broadgate, in the city of London.
Once the Sturgeon team realised that phase two of their regulatory incubator as portfolio managers was a winner, Sturgeon became an LLP and a manager in 2006. Again Seonaid and her team have given us invaluable advice and guidance to our family office over the last 5 years.
We would recommend any financial services startup to use Seonaid and her entrepreneurial team at Sturgeon Ventures.
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Why should we care, it’s just a little education, whilst pondering about why 15th January is called Blue Monday, I thought why the rainbow is a symbol of hope… and the educational piece came about.
Sturgeon Ventures supports Crosslight Advice and Seonaid Mackenzie is a trustee, this charity is having an impact on our society during these times of hardship www.crosslightadvice.org.
Sturgeon Ventures recently read that the FCA has launched a permanent Digital Sandbox for those involved in a variety of related themes, including – banking, payments, pensions and wholesale sell and buy-sides.
Sturgeon Ventures is pleased to share the latest press release from The Women in Finance Charter Annual Review 2022 and proud to say it has been a signatory to the Charter since its inception in July 2016.
Sturgeon Ventures likes to share great articles on important topics for our industry. See below for a recent article from Osborne Clarke on the issues around sustainable ESG performance or specific ESG-linked activities.
Sturgeon Ventures are pleased to announce that they have won the recent Lawyers Worldwide Awards 2023 for Start-up Compliance Consultancy Firm of the Year – UK.
