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Candy Capital / Candy Ventures
Family office
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Candy Capital is a privately-held family office established by British entrepreneur and businessman Nick Candy to manage his personal business interests and group of companies. The group businesses range from real estate, design, and development, through to a portfolio of multi-stage investments in tech, digital media, consumer and sports, biotech, sustainability, and natural resources. The investment arm, Candy Ventures, backs visionary founders with global ambitions, leveraging an exceptional network to powerfully accelerate businesses and ideas. From early-stage startups to high-potential growth companies, the focus is on businesses capable of international expansion across fintech, deep tech and augmented reality, digital media, consumer and sports, biotech, water infrastructure, and natural resources.
Notable quotes
“Candy Ventures is delighted to continue backing BetConnect as it enters an important new phase of growth.”
“I wanted to create something which was truly at the top echelon of the space.”
Team
Nick Candy
Founder & CEO
Steven Smith
CEO / Director, Candy Ventures
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Idol | Venture | — | 2024-12-01 |
| VibePay | Seed | $6m | 2024-11-01 |
| Arctic Shores | Series A | $6m | 2019-09-02 |
| BetConnect | Seed | — | 2021-11-30 |
| LoveLocal | Series A | $18m | 2021-10-28 |
| Blippar | Acquisition | — | 2019-01-23 |
| Audioboom | Post-IPO | — | 2018-01-01 |
| BlockFi | Venture | — | — |
| Cera | Venture | — | — |
| Lyft | Venture | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Beringea | 2 |
| Vela Technologies | 2 |
| Vulcan Capital | 1 |
| Qualcomm Ventures | 1 |
| Yolo Investments | 1 |
| Chiratae Ventures | 1 |
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