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MML Capital Partners
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MML Capital Partners is an international mid-market private equity investor focused on investing alongside strong management teams and working in partnership with them to deliver their bold expansion plans. Founded in 1988, MML creates value from original thinking, designing bespoke 'tailored solutions' to middle-market businesses — often taking a non-controlling minority stake — to support organic and acquisitive growth strategies across the UK, Europe, and the US. The firm operates three core strategies: Partnership Capital (businesses with £10m+ EBITDA, investing £40m–£120m), Enterprise Capital (lower mid-market businesses with £2m+ EBITDA, investing £10m–£40m), and Keystone (essential, asset-backed businesses aligned with global megatrends). MML focuses on a small number of investments where the business case is strong and the chemistry with management is right, providing what it describes as 'private equity returns with downside protection' to its own investors.
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“We have a long-standing group of blue-chip investors who have supported us from fund to fund, and it is great to welcome a new cohort of LPs from around the globe. Fund VIII is off to a fantastic start, with very strong early deployment and a fabulous early exit.”
“We are incredibly grateful to all our investors for the trust they have placed in MML and the conviction they have shown in MML Partnership, a strategy that has proven to be resilient through the cycles.”
“Understand what you want and can achieve with your business. A clear plan is a precursor to engaging with potential funders. It is only when you understand what you want to achieve that you can determine what type of capital and what type of partner will best assist on the journey.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTM Engineering Consultants | Growth Capital (Minority) | — | 2026-01-29 |
| EVAARO (Close Brewery Rentals) | Growth Capital | — | 2025-07 |
| TMC | Growth Capital | — | 2024-12 |
| Cosegic | Growth Capital (Enterprise) | — | 2024 |
| Waste Vision | Growth Capital (Keystone) | — | 2024 |
| Roboyo | Growth Capital | — | 2021 |
| Veezu | Growth Capital (Minority) | — | 2021 |
| Waystone | Growth Capital | — | 2019 |
| Spencer Ogden | Growth Capital | — | — |
| Gravotech | Growth Capital | — | 2024 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Apheon | 2 |
| Montagu Private Equity | 1 |
| Investcorp | 1 |
| Wafra / Capital Constellation | 1 |
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