About Us
Experienced investors. Active, hands-on owners.
We created Compayne Capital to acquire quality UK businesses, work closely with its team and support its next stage of growth over the long-term.
The team
Peter has spent more than a decade investing in and helping grow businesses across business services and technology-enabled services. Having worked both in private equity and as part of a management team, he understands what it takes to assess a business, support its leaders and turn long-term ambition into practical action.
Before founding Compayne Capital, Peter led corporate development at UST. Prior to this, he worked in private equity investing at Kew Capital, following earlier roles at Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.
Laurent is an M&A and investment professional with extensive international experience in acquisitions, corporate finance, and value creation. He has advised on transactions across a broad range of industries, and has worked with leading organizations including, Valsoft Corporation, Stepstone Corporate Finance+, Bloomberg LP, and TIN Capital.
Laurent holds a Bachelor's degree, two Master's degrees, and an MBA, complemented by executive education from leading global institutions. His expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis, investment strategy, business transformation, and operational growth. Having lived and worked across multiple countries, he brings a global perspective to identifying, acquiring, and scaling exceptional businesses.
Investment experience with an operator's perspective.
We combine direct investing, corporate M&A and platform-building experience. We understand the discipline required to evaluate and complete an acquisition, but our role does not end at closing.
As active owners, we stay closely involved and work alongside management to strengthen the commercial and operating foundations of the business, support its people and create the capacity for sustained growth.
We work with long-term capital partners who share our approach.
What we bring
Investment discipline
Experience across origination, underwriting, transaction execution and governance, supported by clear and disciplined decision-making.
Commercial and operational support
Practical involvement in go-to-market strategy, entering new geographies and markets, customer success, people and systems.
M&A capability
Experience sourcing, evaluating, completing and integrating acquisitions that support the company's strategy.