Sprints

What Sprints does

Sprints is a London-headquartered growth-stage technology investment firm founded in 2015 that manages approximately EUR 2 billion in assets under management across a series of private equity funds (Sprints II, III, IV, and V). The firm invests equity capital in category-defining European technology companies, with active portfolio concentration across fintech (Revolut, Checkout.com, PPRO), consumer marketplaces (Vinted, Chrono24, Back Market, Willhaben, Vivino), and software/AI (Fin, Base, Teamtailor, Modular Finance, Flightradar24). Team members have deployed more than EUR 3 billion into over 60 companies since inception, and recent portfolio activity includes EUR 560 million deployed in a single year across Sprints IV, Sprints V, and co-investment vehicles. Major realized exits include Hemnet's Nasdaq Stockholm IPO in 2021, Salesforce's $3.6bn acquisition of portfolio company Fin in 2026, and Vinted's EUR 8bn secondary share transaction in 2026.

Sprints earns revenue through conventional private equity economics: management fees on committed and invested fund capital plus carried interest on fund returns. The firm maintains offices in London (28 Savile Row, headquarters), Stockholm, Milan, and Luxembourg to source deals and support portfolio companies across the four largest European tech ecosystems. Sprints is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Appointed Representative of Khepri Advisers Limited, is B Corp certified, and is a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. The team includes five former CTOs serving as Portfolio Tech Leads and Europe's most experienced tech-sector recruiters; the Sprints Foundation receives 10% of team carried interest for charitable deployment.

The firm operates an internal proprietary technology platform called SPINE, which uses large language models to extract and score company characteristics against Sprints' investment checklist and feeds previously untapped data into automatic scoring systems. SPINE also supports voice-of-customer studies across multiple languages and markets, giving the investment team a differentiated information edge during diligence. Sprints employs a concentrated portfolio strategy of approximately 19 active companies, enabling deep engagement with founders on talent, M&A, technology leadership, and international expansion. The firm's investment approach emphasizes companies with happy customers, proven fundamentals, and clarity of purpose, targeting category leadership rather than incremental growth.

Name

Sprints

Legal name

Sprints Partners LLP

Website

https://sprints.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sprints is a London-based growth-stage technology investment firm founded in 2015 that manages approximately EUR 2 billion across multiple private equity funds (Sprints II through V), backing category-defining European technology companies in fintech, consumer marketplaces, and software with capital, operating support, and proprietary AI-assisted underwriting via its SPINE platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Growth Equity & Private Equity Fund Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds / Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAAAJ)

Keywords

• Growth equity investing
• Technology investment management
• Private equity funds
• Portfolio company services
• European venture capital

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Investment Management & Carried Interest: Sprints generates returns through managing growth stage technology investment funds. They earn management fees and carried interest on fund returns. The firm has raised multiple funds (Sprints II, III, IV, V) with assets under management of approximately EUR 2 billion. GP commitment in Sprints V exceeds 10% of total fund size from exit proceeds.
2. Fund Investments: The firm invests capital in portfolio companies and generates returns through equity appreciation, exits, and distributions to Limited Partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sprints is a London-based growth stage technology investment firm that deploys capital from its managed funds (Sprints II through V) into category-defining European technology companies in consumer, fintech, and software sectors. The firm combines growth capital with operational support, technology leadership via its SPINE platform, talent recruitment, and M&A advisory for portfolio companies, while earning returns through management fees and carried interest on approximately EUR 2 billion in assets under management.

Product overview

Sprints is a growth stage technology investment firm, not a product company. The firm manages approximately EUR 2 billion in assets under management across multiple investment funds (Sprints II through V) and provides investment, operational, and technological expertise to its portfolio companies. The firm's services include growth capital deployment, portfolio company support, value creation initiatives, and talent recruitment assistance. Sprints does not offer standalone software products or SaaS offerings; rather, it provides investment and advisory services to technology companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sprints Growth Equity Investment Funds (Sprints II through V) Successive vintage growth equity fund vehicles through which limited partners (university endowments, family offices, and fund-of-funds) subscribe to gain exposure to a concentrated portfolio of category-defining European technology companies. Sprints manages approximately EUR 2 billion in assets under management across these funds and targets a 3x return on investments.
• Portfolio Value Creation and Operational Support Services Operational, technological, and talent support services provided to portfolio companies alongside growth capital. Includes technology leadership from five former CTOs acting as Portfolio Tech Leads, talent recruitment support from Europe's most experienced tech sector recruiters, M&A advisory, and international expansion assistance through offices in London, Stockholm, Milan, and Luxembourg. Portfolio companies served include Revolut, Vinted, Checkout.com, Back Market, Flightradar24, Chrono24, Vivino, and Base.

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sprints FoundationcoreOthersThe Sprints Foundation receives 10% of the Sprints team's carried interest and dedicates it to carefully chosen charitable causes, extending the firm's commitment to impact beyond investing.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Atomico: London-based growth investor founded by Skype's Niklas Zennström, focused exclusively on European tech at growth stage with operating-partner support.
• Index Ventures: London/San Francisco-based venture and growth investor with deep European tech roots; backs category-defining companies at growth stage with a similar cross-stage, founder-friendly approach.
• Accel: Palo Alto/London venture and growth firm with one of the strongest European tech portfolios; co-invests with Sprints in names like Vinted and operates at a comparable stage.
• Insight Partners: Global growth-stage technology investor with a strong European franchise; comparable ticket sizes, sector mix, and operating value-creation model.
• EQT Growth: Stockholm-headquartered European growth investor that led Vinted's €880M secondary alongside Sprints; similar mandate backing European tech champions.
• General Atlantic: Global growth equity firm with significant European activity; comparable ticket sizes and sector focus on consumer, fintech, and software.
• Balderton Capital: London-based European tech specialist covering Series A through growth; overlaps with Sprints on later-stage rounds and shares the European champion thesis.
• Creandum: Nordic-rooted European tech investor active across stages; portfolio and geographic overlap with Sprints in Northern European tech.
• Northzone: European tech investor with offices in London and Stockholm; comparable growth-stage mandate and Nordic/UK deal flow.

Broad incumbents

• Permira: Large global private equity firm with a growth and technology team; competes with Sprints for later-stage European tech assets but operates across a much broader sector mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sprintspartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sprints-partners

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments25 records

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