EPIC Investment Partners

Founded in 2001 by Giles Brand and Hiren Patel, EPIC Investment Partners operates across four connected areas: private capital, markets, administration and advisory. Its model is broader than a conventional investment manager, combining investing with fund infrastructure and corporate-finance services.

EPIC’s capital business invests across start-up, growth, buyout and special-situations opportunities. The firm says it has invested in more than 50 companies since launch and focuses its private-equity activity on small and medium-sized businesses, including minority growth, buyout, distressed and turnaround situations.

The firm is particularly differentiated by its combination of investment management and outsourced fund services. It supports asset managers, private-equity firms, start-up funds, family offices and charities with fund accounting, transfer agency, compliance, management-company and other administration services, while its advisory team works on capital raising, M&A, fund formation and secondary transactions.