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Molten Ventures Plc (GROW.L)

GBp613.50 -2.50 (-0.41%)
GB LSE Financial Services Asset Management
Address 20 Garrick Street WC2E 9BT
London, GB
CEO Benjamin David Wilkinson
IPO 2016-06-15
ISIN GB00BY7QYJ50

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Also trades on Euronext Dublin · GRW.IR (EUR) London Stock Exchange · GROW.L (GBp) Other OTC · GRWXF (USD)
Description

Molten Ventures Plc, formerly known as Draper Esprit plc, is a private equity and venture capital firm that deploys capital across the entire business lifecycle. This includes early-stage investments such as seed and Series A funding, growth capital, pre-initial public offering (IPO) rounds, late-stage opportunities, cross-stage deals, buyouts, and private investments in public equity (PIPEs). Beyond direct investments, the firm also makes secondary acquisitions of stakes in existing portfolio companies and purchases entire funds from other technology investors. Their investment focus is on technology-driven enterprises, typically backing companies from their pre-revenue phase onward. A significant portion, 30%, of their investment corpus is allocated to very early-stage businesses generating less than $5 million in annual revenue. Molten Ventures targets a wide array of tech sectors, including digital technology, consumer and enterprise solutions, e-commerce, data and analytics, systems and semiconductors, financial technology (fintech), internet and mobile applications, media, telecommunications, SaaS, deeptech, digital health & wellness, healthcare, software, hardware, medical technology, and life sciences. Geographically, the firm concentrates its investment activities within Europe, with a particular emphasis on Ireland and the United Kingdom. Investment sizes generally fall between $0.02 million and €10 million (or approximately $10.88 million), participating in funding rounds that can range up to €1 million (around $1.09 million) and €30 million (roughly $32.63 million). Molten Ventures is prepared to take both minority and majority ownership positions. Established in 1984, Molten Ventures Plc has its headquarters in London, UK, and operates an additional office in Dublin, Ireland.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Price
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GBp613.50 -2.50 (-0.41%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
761.9K
Beta
1.28
Float Shares
159.30M
Free Float %
92.5%
Price Performance
1D5D1M3M6M YTD1Y3Y5Y10YMax
+0.08% +16.90% +4.10% +35.80% +32.56% +23.39% +111.59% +102.77% -27.78% +102.44% +102.44%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
613.50
Ratings Trend (MoM) 100% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 2 +1
Buy 4 0
Hold 0 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
4.93
Safe zone
Piotroski F-Score
3 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
2 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
C-
Overall Score
1 / 5
Low
DCF Score
1 / 5
Low
ROE Score
1 / 5
Low
ROA Score
1 / 5
Low
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
1 / 5
Low
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Asset Management: +17.4%
    +260.8% Q1'26: +2,517.5% (vs Q1'24)
  • EPS growth Asset Management: +22.7%
    +16,146.5% Q1'26: +92.9% (vs Q1'24)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Asset Management: +27.7%
    +66.5% Q1'26: +21.0% (vs Q1'24)
  • EBIT margin Asset Management: +50.6%
    +75.9% Q1'26: +28.0% (vs Q1'24)
  • ROIC Asset Management: +6.5%
    +8.6% Q1'26: +11.6% (vs Q1'24)
  • Share dilution Asset Management: +0.0%
    -5.1% Q1'26: -22.2% (vs Q1'24)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Asset Management: -0.03×
    1.07× Q1'26: 0.78× (vs Q1'24)
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Projection years:
Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (1.94) × ERP
WACC = 89% × Ke + 11% × Kd (9.3%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Current price: 613.50
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Mar 2017
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Mar 2018
actual
Mar 2019
actual
Mar 2020
actual
Mar 2021
actual
Mar 2022
actual
Mar 2023
actual
Mar 2024
actual
Mar 2025
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Mar 2026
3 Rev. Ana.
5 EPS Ana.
Mar 2027
2 Rev. Ana.
3 EPS Ana.
Mar 2028
3 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Mar 2029
2 Rev. Ana.
2 EPS Ana.
Mar 2030
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Mar 2031
1 Rev. Ana.
1 EPS Ana.
Revenue
1.67M
est: 24.90M (-93.3%)
72.35M
est: 32.78M (+120.7%)
120.82M
est: 2.40M (+4,934.0%)
11.26M
est: 19.99M (-43.7%)
12.51M
est: 201.25M (-93.8%)
350.90M
est: 355.58M (-1.3%)
45.50M
est: -169.35M (+126.9%)
-47.80M
est: -15.51M (-208.1%)
44.40M
est: 89.04M (-50.1%)
174.69M
152.33M – 209.64M
+96.2% YoY
207.02M
164.30M – 231.92M
+18.5% YoY
140.23M
112.41M – 158.68M
-32.3% YoY
159.93M
127.56M – 180.07M
+14.1% YoY
188.00M
149.95M – 211.67M
+17.5% YoY
202.00M
161.12M – 227.43M
+7.4% YoY
EBITDA
29.19M
est: 9.66M (+202.2%)
62.66M
est: 12.72M (+392.8%)
109.75M
est: 931.1K (+11,687.1%)
40.97M
est: 7.75M (+428.4%)
273.25M
est: 130.98M (+108.6%)
325.80M
est: 164.22M (+98.4%)
-283.00M
est: -65.70M (-330.8%)
-49.90M
est: -6.02M (-729.1%)
500.0K
est: 30.31M (-98.4%)
59.46M
51.85M – 71.36M
+96.2% YoY
70.46M
55.92M – 78.94M
+18.5% YoY
47.73M
38.26M – 54.01M
-32.3% YoY
54.44M
43.42M – 61.29M
+14.1% YoY
63.99M
51.04M – 72.05M
+17.5% YoY
68.76M
54.84M – 77.41M
+7.4% YoY
EBIT
29.03M
est: 9.61M (+202.0%)
62.50M
est: 12.66M (+393.8%)
109.58M
est: 926.7K (+11,724.7%)
40.45M
est: 7.72M (+424.2%)
272.60M
est: 131.88M (+106.7%)
325.00M
est: 165.34M (+96.6%)
-283.70M
est: -65.39M (-333.8%)
-50.30M
est: -5.99M (-739.6%)
200.0K
est: 30.09M (-99.3%)
59.04M
51.48M – 70.85M
+96.2% YoY
69.96M
55.52M – 78.38M
+18.5% YoY
47.39M
37.99M – 53.63M
-32.3% YoY
54.05M
43.11M – 60.85M
+14.1% YoY
63.53M
50.68M – 71.53M
+17.5% YoY
68.27M
54.45M – 76.86M
+7.4% YoY
Net Income
28.49M
est: 91.11M (-68.7%)
57.77M
est: 92.31M (-37.4%)
110.58M
est: 136.81M (-19.2%)
39.71M
est: 47.61M (-16.6%)
267.40M
est: 129.45M (+106.6%)
300.70M
est: 162.30M (+85.3%)
-243.40M
est: -243.40M (+0.0%)
-40.60M
est: -40.60M (+0.0%)
-800.0K
est: -800.0K (+0.0%)
120.30M
83.44M – 174.21M
+15,137.5% YoY
192.92M
103.42M – 256.74M
+60.4% YoY
113.48M
90.06M – 141.16M
-41.2% YoY
113.80M
106.95M – 120.66M
+0.3% YoY
156.02M
114.97M – 181.55M
+37.1% YoY
171.79M
126.59M – 199.91M
+10.1% YoY
SGA
1.11M
est: 2.56M (-56.5%)
2.11M
est: 10.60M (-80.1%)
3.33M
est: 246.4K (+1,252.9%)
3.98M
est: 3.82M (+4.0%)
4.00M
est: 35.21M (-88.6%)
5.70M
est: 44.14M (-87.1%)
6.30M
est: -17.39M (+136.2%)
6.00M
est: -1.59M (+476.6%)
7.30M
est: 77.44M (-90.6%)
8.23M
7.17M – 9.87M
-89.4% YoY
9.75M
7.74M – 10.92M
+18.5% YoY
6.60M
5.29M – 7.47M
-32.3% YoY
7.53M
6.01M – 8.48M
+14.1% YoY
8.85M
7.06M – 9.97M
+17.5% YoY
9.51M
7.59M – 10.71M
+7.4% YoY
EPS
0.81
est: 0.49 (+64.3%)
0.87
est: 0.71 (+21.9%)
1.15
est: 0.79 (+45.1%)
0.34
est: 0.28 (+21.4%)
2.08
est: 1.66 (+25.3%)
2.00
est: 1.91 (+4.6%)
-1.59
est: -1.28 (-24.1%)
-0.21
est: -0.37 (+43.4%)
0.00
est: 0.23 (-101.9%)
0.71
0.48 – 0.99
+207.7% YoY
1.11
0.59 – 1.46
+56.5% YoY
0.66
0.51 – 0.81
-40.9% YoY
0.65
0.61 – 0.69
-1.0% YoY
0.89
0.66 – 1.04
+37.1% YoY
0.98
0.72 – 1.14
+10.1% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-06-12 C- 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-06-11 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-10 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-09 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-08 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-05 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-04 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-03 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-02 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-06-01 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-29 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-28 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-27 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-26 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-22 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-21 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-20 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-19 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-18 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-15 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-14 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-13 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-12 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-11 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-08 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-07 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-06 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-05 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-01 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-30 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-29 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-28 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-27 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-24 A- 4/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-23 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-22 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-21 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-20 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-17 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-16 B+ 3/5 1/5 3/5 5/5 2/5 4/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
-52.83M
OE per share TTM
-0.28
Owner's Yield
-4.78%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
0.04%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
1.2%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 68 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 iShares Listed Private Equity UCITS ETF IPRA.AS 0.50% 434.2K 0.75%
2 iShares Listed Private Equity UCITS ETF IDPE.L 0.50% 3.90M 0.75%
3 Amundi Prime UK Mid & Small Cap UCITS ETF DR - GBP (D) PRUK.L 0.48% 2.06M 0.05%
4 Invesco FTSE 250 UCITS ETF S250.L 0.28% 101.1K 0.12%
5 iShares FTSE 250 UCITS ETF MIDD.L 0.28% 2.38M 0.40%
6 Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (GBP) Distributing VMID.DE 0.28% 7.42M 0.10%
7 Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF VMIG.MI 0.28% 7.42M 0.10%
8 Xtrackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF 1D XMCX.L 0.27% 103.3K 0.15%
9 HSBC FTSE 250 UCITS ETF HMCX.L 0.27% 180.3K 0.09%
10 iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF EWUS 0.27% 107.7K 0.59%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

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Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
2.03M
Shares Outstanding
172.23M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

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Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Benjamin David Wilkinson Chief Executive Officer & Non-Independent Executive Director 1M male
Stuart Malcolm Chapman Co-Founder & Director 1M male
Andrew Zimmermann Chief Financial Officer & Director 246.5K male
Cherylene Chikomo Human Resource Manager
Dipesh Pindoria Head of IT male
Nicholas Gwyn Brisbourne Senior Partner male
Oliver Pink Head of Communications male
Paula Darlison Group Administration Manager female
Richard Marsh Chief Portfolio Officer
Ben Robson General Counsel & Compliance Officer
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