We buy & build brilliant companies

Our mission is to grow a portfolio of digital and tech-enabled businesses that have positive unit economics and a clear wedge into an enduring market.

About us


HB2 Ventures was founded by Hugo Besley in 2025, an entrepreneurial operator, who spent the first six years of his career scaling B2B and B2C FinTech business in the UK. Today we’re making select acquisitions, minority investments, and founding companies.

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Our Portfolio

Acquisition criteria


We’re actively looking to acquire profitable businesses in England this year through a self-funded search. To learn more about our acquisition criteria, please download here. To learn more out selling to us, please view here.