Kate Briant
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Senior Partner & Founding Member
London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Kate Briant is a Senior Partner at CapVest Partners LLP and one of its founding members. She sits on the Investment Committee of the firm. CapVest is an international investment firm established in 1999 with current AUM of around €10 billion. CapVest has a team of 70 people operating from offices in London and New York.
Kate has transacted across Europe and the US and currently serves as a director of Curium (Chair), Perceptive, and IPN. She was previously a director of several portfolio companies including Valeo Foods, Mater Private Healthcare, Scandi Standard AB (Chair) and Vaasan Oy.
Between 1997 and 1999 Kate worked at Bankers Trust, first in the Project Finance Group and thereafter in the private equity unit, BT Capital Partners. From 1993 until 1996 Kate worked in the Financial Institutions Group at Deloitte & Touche in Johannesburg.
Kate graduated with a degree in Business, Commerce and Accounting (BCom), and a post graduate degree in Accounting (GdA) from the University of Cape Town. She is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and is registered with the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.
The Record
Background
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1999 — Present
Senior Partner & Founding Member
CapVest
CapVest is a founder-owned international investment firm with current assets under management of approximately €10 billion, focusing its investment in healthcare, staple consumer and essential tech-enabled service & software sectors.
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1997 — 1999
Associate
BT Capital Partners
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1993 — 1996
Financial Institutions Group
Deloitte
Formative Years
Education
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UCT | University of Cape Town
Degree in Business, Commerce and Accounting (BCom) and post graduate degree in Accounting (GdA)
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The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Chartered Accountant (SA)
Areas Of Focus