Salica Investments
London-based investment firm, formerly Hambro Perks, running venture, secondaries and growth debt funds with 760 million pounds under management as stated on its website. It backs Bahrain's Spring venture studio.
Industry: Venture capital and private markets investment | Location: London, United Kingdom | Founded: 2013
About Salica Investments
Salica Investments is a London-based investment firm that runs private market funds covering early- and later-stage investments, secondaries and growth debt. Its website says it backs companies from seed to scale and groups its portfolio under finance, healthcare, sustainability and productivity. The site reports assets under management of 760 million pounds, 14 established funds and more than 130 active investments, with capital managed for sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurers, institutions and family offices. The figures are undated on the site and were read in October 2026.
The company was incorporated in England on 4 November 2013 as Hambro Perks Ltd and changed its name to Salica Investments Limited on 20 June 2024, according to Companies House. On 16 June 2024 the firm announced the new name, which it said combines the Latin word for willow with the Greek word for fruit. Wikipedia credits Rupert Hambro and Dominic Perks as founders and reports that Perks left as chief executive in April 2023. The 2024 announcement names Andrew Wyke as chief executive. His firm biography calls him a founder and managing partner, a former managing director in fixed income, currencies and commodities at Goldman Sachs.
Recent investments shown on the website include Algolia, Fintern, Suri, Oxbury, Habyt and Moneybox. Salica Investments Advisory LLP is an appointed representative of G10 Capital Limited, which the website says is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Under its former name the firm worked in the Gulf. In September 2022 Hambro Perks and Al Waha Fund of Funds, managed by Bahrain Development Bank, announced HP Spring Studios, a fintech venture studio in Manama. Gulf News then described Hambro Perks as headquartered in London with offices in Riyadh, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The studio is now called Spring, and in October 2025 coverage listed Salica Investments, Faraday Investments and Al Waha Fund of Funds as its backers.
In August 2026 TechScoop reported that Spring made a pre-seed investment in Bahrain insurtech Soor and described Spring as backed by Salica and Al Waha. Companies House shows Salica Investments Limited as active.
Leadership
- Andrew Wyke, Chief Executive and Managing Partner