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Investment
Objective

Our investment objective is to generate long-term capital growth through investing in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of equity or equity related investments. The Investment Advisor does this across public and private markets.
We are well positioned to succeed. Chrysalis Investments has an appropriate structure and a distinct proposition. We have a vehicle that can provide permanent crossover capital. We back companies for the long-term, whether they are private or public.
We are highly relevant. The investment team has a 20-year track record in the UK small and mid-cap listed market. We are one of the most active participants in the UK IPO market and have a material proposition, underpinned by over £7billion of capital.
We back outstanding companies. Chrysalis Investments is looking to identify businesses that are disrupting huge addressable markets by harnessing the benefits of technology. These are typically later stage assets, with proven business models that are generating strong rates of growth with superior economics.

Actively managed by Jupiter

Richard Watts and Nick Williamson head up the Chrysalis Investments’ investment team. Chrysalis’ proposition is based on its ability to offer material crossover funding. As Chrysalis has grown, its ability to offer a meaningful crossover proposition internally has increased, but is further underpinned by over £6.4* billion of capital managed by Jupiter Fund Management PLC and its subsidiaries focused on the UK small and mid-cap listed market.

*Merian Global Investors as at February 2021.

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Nick Williamson
Nick Williamson
Co-fund Manager
Fund Manager in the UK Small and Mid Cap team.

Nick is a Fund Manager in the UK Small & Mid Cap team at Jupiter Asset Management (“Jupiter”), focused exclusively on Chrysalis Investments as Co-Fund Manager. Previously Nick worked at Merian Global Investors (now part of Jupiter) as a UK smaller companies portfolio manager. Additionally, he has over a decade of experience as a sell-side analyst, having taken on a broad range of responsibilities, most recently at Citigroup. Nick began his investment career in 1995. He has a BA in Economics from Durham University and is a CFA® charterholder.

Richard Watts
Richard Watts
Co-fund Manager
Head of Strategy, UK Small & Mid Cap in the UK Small & Mid Cap team.

Richard is Co-Fund Manager of Chrysalis Investments and Head of Strategy within the Jupiter UK Small & Mid Cap team. Prior to Chrysalis, Richard worked at Merian Global Investors (now part of Jupiter) as a UK mid-cap portfolio manager, and as an equity analyst at Orbis Investment Advisory. He has previously also held the role of senior associate in the Investment Management division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before beginning his investment career in 1998, Richard attained a degree in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Oxford. He is also IIMR-qualified and is a CFA® charterholder.