Earth Capital Limited, an early-stage growth investment manager co-founded by Hargreaves Lansdown’s Stephen Lansdown, is closing down.
The firm applied to cancel its authorisation on 1 August, according to the Financial Conduct Authority's register. It was originally granted authorisation in August 2019. Investment Week has contacted Earth Capital for comment. Lansdown co-founded Earth Capital with private equity veteran Gordon Power in 2008 to invest across UK and Europe in clean technology solutions. According to Companies House, Lansdown and his wife Margaret Lansdown stepped down from the firm as a person with significant control on 21 May this year. Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder claims takeover 'not the ...
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