Matthew Charman, Northcote
Matthew Charman
Co- Founder
Northcote

Matthew co-founded Northcote Equity alongside long time colleagues Scott Fairlie and Charles Dale. Northcote focuses on backing entrepreneurial founders and teams across technology and services sectors in the UK and Ireland with a particular focus on being the first institutional capital to lower mid market companies. The firm raised its heavily oversubscribed £160m debut fund in January 2025. Prior to launching Northcote, Matthew spent 9 years at Synova where he focused on investments across the financial services and technology sectors and met his fellow Northcote founders.

Matthew is a Chartered Accountant and KPMG alumni where he worked across their Fund Management and Restructuring practices before joining the private equity industry.