Team

Stephen is a Cambridge Graduate and Chartered Accountant. He has worked in financial markets for over 25 years across Equity Analysis, Fund Management and Corporate Finance in both public and private markets. Stephen spent 12 years at the stockbroker Collins Stewart as an analyst researching, advising and raising capital for small and mid-cap public companies. He covered a number of sectors but focused on technology and gaming; he was twice number one rated by Reuters. Stephen was founder and managing partner of Essential Capital Management, an asset manager running a long short equity hedge fund focused on the global gaming industry.

In 2012 Stephen became a partner in Chrystal Capital Partners, a corporate finance boutique specialising in raising private equity capital, for growth companies, from a global network of Family Offices and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals. He created and led the co-investment strategy at Chrystal and left in 2020 to focus on co-investment at Snowdon Advisory Limited.

Stephen is an active venture and private equity investor. He advises a number of his portfolio companies both formally and informally sometimes taking a seat on the board.