Draper Esprit plc (GROW.L)
Molten Ventures plc, formerly known as Draper Esprit plc, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in any stage in the lifecycle of a business from seed and series A stage, growth capital to pre-IPO investments, late stage, start-ups, cross-stage investments, buyouts, PIPES, and also makes direct and secondary investments in portfolio companies. It also seeks to buy entire funds from other tech investors. The firm primarily invests in companies from pre-revenue stage upwards. It primarily invests in technology oriented business. The firm typically invests in digital technology, consumer, commerce, enterprise and data, systems and semiconductors, financial technology, internet, mobile, media, telecom, consumer technology, enterprise technology, SaaS, fintech, deeptech, digital health & wellness and healthcare sectors, prop tech, software, hardware, medical technology, and life sciences sectors. It invests in companies based in Europe, United states, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, and United Kingdom. The firm seeks to invest between $0.02 million and "10 million ($10.88 million) in rounds up to "1 million ($1.09 million) and "30 million ($32.63 million). It invests 30 percent of its corpus in very early stage companies with less than $5 million in revenues. The firm seeks to make minority and majority investments. Molten Ventures plc was founded in 1984 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional offices in Dublin, Ireland.
Company Info
Highlights
£637.30M
-£0.21
56.33
£5.70M
£5.60M
-£7.20M
£213.50 - £432.50
£553.83
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Performance
Performance Chart
The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of £10,000 in Draper Esprit plc, comparing it to the performance of the S&P 500 index or another benchmark. All prices have been adjusted for splits and dividends.
Returns By Period
Draper Esprit plc had a return of 5.96% year-to-date (YTD) and 39.09% in the last 12 months.
GROW.L
5.96%
16.55%
-18.85%
39.09%
-9.72%
N/A
^GSPC (Benchmark)
3.96%
2.77%
10.09%
21.57%
12.62%
11.30%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of GROW.L, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.63% | 5.96% | |||||||||||
| 2024 | -14.05% | 11.32% | -10.92% | 18.13% | 18.60% | 10.41% | 1.91% | 9.92% | -1.46% | -15.84% | -7.21% | 1.11% | 14.91% |
| 2023 | 0.96% | 8.56% | -29.52% | 2.27% | 3.93% | -8.12% | -1.65% | -7.38% | -6.33% | 3.25% | 10.54% | 6.69% | -21.63% |
| 2022 | -24.95% | -10.08% | 12.95% | -10.70% | -22.58% | -22.09% | 14.64% | -21.99% | -18.78% | 5.40% | 21.87% | -9.18% | -65.21% |
| 2021 | 4.24% | 23.26% | -4.72% | 4.33% | -4.51% | 12.30% | 10.84% | 8.38% | -7.37% | -3.88% | -4.34% | 10.05% | 54.24% |
| 2020 | 7.08% | 2.33% | -33.08% | 5.40% | 22.10% | -0.44% | 16.63% | 9.13% | -4.53% | 10.58% | 7.92% | 0.92% | 37.50% |
| 2019 | -1.85% | -0.47% | -3.32% | -3.92% | -3.06% | 5.26% | 1.60% | -11.02% | -6.42% | 4.26% | 11.11% | -2.04% | -11.11% |
| 2018 | 8.81% | 11.27% | -2.53% | 1.30% | -2.99% | 11.23% | 14.85% | -7.76% | 12.15% | -13.33% | 5.77% | -1.82% | 37.93% |
| 2017 | 0.43% | 0.43% | -0.29% | 0.86% | -5.15% | -1.46% | 0.00% | -1.06% | -0.77% | 9.13% | 8.79% | 2.09% | 12.82% |
| 2016 | -1.95% | 0.33% | 0.00% | 6.61% | 6.20% | 3.65% | -2.25% | 12.85% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of GROW.L is 68, indicating average performance compared to other stocks on our website. Here’s a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for Draper Esprit plc (GROW.L) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.
Dividends
Dividend History
Drawdowns
Drawdowns Chart
The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.
Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Draper Esprit plc. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown for the Draper Esprit plc was 82.31%, occurring on Oct 3, 2023. The portfolio has not yet recovered.
The current Draper Esprit plc drawdown is 71.36%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -82.31% | Sep 8, 2021 | 521 | Oct 3, 2023 | — | — | — |
| -58.29% | Aug 17, 2018 | 405 | Mar 23, 2020 | 167 | Nov 18, 2020 | 572 |
| -16.67% | Mar 19, 2021 | 39 | May 17, 2021 | 21 | Jun 16, 2021 | 60 |
| -9.99% | Nov 9, 2016 | 224 | Sep 28, 2017 | 23 | Nov 1, 2017 | 247 |
| -9.15% | Jan 24, 2018 | 10 | Feb 6, 2018 | 7 | Feb 15, 2018 | 17 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
The current Draper Esprit plc volatility is 15.59%, representing the average percentage change in the investments's value, either up or down over the past month. The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.
Financials
Financial Performance
Historical P/E Ratio Chart
The chart below displays the historical trend of the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for Draper Esprit plc.
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