Shaping progress through people and ideas
About
Bray Capital invests in pioneering companies that drive meaningful progress. Our focus is not only on innovative ideas, but on the people behind them. We believe that values driven leadership is what transforms vision into lasting impact.
We align with founders and teams who combine curiosity with discipline, challenge conventional thinking, and strive for better outcomes. Guided by principles of integrity, transparency, and responsibility, we support those who aim to deliver sustainable value, both commercially and for society as a whole.
Investment Portfolio
Health and Wellbeing
healf is a UK-based wellness platform offering over 4,000 expertly curated health products across nutrition, movement, sleep, and mental wellbeing.
Founded in 2020 by brothers Lestat McCree and Max Clarke, Healf combines expert review, AI insights, and community feedback to ensure every product meets high standards of efficacy and trust.
Its digital health tool, healf Zone, delivers personalised wellness plans using biomarker testing and wearables data. With rapid growth of a loyal customer base, healf is redefining how people discover and manage their wellbeing.
Wildfarmed was founded in 2018 by Edd Lees, Andy Cato, and George Lamb with a shared ambition to transform lives and landscapes through regenerative flour and bread.
By working with over 100 growers across the UK and France to cultivate pesticide-free wheat in soil-nurturing, biodiverse systems, Wildfarmed delivers delicious, traceable products that reduce carbon, minimise river pollution, and improve nutrition.
Today, they partner with bakeries, restaurants, supermarkets, and leading food-service groups—bringing sustainability from field to fork
Pelotan is a premium sun protection brand created specifically for high-performance athletes. Designed to meet the extreme demands of endurance sports, its ultra-light, sweat and water-resistant formulas provide long-lasting SPF 30+ protection without affecting performance.
Founded by Tom Austen, Pelotan was developed to address the unique needs of athletes who require reliable sun protection during intense training and competition.
By combining innovation, functionality, and proven results, the trusted brand is setting a new standard for sun care in the performance market.
BLD BRO is a grooming and lifestyle brand created for bald men. Founded in 2021 by Richard Boazman, Tariq Kazimi and Ben Saunders, the brand challenges the outdated narrative around hair loss by celebrating baldness as a confident lifestyle choice.
Frustrated by the lack of premium products tailored for bald men, their mission was to fill that gap with high quality skincare, grooming, and personal care solutions.
BLD BRO goes beyond products to create a movement that empowers bald men to embrace their identity with confidence and pride.
Healthpath, founded by Richard Nehme in 2018, takes a Functional Medicine-based approach to gut health, driven by a mission to help people take control of their wellbeing.
Since its launch, Healthpath has supported thousands of individuals in addressing the root causes of health concerns rather than simply managing symptoms.
Through advanced testing, personalised nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle guidance, their accredited practitioners deliver sustainable, evidence-based care that promotes long-term vitality and lasting improvements in overall health.
Tech Companies
eVisit, founded in 2015 by Bret Larsen (CEO) and Glen McCracken, delivers a virtual care platform that empowers hospitals and health systems to offer telehealth through their own providers, preserving patient relationships while expanding access and efficiency.
Built to scale seamlessly across departments, it integrates with EHRs, supports secure, HIPAA-compliant video visits, and enhances clinician workflows.
Recognised as the sole leader in The Forrester Wave Virtual Care Platforms for Digital Health and named one of America’s fastest growing companies, eVisit is redefining telehealth delivery
Glint, co-founded in 2015 by Jason Cozens (photo) and Ben Davies, is a pioneering fintech platform that turns physical, allocated gold into everyday digital currency.
Through its app and Mastercard, users can instantly buy, hold, exchange, send, and spend gold alongside USD, GBP, and EUR, backed by vault storage in Switzerland and regulatory oversight by the UK’s FCA.
Glint empowers global payments with transparency, security, and a reliable hedge against inflation, redefining the future of money.
Tu Pack, founded in 2018 by Henry Hales (photo), is a purpose-led fulfilment company based in Coventry, UK.
Specialising in sustainable, end-to-end logistics, Tu Pack supports eco-conscious fashion, homeware, and lifestyle brands with services like monogramming, pre-packing, and garment steaming.
As Europe’s first certified B Corp fulfilment provider, Tu Pack combines high operational standards, including 99.5% picking accuracy, with a commitment to reducing carbon emissions and promoting circular economy practices, helping brands scale responsibly.
Nextsum
Nextsum, founded in 2017 by Morten Toft Bech and Petr Krontorad, is a financial technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic.
Specialising in managed futures and quantitative trading, Nextsum leverages advanced machine learning, deep neural networks, and statistical models to generate low-volatility returns.
With over a decade of experience, the team has developed autonomous systems that identify predictive patterns in financial data, aiming to deliver superior risk-adjusted performance across global markets.
PetDesk, founded in 2011 by Taylor Cavanah, Ken Tsui, and Aaron Bannister, is a leading veterinary client communication platform.
Designed to streamline clinic operations, PetDesk offers tools for appointment scheduling, reminders, digital forms, and two-way messaging. Trusted by over 8,000 veterinary practices, the platform enhances client engagement and operational efficiency.
With a mission to improve pet health and clinic performance, PetDesk empowers veterinary teams to focus more on care and less on administrative tasks.
Certo Aerospace is a UK based innovator in heavy-lift, long-range VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drone systems.
Its flagship platform, Capstone, is a 600 kg uncrewed rotorcraft capable of lifting 300 kg and flying over 300 miles with maximum endurance of 8 hours. Designed for logistics, defence, and emergency operations, Capstone combines coaxial rotor efficiency with fuel-based propulsion for unmatched range and payload.
Certo is advancing uncrewed aerial system capability with scalable, mission-ready solutions, to save and improve lives through defence, disaster relief, construction, energy and logistics.
Investing in Good
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Team
Shay O'Brien / Founder
Shay has been an entrepreneur from a young age – it’s in his blood. It doesn’t define him as a human being, but it never leaves his mind.
Over the years, he’s co-founded businesses that have seen successful exits, and others that didn’t work out. Often there is more to be learned from failure than from success, and those lessons continue to shape how he approaches new ventures.
What excites him most is the journey: spotting potential, backing people he believes in, and supporting founders when it helps them move forward. While he has other ventures in play, the businesses featured here are the ones he’s most excited about—the partnerships he believes hold the greatest potential for success.
Mandi McLauchlan / Managing Director
Mandi joined Bray Capital in 2013. She has overall responsibility for the management of Bray Capital, Dalkey Management and its investee companies. Along with assessing the financial viability of potential new investments, Mandi provides support, where required, for exiting investee companies.
Prior to joining Bray Capital, Mandi was European Finance Director for Flowcrete UK Ltd and had responsibility for the financial compliance and reporting of six companies within Europe. She worked for Flowcrete from 2004-12. Mandi has also worked for Depuy International Ltd, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, as their Finance Manager and has gained a broad range of financial experience in different types of industries and large multi-national companies.
Mandi is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has been an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts (CIMA) since May 2006.
Mandi spends her weekends watching her son play rugby, catching up with friends and family or out walking with her dogs.
Steve Cosgrove / Finance Director
Steve joined the team in July 2022. He is an experienced Finance Director having held a number of senior financial positions for more than 25 years since leaving practice. Those roles have been within a variety of sectors including telecoms, insurance, recruitment, recycling and construction.
Steve has been heavily involved in business acquisitions and sales. His role within Bray Capital Group is to assist with investment appraisal decisions, provide financial assistance to the businesses being supported, along with providing general financial reports and cashflow management.
Outside of work, Steve enjoys the outdoors with his family and dog, watching football and volunteers at the local Scout Group with treasury matters and fundraising.
Jackie O’Brien / EA to Shay O’Brien
Jackie joined Bray Capital in January 2025, bringing with her a wealth of experience in operations management across both the private and public sectors.
Her career has included leadership roles such as General Manager of The Alice Cross Centre in Teignmouth, where she oversaw strategic development and community engagement, and Business Manager at The Body Camp, a holistic fitness retreat in Spain known for its premium wellness programmes.
Based in the South Hams, Jackie enjoys a full and active life outside of work. She loves spending quality time with family, exploring the outdoors on long walks and beach days, getting lost in a good book, and finding inspiration through podcasts and live music with friends.