Investment Portfolio
Our portfolio combines investments made by Bray Capital and Shay O’Brien.
Green
Wildfarmed
This innovative company grow wheat using regenerative farming methods that benefit the eco system and environment, whilst producing a more wholesome grain than commercially farmed wheat, making it more nutritious and digestible when baked into bread.
Read more about their story by clicking the picture.
The Body Camp
Sharing health and well-being through their transformational fitness retreats, The Body Camp enable their guests to reach and exceed their personal goals. Set in boutique countryside venues in Europe, the expert team have created a unique wellness experience for their guests.
The Juice Plus Company
The Juice Plus company manufacture and distribute nutritional supplements, backed by extensive clinical research showing the benefits of their products.
healf
healf is a community-powered UK retailer for the highest quality products across 4 pillars of health: Eat, Move, Mind, Sleep. healf believes in everyday healthy living, built up day-by-day through simple but effective rituals. It’s not about the one-time yoga class or occasional supplement, but allowing health to integrate into your everyday lifestyle.
Tech
E-Visit
Virtual patient care technology for hospitals and other healthcare providers, that manages the patients’ healthcare journey efficiently.
healthpath
Functional Medicine is a pioneering approach to healthcare. It considers how genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors come together to affect an individual’s wellbeing.
Glint
An app and credit card that enables people to safely buy, save and spend gold with ease and affordability.
TuPack
An environmentally friendly order fulfilment provider, offering stock management, quality control, bespoke branded packaging plus delivery management and returns.
Nextsum
A research and development software company specialising in designing thoughtful and robust trading systems that deliver consistant returns in financial markets.
Petdesk
Client engagement and communication software for veterinary practices, including a practice management system and customer app.
Team
Shay O'Brien
Founder
Shay set up Bray Capital in 2011 to invest in innovative companies with potential.
He was the founding partner and Managing Director of NSA (IR.BE.NL.UK) from 1996, which handled the European distribution and sales of nutritional products. This was sold to NSA International LLC in 2014 and Shay remains a shareholder.
He was also a founding investor and Director of Primedia Ltd from 1998 to 2011, helping to build the company until it was sold to the Carlyle Group in 2006, valuing at 76M. It was then re-branded as Global Media GMBH and was subsequently sold to LBI.bv in 2010.
With over 30 years’ experience in this area, Shay works with Bray Capital’s investee companies with a particular focus on strategic direction, building strong management teams and international trading.
In his spare time Shay enjoys yoga, healthy eating, reading inspirational books, playing guitar, watching football, spending time with his family and supporting his chosen charity The Amy Foundation.
Mandi McLauchlan
Managing Director, Bray Capital Limited & Dalkey Management Limited
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.
Laura Entwistle
PA & Office Administrator
Laura joined Dalkey Management in June 2022. Working from the office in Twemlow, Cheshire she provides PA and administration support to Shay and his family, and the wider Dalkey Management and Bray Capital team.
Laura has been a PA and worked in administration for almost 30 years across a diverse range of organisations in both the public and private sector, and for the last 20 years at senior / board level. Prior to joining Dalkey Management, she was PA to the CEO and Trustees of the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation, a charity founded by Sir Bobby Charlton to help victims of conflict.
In her spare time, Laura likes cooking, walking and keeping fit, and spending time with her family. At weekends, Laura can often be found at the side of a BMX track or football field watching her two sons.
Contact
Bray Capital Ltd
The Old Fuel Depot
Twemlow Lane
Twemlow
CW4 8GJ
Email: info@braycapital.com