LSE market opening ceremony
Shaires Holdings Ltd has launched its initial US$108 million investment portfolio, comprising stakes in seven leading private AI companies, following a successful fundraising round in August 2026 that included over 670 new retail shareholders. The company's CEO opened trading at the London Stock Exchange to mark this milestone, highlighting the successful integration of retail investors through AIM's Capital Access Window. Shaires has already invested in Anthropic and Stripe, with agreements in place for ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, and Colossal Biosciences, offering shareholders exposure to the AI supercycle.
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Shaires Holdings Ltd CEO, Vivek ‘Vick’ Seth, opened the day’s trading at the London Stock Exchange this morning. The ceremony marked the launch of the Company’s initial US$108 million investment portfolio, which contains positions in seven of the world’s leading private AI companies.
Joined by the Company’s management and advisers on the balcony, Vick thanked all who contributed to the successful fundraising, a defining milestone for the Company.
In August 2026, Shaires completed a second tranche of institutional fundraising alongside a retail offer, bringing on board more than 670 new retail shareholders and establishing its concentrated portfolio of investments in AI, frontier technology and related infrastructure companies. The retail offer was the first ever to use the AIM’s Capital Access Window mechanism, enabling retail investors to participate in the fundraising on the same terms and at the same time as institutions.
Since completion of the fundraise, Shaires has closed investments in Anthropic and Stripe, alongside securing binding agreements or ongoing deployments in ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, and Colossal Biosciences.
Vick Seth, CEO of Shaires, said:
"This is a defining time in the evolution of the AI supercycle, and Shaires offers institutional and retail shareholders the opportunity to participate in this transformation. The recent fundraise demonstrates that our confidence in the London market as an untapped pool of liquidity is justified we and are very pleased to celebrate our launch at the LSE today.
"I would also like to thank the entire Shaires team, who made the launch possible, and the LSE, which has been incredibly supportive of our efforts."
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