Schroders Capital

Schroders Capital is the private-markets and alternatives division of Schroders plc, one of the UK's largest listed asset managers with approximately £750bn in assets under management. Schroders Capital covers private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure and natural capital, managing over £60bn in alternative assets. It operates globally with significant European exposure and is increasingly active in growth-stage technology investment.

On 15 May 2026, Schroders Capital led a $70m Series E round in Multiverse at a $2.1bn valuation . Multiverse, the workforce upskilling platform founded by Euan Blair, reported revenue up 50% year-on-year and Q1 2026 as its first cash-positive quarter, providing the commercial fundamentals for an alternatives manager to lead rather than follow. The timing was three days before DSIT announced a cross-government AI and Future of Work Unit with a target to upskill 10 million people by 2030.

Schroders Capital's decision to lead a UK edtech round at Series E reflects a broader shift among European alternatives managers into late-stage growth equity, competing in a space that US VCs have traditionally dominated. For Multiverse, having a large UK institutional investor lead the round rather than a Silicon Valley firm provides balance-sheet credibility and a different kind of patient capital, oriented toward profitability rather than hyperscale. The round also cements Schroders Capital's position as an active participant in the UK AI workforce economy at a moment of sustained government attention.