Shaires Holdings (AIM:SHR), the London-listed investment company offering exposure to private technology and AI businesses, has completed the acquisition of indirect interests in Anthropic and Stripe.
The deal, first flagged on 13 August, involved a $25.4 million investment in a special purpose vehicle holding indirect beneficial interests in the two companies.
Of that total, $16.2 million was allocated to Anthropic and $9.2 million to Stripe.
The Anthropic stake was priced off the company's $965 billion Series H valuation, equivalent to roughly $589.01 per share, giving Shaires an indirect interest of about 0.001% of Anthropic's equity.
The Stripe exposure was acquired at its $159 billion February tender valuation, roughly $63 per share, equating to an indirect stake of about 0.006%.
A separate planned investment in Figure AI, also announced on 13 August, has not yet completed; Shaires said a further announcement will follow.
Vivek Seth, Shaires' chief executive, said Anthropic and Stripe "represent exactly the calibre of companies we want at the core of Shaires: category-defining businesses with exceptional technology, scale and long-term growth potential." He added that both companies have continued to announce significant developments since the investments were first proposed, underscoring their momentum.
News Intelligence what this means for the company
Shaires Holdings has closed its $25.4 million investment in indirect stakes in Anthropic ($16.2 million) and Stripe ($9.2 million) through a special purpose vehicle, delivering on a deal announced 13 August. The stakes are minimal—0.001% in Anthropic and 0.006% in Stripe—but represent the company's core strategy of offering listed UK investors exposure to late-stage private technology companies; a separate Figure AI investment announced at the same time remains pending.
The completion confirms Shaires can execute on its announced portfolio strategy and deploy capital into the calibre of companies it targets. However, the fractional indirect interests underscore that Shaires functions as a diversified basket vehicle rather than a meaningful stakeholder in any single company, and neither Anthropic nor Stripe publishes financials, limiting transparency on underlying value.
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