HighPost Capital, a private equity company co-founded by Jeff Bezos’s half-brother Mark Bezos, has invested £7.3 million (US$9.9 million) in UK-based chain WatchHouse as the company prepares for U.S. development.
In line with preliminary reporting from The Events of London, the $9.9 million is part of a Assortment B spherical worth $14.8 million. HighPost Capital, which relies inside the U.S., said it led the spherical in December 2025.
WatchHouse at current has two U.S. espresso retailers, every in high-profile locations in New York Metropolis. The company opened its first U.S. retailer at 660 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in 2024, working as a daytime espresso bar that transitions into cocktails and light-weight bites inside the evening. The second U.S. retailer opened contained within the Chrysler Developing in June 2025.
The WatchHouse espresso bar on the Chrysler Developing location in New York. 2025 courtesy image.
The company has been roasting for its New York retailers on the Shared Roasting co-roastery in Brooklyn.
“Our beverage decisions in New York rigorously mirror these inside the UK, with a dedication to consistency and top quality all through every markets,” WatchHouse Founder and CEO Roland Horne instructed DCN as the first New York retailer opened.
Horne primarily based the company in 2014 in a small former watch residence on Bermondsey Highway in London. The enterprise has grown proper right into a design-forward chain with an emphasis on espresso, seasonal meals and what it calls its “Rarities” program of restricted pourovers.
The company’s site lists 22 UK locations, plus a lot of additional that are listed as “coming rapidly.”
Remaining yr, WatchHouse acquired 5 locations of French artisan patisserie mannequin Orée Boulangerie.
“Roland and his visionary workforce have constructed a formidable enterprise with a strong worldwide following and broken by means of in what’s a fragmented and aggressive sector,” HighPost Capital Co-Founder and CEO Davis Moross said in a press launch. “We watch for supporting their development efforts.”
[Note: This story has been updated since its original publication to include a statement from HighPost Capital Co-Founder David Moross.]
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