Who are the existing Vivobarefoot Shareholders?

Who are the existing Vivobarefoot shareholders?

1. Clark Family: 63.4%
2. Stella Investments Overseas Ltd: 15.3%
3. Sofina 14.4%
4. Other: 5%
5. Crowdcube Investors: 2%

Sofina

Sofina partnered with Vivobarefoot in 2024. It is a family-run business that offers patient capital to entrepreneurs and other family businesses. Sharing similar values to Vivo, they foster sustainable business growth across sectors including retail, digital transformation, education, and healthcare. The Boël family holds a majority stake. 

Stella

Stella is Vivobarefoot’s Tier 1 manufacturing partner in Vietnam. Stella is widely known within the footwear industry for its design & commercialisation capabilities, craftsmanship, commitment to quality, small-batch production flexibility and strong ESG credentials. We’ve been working with Stella since 2020, both on product manufacturing but also on increasing the transparency of our value chain beyond Tier 1. We started costing and sampling with Stella in Nov 2020, placed our first orders in August 2021, and the first production was live by Dec 2021.

Clark family 

Seventh generation cobblers and cousins Galahad and Asher Clark co-founded Vivobarefoot in 2012. The Clark family are known for founding the iconic British footwear brand Clarks, however the two businesses are entirely separate today. Galahad and Asher launched Vivobarefoot with a mission to revolutionise the footwear industry by reconnecting people to nature and natural movement, starting with their feet. 

The Clark family continue to hold a majority shareholding and board control, ensuring that Vivobarefoot remains under independent family stewardship, building a high-performing, profitable, purpose-driven business that reconnects people to nature, starting with feet.

Crowd Cube

Crowd cube is Europe’s largest private market investment platform, connecting companies with retail investors. It was born out of the belief that there should be more options for entrepreneurs to raise capital and that retail investors should have access to an asset class they have traditionally been closed off to. In 2016, Vivo welcomed 1,121 Crowd Cube investors. In 2025, 66% of these investors sold their shares, and Crowd Cube investors now make up 2% of Vivo’s shareholder base.