Bridgepoint Capital
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Private Ownership, Limited partnership | |
Industry | Private Equity |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Products | Investments, private equity funds |
Total assets | €13 billion (GBP£11.4 billion) |
Website |
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Bridgepoint is a pan-European private equity investor focused on acquiring leading middle market businesses valued up to €1 billion. Recent investments have included Quilter, Wiggle and Pret a Manger in the UK, Dorna in Spain, and Alain Afflelou and Histoire d'Or in France. It also operates a second business, Bridgepoint Development Capital, which specialises in smaller cap businesses valued up to €150 million.
History
Bridgepoint was known as NatWest Equity Partners until a management buyout in May 2000. In November 2008 Bridgepoint closed its latest €4.8 billion Bridgepoint Europe IV fund, bringing to €13 billion the amount of committed capital to date from institutional investors around the world.[1]
Notable investments
- Infront Sports & Media, acquired 2011
- Pret a Manger,[2]
- Leeds Bradford Airport
- Molton Brown
- Safestore
- Attendo
- Care UK Ltd
- Alain Afflelou
- Rodenstock
- Fat Face
- Moneycorp[3]
- Dorna
- Diaverum
- Deliveroo
- Infinitas Learning
- Hobbycraft
- Foncia
- Nordic Cinema Group
- AHT Cooling System GmbH
- LGC- Analytical testing services - UK
- Virgin Active,[4]
- Environmental Resources Management (ERM)[5]
- ASK Italian[6]
- Zizzi[7]
- Trustly[8]
- Oasis Healthcare
See also
References
- ↑ "NWEP renamed Bridgepoint Capital after MBO from NatWest". Press Room. Bridgepoint Capital. 2000-05-07. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ↑ Pret a Manger to be sold to private equity, The Telegraph, 23 February 2008
- ↑ http://www.bridgepoint.eu/en/news/press-releases/2014/moneycorp-acquired-by-bridgepoint-in-transaction-totalling-gbp-212-million/
- ↑ Walsh, Dominic (May 11, 2009). "Virgin Active seeks to grow la dolce vita". London: The Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ↑ Bawden, Tom (October 14, 2005). "Private equity firm close to sealing $530m deal to buy Bridgepoint". London: The Times. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ↑ http://www.bridgepoint.eu/en/news/press-releases/2015/bridgepoint-completes-gbp-250-million-acquisition-of-ask-italian-and-zizzi/
- ↑ http://www.bridgepoint.eu/en/news/press-releases/2015/bridgepoint-completes-gbp-250-million-acquisition-of-ask-italian-and-zizzi/
- ↑ "Bridgepoint / Bridgepoint Development Capital Invests in European online payments services provider Trustly". www.bridgepoint.eu. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- Recommendation for Investment in Bridgepoint Europe IV. PSERS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRAM, December 12, 2007
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