Livingbridge
| private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | private equity |
| Founded 📆 | 1999 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , London , UK |
Number of locations | London and Manchester, UK; Melbourne, Australia; and Boston, United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Wol Kolade (Managing Partner) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | +70 |
| 🌐 Website | www.livingbridge.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Livingbridge is a mid-market private equity firm launched in 1995.[1] Headquartered in London, the firm also has offices in, Melbourne, Australia [2] and Boston, US.[3]
Livingbridge was known until November 2014 as Isis Equity Partners, but rebranded as it was "no longer prepared to share [its name] with a terrorist organisation".[4][5][6]
Since 1995 it has invested in over 100 UK businesses.[7]
Livingbridge invests across four sectors: technology, services, healthcare and consumer.[8][9]
In January 2000, Livingbridge acquired a 40% stake of UK based clothing company FatFace for £5 million.[10][11] In May 2005, Livingbridge sold its stake in FatFace to Advent International[12] for £110 million.[13]
In 2016 it raised £660m in its eighth fundraise, its largest to date. In April 2016 Livingbridge announced the sale of Frank Recruitment Group to TPG Capital.[14]
In 2017 Livingbridge won UK House of the Year at the 2017 Real Deals Private Equity Awards [15]
In March 2022, Livingbridge invested an undisclosed amount in Nourish Care, the Bournemouth-based digital care planning software provider to the UK social care sector.[16][17]
References
- ↑ "Livingbridge raises £660m to invest in UK SMEs". Livingbridge. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ "UK private equity firm Livingbridge opens office in Australia".
- ↑ "Livingbridge opens US office | Real Deals". realdeals.eu.com.
- ↑ "Isis Equity Partners renames itself after a tree". Financial News. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ "Living Bridge: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ↑ Armstrong, Ashley. "City firm unveils less terrorist-y new name". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ↑ "Who we are". Livingbridge. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ "Livingbridge | Institution Profile | Private Equity International". www.privateequityinternational.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ↑ "Livingbridge Mergers and Acquisitions Summary | Mergr". mergr.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- ↑ Ambrose, Tom (2023-10-11). "Lifestyle brand FatFace set to be taken over by Next". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ↑ "Next in talks to buy fashion brand FatFace in £100M deal". Business Matters. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ↑ Ambrose, Tom (2023-10-11). "Lifestyle brand FatFace set to be taken over by Next". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ↑ "Advent International Acquires Fat Face | Mergr M&A Deal Summary". mergr.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- ↑ "Livingbridge exits Frank Recruitment Group". Livingbridge. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ↑ "Private Equity Awards 2017: The winners are…". realdeals.
- ↑ "Livingbridge Invests In Nourish | Mergr M&A Deal Summary". mergr.com. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
- ↑ "Corporate finance firm advises health care provider on acquisition". South West. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
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