Formerly | Bridgepoint Capital NatWest Equity Partners |
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Company type | Public limited company |
LSE: BPT FTSE 250 component | |
Industry | Investment company |
Founded | 1984 |
Founder | NatWest |
Headquarters | London, England |
Key people | William Jackson (chairman) |
Products | Investments, private equity funds |
Revenue | £321.6 million (2023) [1] |
£78.4 million (2023) [1] | |
£70.7 million (2023) [1] | |
AUM | £41.0 billion (December 2023) [1] |
Website | www |
Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Bridgepoint was founded as NatWest Equity Partners, a private equity firm part of NatWest. The firm was renamed Bridgepoint Capital in May 2000 following a management buyout. [2] [3]
In May 2001, Bridgepoint closed its first fund following its independence from NatWest. The fund closed at €2 billion, and made its first investments in WT Foods, Virgin Active and Hydrex. [4]
The firm closed its Europe II fund in 2001 [5] and its Europe III fund in 2005. [6] [7] Bridgepoint closed its Europe IV fund in 2008 for €4.8 billion. [8]
In 2011, the firm was renamed Bridgepoint Advisers. [9] In March 2015, Bridgepoint closed its latest €4 billion Bridgepoint Europe V fund, bringing to €20.5 billion the amount of committed capital raised to date. [10]
In August 2018, Dyal Capital Partners acquired a minority stake in Bridgepoint. [11] [12]
In 2021 Bridgepoint closed its £1.56 billion Bridgepoint Development Capital IV fund. [13] In July 2021, Bridgepoint Group was listed to the London Stock Exchange. [14]
In September 2023, it was announced that Bridgepoint would acquire Energy Capital Partners for £835 million. [15] [16]
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