Livingbridge

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Livingbridge
Company typeprivate
Industryprivate equity
Founded1999
Headquarters
London
,
UK
Number of locations
London and Manchester, UK; Melbourne, Australia; and Boston, United States
Key people
Wol Kolade (Managing Partner)
Number of employees
+70
Website www.livingbridge.com/

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Livingbridge raises £660m to invest in UK SMEs". Livingbridge. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "UK private equity firm Livingbridge opens office in Australia".
  3. ↑ "Livingbridge opens US office | Real Deals". realdeals.eu.com.
  4. ↑ "Isis Equity Partners renames itself after a tree". Financial News. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Living Bridge: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Armstrong, Ashley. "City firm unveils less terrorist-y new name". Telegraph. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Who we are". Livingbridge. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Livingbridge | Institution Profile | Private Equity International". www.privateequityinternational.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Livingbridge Mergers and Acquisitions Summary | Mergr". mergr.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Ambrose, Tom (11 October 2023). "Lifestyle brand FatFace set to be taken over by Next". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Next in talks to buy fashion brand FatFace in £100M deal". Business Matters. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  12. ↑ Ambrose, Tom (11 October 2023). "Lifestyle brand FatFace set to be taken over by Next". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Advent International Acquires Fat Face | Mergr M&A Deal Summary". mergr.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Livingbridge exits Frank Recruitment Group". Livingbridge. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Private Equity Awards 2017: The winners are…". realdeals.
  16. ↑ "Livingbridge Invests In Nourish | Mergr M&A Deal Summary". mergr.com. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Corporate finance firm advises health care provider on acquisition". South West. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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