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We are pragmatic and supportive partners who leverage our experience to help our businesses unlock growth and realise their potential. We bring ideas and provide hands-on support to drive success. We work with inspiring businesses and help them achieve their potential. How we work with our businesses depends on their circumstances, challenges and opportunities, as well as their ambitions. Whatever your growth ambitions are, we have the people, the expertise and the experience to help.
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Bridgepoint
London, United KingdomWe are one of the world's leading private asset growth investors, specialising in private equity, private credit, and following the ECP transaction, infrastructure. With €41bn of assets under management and a strong local presence in Europe, North America and Asia, we combine global scale with local market and sector expertise, consistently delivering strong returns through cycles.
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Bowmark Capital
London, United KingdomBowmark Capital is a private equity firm that invests with intent.
We focus on investing in services and technology companies valued at up to £300 million. Established in 1997, we manage and advise funds of over £2 billion and have made more than 50 investments.
Bowmark backs management teams with vision. Whether it be a software business investing in new technology or a healthcare provider investing in human capital, our portfolio companies never stand still.
With our strategic support and capital, we work in partnership with management to develop strategies that boost revenues. We help them to accelerate growth through product and service development, buy-and-build strategies, roll-out plans and international expansion.
We believe in values-based investing. Through sustainable growth, we aim to create a proud legacy for our firm, our investors and the companies we back.
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Sovereign Capital Partners
London, United KingdomSovereign is a specialist private equity house that partners with high-quality businesses and management teams in the UK and Europe to deliver truly transformational growth.
We have deep and historic expertise of investing in four sectors: business and technology services, healthcare and pharma services, financial services and insurance, and education and training.
With one of the largest investment and specialist research teams in our market, we have the expertise and resources to help each business deliver the growth strategy that's right for them.
Through our proven strategy of Buy & Build, we look beyond today to spot potential and create opportunities, and we go beyond what's expected to establish, build and nurture long-term relationships.
By seeing beyond and going beyond, we help great businesses become exceptional.
Sovereign Capital Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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Capvest
London, United KingdomEstablished in 1999, CapVest is a leading mid-market private equity firm headquartered in London. The Firm’s investment strategy is focused on identifying and managing investments in companies supplying essential goods and services. A patient investor, CapVest has established a strong record of success in delivering attractive returns by transforming the size and scale of its portfolio companies through a combination of organic and acquisition led growth.
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TowerBrook
London, United KingdomTowerBrook Capital Partners is a purpose-driven, transatlantic investment management firm with assets under management of $21.6 billion, investing across private equity, structured opportunities and impact. As a disciplined investor with a commitment to fundamental value, TowerBrook seeks to deliver superior, risk-adjusted returns to investors on a consistent basis, guided by TowerBrook Responsible Ownership principles which are central to the firm’s value creation strategy.
We partner with talented, experienced managers and senior advisors who share the firm’s values and support its investment objectives, providing capital and resources to transform the capabilities and prospects of the businesses in which we invest, driving better outcomes for all stakeholders.
We take an entrepreneurial, multinational, single-team approach and since inception in 2001, we have invested in more than 90 companies on both sides of the Atlantic, across our three strategies.
TowerBrook is the first mainstream private equity firm to be certified as a B Corporation, demonstrating leadership in its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards and responsible business practices.
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Centre Lane Partners
New York, United StatesCentre Lane Partners is a private investment firm that invests in the equity and debt of middle market companies in North America. We employ a flexible strategy that approaches complex situations with a solutions orientation. We have an experienced, collaborative and diverse team, and seek to partner with strong management teams that can benefit from patient, long-term capital and our operational, financial and strategic expertise and support.
In our Private Equity business, we look to acquire majority ownership of middle market companies and partner with strong management teams that we support through our CLP Value Creation Framework (CLP-VCF). The companies we invest in are generally specialists within their segments and have identifiable value drivers that we can harness to optimize and grow the business. We are active across a broad range of transaction types including buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs and restructurings.
In our Private Credit business, we provide creative, flexible debt financings to middle market businesses. We look to support management teams, equity owners, businesses and other stakeholders through appropriately structured financings for a variety of capital needs relating to refinancings, recapitalizations, organic growth objectives and strategic priorities.
We are active across a wide range of transaction types and typically invest in the following sectors: consumer, business / financial services, healthcare / healthcare services, industrial / industrial services and technology / media / software.
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STAR Capital
London, United KingdomSTAR Capital is a private equity firm focused on developing strategic asset-based businesses in Western Europe.
Established in 1999 and primarily investing in businesses with an enterprise value of between €50 million and €1 billion, our strategy is focused on businesses characterised by strategic qualities that provide strong downside protection.
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Diana Capital
Madrid, SpainWe are a firm that invests in leading Spanish mid-sized companies, and actively helps them execute their investment plans. Since 2000, we have invested in companies in different industries, and we have made divestments that have generated high returns. Our seasoned investment team enjoys the ability and proven track record to create value and generate investment opportunities.
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Headway Capital Partners
London, United KingdomFounded in 2004, Headway Capital Partners is an independent London based investment firm providing a full range of capital and liquidity solutions to private equity managers and general partners. Headway invests in co-investments and secondary transactions, with a focus on independent sponsor, GP-led, and secondary direct transactions involving lower mid-market buyout and growth assets primarily in Europe and the US.
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BC Partners
London, United KingdomBC Partners is an international investment firm that offers select, focused investment strategies designed to complement each other and create synergies that benefit our investors.
Founded in 1986 as one of the first pan-European buy-out investors, BC Partners has grown and evolved into a leading alternative investment firm, investing principally in larger businesses in Europe and North America through its established network of offices in London, Paris, Hamburg, and New York. Our strategic offering now includes a European Real Estate Investment platform and a Credit Investment platform that pursues yield and opportunistic investment opportunities primarily in North America.
BC Partners provides a consistent investment approach across its three strategies, utilising rigorous analysis to seek to establish downside protection and identify realistic and meaningful value-add opportunities. Our partnership structure is designed to align the firm’s interests with those of our investors.
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