Investment Summary

Mobeus Equity Partners and Foresight Private Equity Invest In Aquasium

On June 6, 2012, private equity firms Mobeus Equity Partners and Foresight Private Equity invested in manufacturer Aquasium

Investment Highlights
  • This is Mobeus Equity Partners’ 2nd and Foresight Private Equity’s 3rd transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Mobeus Equity Partners’ 37th and Foresight Private Equity’s 20th transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary
Date 2012-06-06
Target Aquasium
Sector Manufacturing
Investor(s) Mobeus Equity Partners
Foresight Private Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Aquasium

Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Aquasium is a designer and manufacturer of build process solutions. Aquasium was founded in 1995 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Mobeus Equity Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mobeus Equity Partners is a generalist investor in UK-based companies. Mobeus looks to invest between £2 and £15 million in a variety of transaction situations. These include MBOs, secondary buyouts, debt financings, shareholder liquidity needs, and recapitalizations. Mobeus generally targets high growth, profitable (£1 to £3 million) businesses with sustainable competitive advantages. Mobeus is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 85
Sector (Manufacturing) 2 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 4 of 26
Country (United Kingdom) 37 of 82
Year (2012) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-06 Letraset

Ashford, United Kingdom

Letraset Ltd. provides typographic services including typefaces, fonts, borders, cliparts, textures, graphics, and images.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-23 Tessella

Abingdon, United Kingdom

Tessella Ltd. is an international analytics and data science consulting services organization.

Buy £18M
Investor

Foresight Private Equity

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 600M GBP
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Foresight Group LLP (Formerly VCF Partners)

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 186
Sector (Manufacturing) 3 of 8
Type (Growth Capital) 9 of 145
Country (United Kingdom) 20 of 175
Year (2012) 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-29 Flowrite Services

Maidstone, United Kingdom

Flowrite Services is a refrigeration and air conditioning service, maintenance, and installation company, specializing in the leisure sector across the UK. Flowrite Services was founded in 1992 and is based in Maidstone, United Kingdom.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-30 Blackstar Amplification

Northampton, United Kingdom

Blackstar Amplification Ltd. design and manufacture of innovative guitar amplifiers and associated equipment.

Buy -
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