Investment Summary

Foresight Private Equity Invests In Poppy & Jack’s

On April 1, 2016, private equity firm Foresight Private Equity invested in consumer services company Poppy & Jack’s

Investment Highlights
  • This is Foresight Private Equity’s 3rd transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Foresight Private Equity’s 49th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Poppy & Jack’s was sold to a strategic buyer in 2021.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-04-01
Target Poppy & Jack’s
Sector Consumer Services
Investor(s) Foresight Private Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Poppy & Jack’s

Poulton-le-Fylde, United Kingdom
Poppy & Jack’s is an established chain of day nurseries in the North-West of England. The chain currently has eight-day nurseries that specialize in outstanding, child-led learning. Poppy & Jack’s is based in Poulton-le-Fylde, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Foresight Private Equity

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 1.4B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Foresight Group LLP (Formerly VCF Partners)


DEAL STATS #
Overall 51 of 208
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 3 of 6
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 33 of 167
Country: United Kingdom M&A 49 of 202
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-14 QS Recruitment

Nottingham, United Kingdom

QS Recruitment delivers recruitment services to businesses throughout the East Midlands and South Yorkshire. QS Recruitment started as a specialist supplier of HGV drivers and has expanded its offering to provide services to clients and job seekers across six specialist divisions; Driving, Industrial, Engineering, Catering, Office, and Care. QS Recruitment has offices in Nottingham, Burton, Lincoln, Derby, and Worksop. QS Recruitment was founded in 1992 and is based in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-12 Peekaboonursery.info

Thornton-Cleveleys, United Kingdom

Peekaboonursery.info Ltd. is an operator of nursery business.

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