Investment Summary

Octopus Investments Invests In The Faction Collective

On October 23, 2012, asset manager Octopus Investments invested in gaming company The Faction Collective

Investment Highlights
  • This is Octopus Investments’ 1st transaction in the Gaming sector.
  • This is Octopus Investments’ 1st transaction in Switzerland.

Investment Summary
Date 2012-10-23
Target The Faction Collective
Sector Gaming
Investor(s) Octopus Investments
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

The Faction Collective

Verbier, Switzerland
The Faction Collective is a product-driven winter sports brand focusing on the fast-growing freeride, freestyle and ski touring markets which are not well served by the major brands, but which now account for 40% of skis sold. The company designs and sells innovative, high performance, award-winning skis and equipment, which are made in the EU and endorsed by recognised athletes. Faction is based in London and Switzerland and is present in all the major winter sports markets through a network of distributors and direct sales representatives.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Octopus Investments

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 8.3B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Octopus Investments Limited is a private equity group that invests in lower middle-market UK based companies. Octopus looks to invest in buyouts, buy-ins, industry consolidations, and situations requiring development capital. Octopus' target investment size is £250k to £5 million in sectors such as business services, food/beverage, education and training, environmental services, media, marketing, healthcare, consumer, retail, leisure, and manufacturing. The Firm seeks businesses with a sustainable competitive advantage, whether through a unique product, IP, brand names or trade marks. Octopus Private Equity was formed in 2004 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 70
Sector (Gaming) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 11 of 18
Country (Switzerland) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 5 of 7
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