Investment Summary

Risk Capital Partners Invests In Seafood Holdings

On January 1, 2006, private equity firm Risk Capital Partners invested in food company Seafood Holdings for 16M GBP

Investment Highlights
  • This is Risk Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Risk Capital Partners’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Risk Capital Partners’ 11th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Seafood Holdings was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2010 for 69M USD.

Investment Summary
Date 2006-01-01
Target Seafood Holdings
Sector Food
Investor(s) Risk Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Deal Value 16M GBP

Target

Seafood Holdings

London, United Kingdom
website
Seafood Holdings is a independent fresh fish, seafood and meat distributor to the catering trade.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Risk Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 75M GBP
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Risk Capital Partners is a private investment group focused on working with entrepreneurs and helping them achieve growth through acquisitions, roll-out programs, and bold organic growth strategies. Risk looks to invest £2 to £15 million of equity in established, profitable companies based in the UK and will consider opportunities across a broad range of industry sectors including consumer, retail, leisure, healthcare, financial services, transport, and support services. Risk Capital Partners was formed in 2001 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 32
Sector (Food) 1 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 4 of 8
Country (United Kingdom) 11 of 31
Year (2006) 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 Patisserie Valerie

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Patisserie Holdings is a patisserie chain with over 50 sites nationwide. The company operates two brands - Patisserie Valerie and Druckers Vienna Patisserie. Patisserie Valerie is based in Birmingham, United kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-02-01 East

London, United Kingdom

East is a ladies fashion retailer which was founded in 1994. East designs and sells its own range of clothing and accessories through more than 60 stand alone stores and concessions throughout the UK.

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