Investment Summary

Epiris and FPE Capital Invest In Sporting Index

On January 1, 1995, private equity firm Epiris and growth capital firm FPE Capital invested in internet software and services company Sporting Index

Investment Highlights
  • This is Epiris’ 1st and FPE Capital’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Epiris’ 8th and FPE Capital’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Sporting Index was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2002 for 64M EUR.
  • Sporting Index was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2005 for 76M EUR.

Investment Summary

Date 1995-01-01
Target Sporting Index
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Epiris
FPE Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Sporting Index

London, United Kingdom
Sporting Index is a sports spread betting, dominating the global market with an estimated 80%+ market share.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Epiris

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 1.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Electra Partners is a UK-based private equity firm focused on buyouts, co-investments, secondary fund purchases, and debt investing. The Firm's direct investing group looks to make majority or minority investments of £50 to £250 million in deals valued up to £500 million. Electra was formed in 1976 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 73
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 8 of 61
Year: 1995 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1994-08-01 Holt Lloyd International

Stretford, United Kingdom

Holt Lloyd International Ltd is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive aftermarket products globally.

Buy £64M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1995-02-01 Pillar Property Investments

United Kingdom

Pillar Property Investments is a provider of UK property services.

Sell -
Investor

FPE Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2004
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

FPE Capital is the private equity investment arm of Fleming Family & Partners, a multi-family office. FF&P invests in lower middle market companies throughout the UK and Western Europe. FF&P focuses on rapidly growing companies led by experienced management, with proven track records and scalable business models. Sectors of interest include financial services, healthcare, business/support services, energy/resources and media/information. The Firm will consider buyouts (MBOs, MBIs) as well as growth capital financings. FPE Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 37
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 5
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 13
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 32
Year: 1995 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-08-01 Rockwood Service

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Rockwood Service Corporation provides non-destructive testing (NDT), materials evaluation and related engineering services to large industrial companies throughout North America.

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