Investment Summary

Ferd Capital Invests In General Oceans

On December 19, 2023, private equity firm Ferd Capital invested in marine company General Oceans

Investment Highlights
  • This is Ferd Capital’s 1st transaction in the Marine sector.
  • This is Ferd Capital’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2023-12-19
Target General Oceans
Sector Marine
Investor(s) Ferd Capital
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) ABG Sundal Collier (Financial)

Target

General Oceans

London, United Kingdom
General Oceans is a group of technology companies focused on ocean technology for marine operations, environmental science, offshore energy and defense applications. The Company develops and supplies a range of underwater sensors, operational platforms, vehicles, and related ocean-technology solutions through its operating brands, serving organisations involved in subsea navigation, data collection, and marine engineering. General Oceans was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor
DESCRIPTION

Ferd Capital is the direct investment arm of Norwegian holding company and asset manager Ferd AS. Ferd Capital looks to make 500 million NOK to 3 billion NOK equity and debt investments in private and public companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally pursues opportunities throughout Scandianavia. Ferd looks to take an active ownership role to help with portfolio company growth and development. Ferd Capital is based in Oslo, Norway.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 13
Sector: Marine M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 5 of 5
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-13 Mintra Holding

Bergen, Norway

Mintra Holding is an entity which provides workforce management systems worldwide. It delivers services covering human resources (HR), competence management, and training to customers in various business environments. The company offers OCS HR, a suite of software covering HR, crewing, and payroll needs of shipping and offshore companies. Mintra Holding was founded in 1997 and is based in Bergen, Norway.

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