Investment Summary

Foresight Private Equity and Williams Advanced Engineering Invest In Insphere

On August 19, 2019, private equity firm Foresight Private Equity and Williams Advanced Engineering invested in test/measurement equipment company Insphere

Investment Highlights
  • This is Foresight Private Equity’s 2nd and Williams Advanced Engineering’s 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Foresight Private Equity’s 111th and Williams Advanced Engineering’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-08-19
Target Insphere
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Investor(s) Foresight Private Equity
Williams Advanced Engineering
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Insphere

Bristol, United Kingdom
Insphere is a provider of specialist measurement services, training, and consultancy to manufacturing organizations. Industries such as aerospace, automotive, and defense all employ highly automated manufacturing processes that rely on production lines of robots performing precise and repeatable actions. Measurement technologies have traditionally been used to verify parts at the end of the production line. Insphere was founded in 2013 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Foresight Private Equity

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


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 115 of 208
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 87 of 167
Country: United Kingdom M&A 111 of 202
Year: 2019 M&A 15 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-27 Ten Health and Fitness

London, United Kingdom

Ten Health and Fitness is a provider of health and fitness services in London. TenClinica offers specialist exercise prescription to clients living with the effects of life-altering clinical diagnoses, including heart disease, cancer and diabetes – a population that is largely unsupported by the mainstream fitness industry. Ten Health and Fitness was founded in 2007 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-23 AMT

Sheffield, United Kingdom

AMT is a developer of technology designed to unlock the potential of industrial additive manufacturing. AMT set up with the aim of developing industrial technologies to enable the deployment of 3D printing for mass production, especially to address the shortcomings of existing post-processing technologies. AMT was founded in 2017 and is based in Sheffield, United kingdom.

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Investor

Williams Advanced Engineering

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Engineering
DESCRIPTION

Williams Advanced Engineering is an engineering technology and consulting business to motorsport, high performance automotive, defense, mining and other sectors. Williams Advanced Engineering provides world-class technical innovation, engineering, testing, and manufacturing services to deliver energy-efficient performance to customers. Williams Advanced Engineering is based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-01 VividQ

London, United Kingdom

VividQ is a software and IP developer for holography, Its technology is used in the development of next-generation digital displays and devices, by manufacturers in the US, China and Japan. VividQ was founded in 2017 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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