Investment Summary

IK Partners Invests In HSL Compliance

On February 4, 2025, private equity firm IK Partners invested in environmental company HSL Compliance from LDC

Investment Highlights
  • This is IK Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is IK Partners’ 9th transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-02-04
Target HSL Compliance
Sector Environmental
Investor(s) IK Partners
Sellers(s) LDC
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) Clearwater International
KPMG Corporate Finance (Financial)
DLA Piper (Legal)

Target

HSL Compliance

Herefordshire, United Kingdom
HSL Compliance specializes in water, hazardous materials, fire safety, and associated health, safety, and environmental services. HSL Compliance was founded in 1976 and is based in Herefordshire, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

IK Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 14.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

IK Partners is a private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle-market to large-sized companies throughout Europe. IK focuses on growth businesses located in the Benelux region, as well as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden. The Firm looks to commit €10 to €300 million of equity capital per transaction and targets companies with strong cash-flows. IK Investment Partners was formerly known as Industry Kapital. IK Partners was formed in 1989 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 186 of 187
Sector (Environmental) 3 of 4
Type (Stake Purchase) 8 of 8
Country (United Kingdom) 9 of 9
Year (2025) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-07 GeoDynamics

Kortrijk, Belgium

GeoDynamics provides in the development of location-based software solutions. It has equipped 26.000 vehicles from 2.400 customers with high-quality internet-based solutions (like track & trace and time registration) for specific corporate needs for mobile applications, mobile workers, and vehicles. GeoDynamics was founded in 2004 and is based in Kortrijk, Belgium.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-06 Tecomatic

Kalmar, Sweden

Tecomatic specializes in solutions and products for environments where there are problems with erosion of land and fine material or the spread of environmentally hazardous sediment. It also offers complete solutions in water treatment and complete facilities for the collection and treatment of stormwater, leachate, process water and wastewater as well as sediment discharge. Tecomatic is based in Kalmar, Sweden. ,

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

LDC

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 3.6B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LDC is the private equity and investment arm of Lloyds Banking Group. LDC invests in mid-market companies throughout the UK. LDC seeks high growth businesses with at least two years of profitability (greater than £1 million). The Firm looks to commit £2 to £100 million in companies generating at least £5 million in revenue. Areas of interest include cleantech/environmental, construction/property, financial services, healthcare, industrials, retail/consumer, support services, TMT and travel/leisure. Prospective transaction types includes acquisition financings, development capital, equity release, MBOs, MBIs, mergers, private placements, and secondary buy-outs. LDC was formed in 1981 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 201 of 202
Sector (Environmental) 2 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 4 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 195 of 196
Year (2025) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-27 Zip World

Wales, United Kingdom

Zip World is an outdoor adventure business and operator of zip-wire-focused theme parks. Zip World was founded in 2011 and is based in Wales, United Kingdom.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-05 Blis

London, United Kingdom

Blis is an advertising technology company that uses location and demographic data to define digital audiences. Blis provides the most accurate location data and rich contextualized consumer behavioral insights for advertisers. Blis was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell $175M