Investment Summary

Inflexion Invests In Giacom

On January 3, 2021, private equity firm Inflexion invested in communications company Giacom from Daisy

Investment Highlights
  • This is Inflexion’s 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Inflexion’s 78th transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-01-03
Target Giacom
Sector Communications
Investor(s) Inflexion
Sellers(s) Daisy
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Giacom

London, United Kingdom
Giacom is an independent communication, IT, and cloud services provider to the Channel. Giacom is committed to supporting reseller partners in maximizing opportunities through its innovative, comprehensive, and value creating converged services portfolio. This includes Connectivity, Mobility, Voice Services, IP Communications, Cloud and Product Supply, all offered with flexible commercial terms to reduce credit risk. Giacom was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Inflexion

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 10.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Inflexion is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in UK-based founder and family-owned businesses. Broad areas of interest include consumer products/services, business services, healthcare, industrials, technology, and financial services. The Firm's target investment size is £10 to £500 million. Inflexion was formed in 1999 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 83 of 124
Sector: Communications M&A 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 4 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 78 of 105
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-09 Lane Clark & Peacock

London, United Kingdom

Lane Clark & Peacock is an independent provider of pension and investment consulting services in the UK. The company also provides services in fast-growing areas including technology analytics; insurance regulation and risk advisory; health analytics; and energy market modeling and consultancy. Lane Clark & Peacock was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-12 Bollington Insurance Brokers

Adlington, United Kingdom

Bollington was founded in 1973 as a local community broker and has since grown organically and through acquisitions to become a sizeable broker specializing in mid-market commercial, niche lines, and SME & micro-SME businesses as well as personal lines. The business is based in the North West of England, operates seven offices and employs 420 risk professionals, and has over 230,000 customers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Daisy

Nelson, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Communications
Employees4,000
DESCRIPTION

Daisy is an independent provider of B2B communications, IT and cloud services. Daisy has grown into one of the UK’s leading telecommunications providers, with 360,000 indirect and direct customers, c2,100 partners, c4,000 employees, and 30+ locations nationwide. Daisy was founded in 2001 and is based in Nelson, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-29 Damovo UK

Horsham, United Kingdom

Damovo is an established European-based, global technology services firm with over 40 years’ experience in the ICT industry. Company deliver services on behalf of Systems Integrators, IT Service Providers, and enterprises located around the world. Damovo Global Services is the go-to partner for U.S. and North American-based enterprises and technology providers who need service delivery support in markets around the world.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-17 XLN Telecom

London, United Kingdom

XLN Telecom is a communications company based in London. It supplies fixed line and broadband services to 70,000 customers in the SME sector and is one of Britain’s fastest growing alternative telecoms service providers.

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