Investment Summary

Marlin Equity Partners Invests In Linnworks

On September 29, 2021, private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners invested in software company Linnworks

Investment Highlights
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 31st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Marlin Equity Partners’ 7th transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary
Date 2021-09-29
Target Linnworks
Sector Software
Investor(s) Marlin Equity Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Baird (Financial)

Target

Linnworks

Chichester, United Kingdom
Linnworks is a e-commerce automation platform that enables the world’s major marketplaces and sales channels to manage their multi-channel inventory, orders and fulfillment from a single dashboard, while providing deep insights across operations. Linnworks was founded in 2005 and is based in Chichester, United Kingdom.

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Investor

Marlin Equity Partners

Hermosa Beach, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 8.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.
Marlin Equity's headquarters in Hermosa Beach, California.

Marlin Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on acquiring distressed businesses with sales of $10 million to $2 billion. Marlin has a special interest in non-core or underperforming divisions of larger corporations, as well as companies facing some sort of financial, operational or market-related transition. Marlin is a generalist investor and will consider opportunities in technology (software, IT, payment systems, hardware, communications, internet), healthcare, consumer (apparel, retail, consumer products, food/beverage), services (business, financial, consumer, education), manufacturing (automotive, industrial, metals, plastics), aerospace, defense, and media. Marlin prefers businesses with scalable business models, strong installed customer bases, defensible market positions, and barriers to entry. Marlin Equity Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Hermosa Beach, California with an additional office in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 99 of 116
Sector (Software) 31 of 33
Type (Growth Capital) 15 of 22
Country (United Kingdom) 7 of 10
Year (2021) 9 of 11
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