Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2011-02-22 |
| Target | Amplience |
| Sector | Technology Hardware |
| Investor(s) | Octopus Investments |
| Deal Type | Growth Capital |
| Advisor(s) | Marriott Harrison (Legal) |
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| Category | Asset Manager |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 9.9B GBP |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Octopus Investments is a private equity group that invests in lower middle-market UK based companies. Octopus looks to invest in buyouts, buy-ins, industry consolidations, and situations requiring development capital. Octopus' target investment size is £300k to £5 million in sectors such as business services, food/beverage, education and training, environmental services, media, marketing, healthcare, consumer, retail, leisure, and manufacturing. The Firm seeks businesses with a sustainable competitive advantage, whether through a unique product, IP, brand names or trade marks. Octopus Private Equity was formed in 2004 and is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 40 of 71 |
| Sector: Technology Hardware M&A | 5 of 8 |
| Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals | 8 of 18 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 38 of 64 |
| Year: 2011 M&A | 2 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-14 |
Vega-Chi
London, United Kingdom Vega-Chi is an electronic trading platform dedicated to European convertible and high-yield bonds. Vega-Chi was founded in 2009 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |
Buy | £2M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-01 |
Secret Escapes
London, United Kingdom Secret Escapes is an online travel club that offers its 500,000 members discounts of up to 70 per cent. on luxury hotels and holidays. Offers are usually available for between three and seven days. Secret Escapes was founded in 2009 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
