Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2012-10-17 |
| Target | IOVOX |
| Sector | Software |
| Investor(s) | Octopus Investments |
| Deal Type | Venture |
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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 | 48 of 71 |
| Sector: Software M&A | 3 of 7 |
| Type: Venture M&A Deals | 20 of 32 |
| Country: United Kingdom M&A | 46 of 64 |
| Year: 2012 M&A | 4 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-02 |
LeanWorks
London, United Kingdom YPlan is the “mobile-first” events discovery and booking platform. Company offers a mix of event tickets on its app and website allowing people to discover and book things to do in the city. YPlan has invested heavily in the development of an award-winning e-commerce platform and associated software for the events industry as well as in customer acquisition marketing. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-23 |
Faction
Verbier, Switzerland Faction is a product-driven winter sports brand focusing on the fast-growing freeride, freestyle and ski touring markets which are not well served by the major brands, but which now account for 40% of skis sold. The company designs and sells innovative, high performance, award-winning skis and equipment, which are made in the EU and endorsed by recognised athletes. Faction was founded in 2006 and is based in Verbier, Switzerland. |
Buy | - |
