M&A Deal Summary

WestBridge Acquires Wilcomatic

On March 25, 2019, private equity firm WestBridge acquired machinery company Wilcomatic

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WestBridge’s 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is WestBridge’s 11th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-03-25
Target Wilcomatic
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) WestBridge
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Wilcomatic

Surrey, United Kingdom
Wilcomatic is a provider of commercial car wash equipment, that supplies a full range of other ancillary forecourt equipment including jet wash systems, vacuum units, tyre inflation equipment, and water recycling systems. Wilcomatic was founded in 1967 and is based in Surrey, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

WestBridge

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
PE ASSETS 180M GBP
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

WestBridge Capital is a private equity firm that invests in growth-oriented, small and medium sized enterprises based in the UK. WestBridge focuses on profitable companies with proven business models and experienced management teams. WestBridge looks to invest £10 to £25 million in businesses valued between £15 and £60 million. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, business services, leisure, technology, industrial and retail. The Firm will not consider investments in biotech and real estate. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, growth capital financings, buy and builds, and recapitalizations. WestBridge was formed in 2008 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 22
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 12
Country: United Kingdom M&A 11 of 22
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-03-12 Apem Group

Stockport, United Kingdom

Apem Group provides independent environmental consultancy and expert scientific advice to a wide range of industries across the globe. The company's services include digital aerial wildlife surveys, environmental impact assessments and approvals, marine, water & terrestrial ecology, geospatial insights, shipping and navigational risk assessments, rehabilitation and closure, heritage advice, and landscape visualization. Apem Group is based in Stockport, United Kingdom.

Buy £10M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-15 LINKFRESH Software

Cambridge, United Kingdom

LINKFRESH Software Ltd. is a provider of enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) software solutions designed to help customers control all aspects of their fresh food business. Linkfresh delivers produce-specific inventory control and traceability solutions across the whole food supply chain and helps balance supply and demand for the food supply chain in real-time. LINKFRESH Software Ltd. was founded in 1981 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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