LONDON: Oakley Capital Investments Limited (OCI) announced that Oakley Capital Origin II2 (Origin II) has agreed to acquire vitroconnect, a leading broadband open access platform business in Germany. This will be the first platform investment made by Origin II. OCI’s indirect contribution to Origin II is anticipated to be up to £19 million, which relates…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital Origin Fund I has agreed to acquire Horizons Optical, a provider of medical software used to make premium spectacle lenses. Oakley Capital Origin Fund is acquiring a majority stake in the business alongside CEO Santiago Soler, who will retain a significant share in the business and will continue to lead Horizons….
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital Investments Limited (OCI) has announced that its investment fund, Oakley Capital Fund III, has reached an agreement to sell its stake in IU Group, the largest and fastest-growing university in Germany, and a global leader in education technology. The sale of the stake has been agreed at the carrying value of…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Facile.it, Italy’s largest online price comparison platform, to Silver Lake, a bourse filing noted. Oakley Capital Fund III invested in Facile.it in 2018, alongside EQT Private Equity. During the course of the investment the business has continued to pioneer the Online Price…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital announced that Oakley Capital Fund IV has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Contabo, a leading cloud hosting platform offering easy-to-use and cost-effective cloud services used by SMEs, entrepreneurs and developers. The exit will generate a gross return in excess of 10x MM and over 100% IRR to Fund…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital, the pan-European private equity investor, announced that Oakley Capital Origin Fund is investing in Vice Sporting Goods GmbH (Vice Golf), the leading digitally native golf brand. Golf is a centuries-old sport that has proven its enduring appeal and stability through economic cycles and is today played by c.70 million across the…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital announced that Oakley Capital Private Equity III has reached an agreement to sell its stake in TechInsights, an information services platform for the microelectronics sector. The exit will generate a gross return on investment of c.18.8x MM and c.82% IRR to Fund III. As part of the transaction, Oakley Capital Fund…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital Origin Fund is investing $35 million to acquire a minority stake in Seedtag, a leader in contextual advertising in EMEA and Latin America. Founded in Madrid in 2014, Seedtag helps brands and agencies to deliver digital advertising that is directly relevant to the content that readers are consuming. Oakley’s investment will…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital announced that Oakley Capital Private Equity III and other co-investors have reached an agreement to sell their stakes in ACE Education (ACE), a leading private vocational higher education platform in France and Spain. OCI’s share of proceeds will be approximately c.£16 million. As part of the transaction, Oakley Capital Origin Fund…
LONDON: Oakley Capital Investments Limited announced that Oakley Capital IV (Fund IV) has agreed to acquire WindStar Medical GmbH from ProSiebenSat.1 majority-owned NuCom Group. WindStar Medical is Germany’s leading over-the-counter (OTC) consumer healthcare company. The platform, which is expected to generate over €120 million in revenues this year, designs, develops and commercialises branded consumer health…
LONDON: Oakley Capital Investments’ Oakley Capital Origin Fund 2 has acquired a majority stake in 7NXT GmbH, the leading online fitness and nutrition platform in the German speaking region, from founder and CEO Markan Karajica and Crosslantic Capital. Mr Karajica will continue in his role as CEO and will retain a significant minority stake in…
LONDON, UK: Oakley Capital Investments Limited announced that Oakley Capital Private Equity III and other co-investors have reached an agreement to sell their stakes in WebPros Group, a leading provider of web hosting automation software, to CVC Fund VII. In addition, Oakley Capital IV will invest $200 million alongside CVC Fund VII as a minority…