Livingbridge

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Livingbridge
Company typeprivate
Industryprivate equity
Founded1999
Headquarters
London
,
UK
Number of locations
London and Manchester, UK; Melbourne, Australia; and Boston, United States
Key people
Wol Kolade (Managing Partner)
Website www.livingbridge.com/

Livingbridge is a mid-market private equity firm launched in 1995. [1] Headquartered in London, the firm also has offices in, Melbourne, Australia [2] and Boston, US. [3]

Livingbridge was known until November 2014 as Isis Equity Partners, but rebranded as it was "no longer prepared to share [its name] with a terrorist organisation". [4] [5] [6]

Since 1995 it has invested in over 100 UK businesses. [7]

In January 2000, Livingbridge acquired a 40% stake of UK based clothing company FatFace for £5 million. [8] [9]

In 2016 it raised £660m in its eighth fundraise, its largest to date. In April 2016 Livingbridge announced the sale of Frank Recruitment Group to TPG Capital. [10]

In 2017 Livingbridge won UK House of the Year at the 2017 Real Deals Private Equity Awards [11]

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References

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