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Oakley Capital closes Fund IV at €1.46bn - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital closes Fund IV at €1.46bn

Oakley Capital (“Oakley”), a leading Western Europe-focused private equity firm, is pleased to announce that it has held a final close for its latest fund, Oakley Capital IV (“Fund IV” or “the…
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Oakley Capital acquires leading maritime e-learning businesses Videotel and Seagull - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital acquires leading maritime e-learning businesses Videotel and Seagull

Oakley Capital (“Oakley”) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the management teams of SG MidCo AS (“Seagull”), and Videotel Marine Asia Limited and Super Dragon Limited (collectively “Videotel”), to…
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Oakley Capital agrees to invest in Spanish digital insurance brokers - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital agrees to invest in Spanish digital insurance brokers

Oakley Capital (“Oakley”), a leading Western Europe-focused private equity firm, has agreed to form a joint venture with Admiral Group plc (“Admiral”) to acquire two of Spain’s most well-regarded digital brokers for…
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Building a business – the WebPros story - Oakley Capital Insights

Building a business – the WebPros story

What is it that defines a business – being incorporated? Having a board? A standalone set of accounts? When we first came across the operations at the heart of Plesk, the market-leading…
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Oakley Capital agrees to acquire Spanish software business Ekon - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital agrees to acquire Spanish software business Ekon

Oakley Capital (“Oakley”) has agreed to acquire Ekon, a Spanish provider of business software, as a carve-out from the Iberian operations of current owner Unit4. The investment marks Oakley’s first in Spain.…
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Oakley Capital to invest in cPanel - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital to invest in cPanel

Oakley Capital Private Equity III (“Fund III”) is pleased to announce an agreement to invest in cPanel. WebPros BV, the holding company that owns Plesk and Solus VM, is acquiring a majority…
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Oakley Capital opens new Munich office
Oakley Capital opens new Munich office - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital opens new Munich office

Oakley Capital Private Equity (“Oakley”), a leading pan-European mid-market private equity firm, today announces the opening of a new office in Munich, Germany, as part of its ongoing commitment to the DACH…
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Oakley Capital agrees sale of Damovo
Oakley Capital agrees sale of Damovo - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital agrees sale of Damovo

Oakley Capital Private Equity II (“Fund II”) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Damovo Group (“Damovo”), a leading independent European unified communications and…
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Oakley Capital agrees sale of Facile and follow on investment - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital agrees sale of Facile and follow on investment

Oakley Capital Private Equity II (“Fund II”) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Facile.it (“Facile”), Italy’s leading online price comparison website, to EQT…
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Disposal of PARSHIP Elite Group and Verivox - Oakley Capital Latest News

Disposal of PARSHIP Elite Group and Verivox

Oakley Capital Private Equity II (“Fund II”) is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement to sell its 38.5% stake in PARSHIP ELITE Group (“PEG”) and 9.9% stake in Verivox to…
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Acquisition of Career Partner Group - Oakley Capital Latest News

Acquisition of Career Partner Group

Oakley Capital Private Equity III (“Fund III”) has agreed to acquire Apollo Global Germany GmbH (“Career Partner Group”), from its current shareholder Apollo Education Group Inc. Fund III, together with a number…
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Oakley Capital opens new Munich office
Oakley Capital closes €800 million fund - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital closes €800 million fund

Oakley Capital (“Oakley”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its third fund, Oakley Capital Private Equity III (“Fund III”), raising €800 million. Continued strong support from existing investors and a…
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Impetus-PEF Private Equity Triathlon 2017 - Oakley Capital Latest News

Impetus-PEF Private Equity Triathlon 2017

Oakley enters charity triathlon for the first time On Saturday 16th September at Dorney Lake, over 550 triathletes battled it out over six different races at the Impetus-PEF Private Equity Triathlon, raising…
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Acquisition of Schülerhilfe - Oakley Capital Latest News

Acquisition of Schülerhilfe

Oakley Capital Private Equity III (“Fund III”) has agreed to acquire the business and operations of ZGS Verwaltungs GmbH (“Schülerhilfe”), from its current majority shareholders Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (“DBAG”) and DBAG Fund…
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Acquisition of Plesk - Oakley Capital Latest News

Acquisition of Plesk

Oakley Capital Private Equity III (“Fund III”) has completed a deal to acquire the assets and operations of Plesk, at an enterprise value of $105 million, as a carve out from the…
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Appointment of Ralf Schremper as new German Partner - Oakley Capital Latest News

Appointment of Ralf Schremper as new German Partner

Oakley Capital Limited (“Oakley”) is pleased to announce that Dr. Ralf Schremper is to join as a Partner in the private equity team with a focus on building out Oakley’s presence in…
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New Partner and team appointments - Oakley Capital Latest News

New Partner and team appointments

Oakley Capital (“Oakley”) announces the appointment of Arthur Mornington as Partner, where he will join the private equity team with a focus on deal origination, deal execution and portfolio management. Arthur Mornington…
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Time Out Group announces new Time Out Market in Miami - Oakley Capital Latest News

Time Out Group announces new Time Out Market in Miami

Time Out Group plc (AIM: TMO), the global media and e-commerce business with food & cultural markets, is pleased to announce that it has signed a conditional lease agreement for a new…
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Oakley Capital acquisition of Casa.it & atHome.lu - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital acquisition of Casa.it & atHome.lu

Oakley Capital Private Equity III (“Fund III”) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of European real estate websites including Casa.it in Italy and atHome.lu in Luxembourg (collectively “the business”). Oakley is backing…
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Oakley sells partial stake in PARSHIP Elite Group - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley sells partial stake in PARSHIP Elite Group

Transaction values the business at €300m, representing a return of 3.6x MM on original investment and an IRR of approximately 150%. Oakley retains an ongoing stake in the business to benefit from further…
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Completion of Time Out Group IPO - Oakley Capital Latest News

Completion of Time Out Group IPO

Oakley Capital Private Equity LP (“OCPE”) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of Time Out Group plc (“Time Out” or the “Group”) raising £90 million…
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Oakley Capital wins Real Deals Award for DACH Deal of the Year - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital wins Real Deals Award for DACH Deal of the Year

Oakley Capital Private Equity has been awarded deal of the year by Real Deals Oakley Capital Private Equity has been awarded deal of the year by Real Deals, for its exit of…
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Oakley completes acquisition of ElitePartner - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley completes acquisition of ElitePartner

Oakley Capital Private Equity is pleased to announce that THMMS Erwerbs GmbH, a subsidiary of Oakley Capital Private Equity II (the “Fund”), has completed the acquisition of Elitemedianet GmbH (owner of the online…
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Disposal of German online price comparison business Verivox - Oakley Capital Latest News

Disposal of German online price comparison business Verivox

Oakley Capital Private Equity is pleased to announce that Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. (“Fund I”) has agreed to dispose of Verivox to ProSiebenSat.1 (“P7S1”), for an initial cash consideration of €200…
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Completion of Parship - Oakley Capital Latest News

Completion of Parship

Oakley Capital Private Equity is pleased to announce that Oakley Capital Private Equity Fund II (“Fund II”) has completed the purchase of Parship GmbH (“Parship”), a leading online dating company.  Fund II has…
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Oakley Capital agrees sale of Damovo
Oakley Capital acquires Damovo Europe - Oakley Capital Latest News

Oakley Capital acquires Damovo Europe

Oakley Capital Private Equity is pleased to announce that Oakley Capital Private Equity II (“Fund II”) has acquired a significant majority of the shares in the European companies owned and operated by…
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17 Jul 19

Oakley Capital closes Fund IV at €1.46bn
13 May 19

Oakley Capital acquires leading maritime e-learning businesses Videotel and Seagull