Investments
We have experience covering a broad range of value creation strategies including:
- Buy and build
- Organic growth (including international expansion)
- Operational improvement
- Strategic refocus
- Restructuring & Turnarounds
Drawing on our investment experience, we provide support to our portfolio companies to help them successfully implement their strategic goals. We also have an extensive network of industry contacts, including Lord Jacob Rothschild, who we can draw on to help add further value, where appropriate.
Darwin’s investments:
Company | Sector | Year | Acquired by: |
| ASK4 | Technology | 2014 | |
| Esendex | Technology | 2013 | |
| The A&A Group | Financial Services | 2012 | |
| Attenda | Technology | 2011 | |
| Plum | Consumer | 2010 | |
| Fenn Wright Manson | Retail | 2010 | |
| Euroffice | Business Services | 2010 | |
| Bromford Industries | Industrial | 2009 | |
| Maxinutrition | Consumer | 2007 | |
"A specialist provider of WiFi, broadband and IPTV services to student accommodation buildings, private residential developments and serviced offices"
Acquisition Price
£21.5m
Type
MBO
"A leading provider of mission critical application-to-person SMS services to businesses"
Acquisition Price
£11 million
Type
MBO
"An insurance broker specialising in non-standard motor risks"
Acquisition Price
N/A
Type
MBO
"A leading provider of business critical managed hosting services to UK enterprises"
Acquisition Price
£50 million
Type
MBO
"Leading international premium organic kids nutrition company"
Acquisition Price
£10 million
Type
MBI
"A leading British womenswear brand in the retail, on-line and wholesale markets"
Acquisition Price
n/a
Type
BIMBO
"The UK’s leading online office supplies company serving the SME market"
Acquisition Price
n/a
Type
MBO
"Manufacturer and supplier of complex, highly engineered aerospace components"
Acquisition Price
£23.25 million
Type
MBO
"Europes leading sports nutrition company"
Acquisition Price
£75 million
Type
Secondary
"A leading UK based independent television production company"
Exit Year
n/a
Type
Secondary
"The worlds leading motor sport rights management business"
Exit Year
n/a
Type
MBO
"UK-based roadside recovery and insurance broking business"
Exit Year
Partial exit in 2007: merger with SAGA
Type
MBI
"A leading global provider of fixed satellite services"
Exit Year
Secondary in 2007
Type
MBO
"The worlds leading financial spread betting company"
Exit Year
Partial exit: IPO in 2005
Type
MBO
"A leading provider of global mobile satellite services"
Exit Year
IPO in 2005
Type
MBI
"The second largest budget hotel operator in the UK"
Exit Year
Secondary in 2006
Type
MBI
"Fast fit automotive and financial services throughout Europe"
Exit Year
Secondary in 2005
Type
MBI
"A European leader in the manufacture and distribution of steel storage solutions"
Exit Year
Secondary in 2006
Type
MBO/MBI
"The second largest DIY retail brand in the UK"
Exit Year
Trade sale in 2002
Type
MBI
"UK-based financial services business"
Exit Year
IPO in 2000
Type
MBO
