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| Dec 14, 2021 | GAK buys Mad About Music Group and fast tracks development of own brand strategy | GAK, the leading omni-channel musical instrument retailer backed by Risk Capital Partners, is pleased to announce the bolt-on acquisition of The Mad About Music Group, trading as Tiger and DJM Music. |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Risk Capital Partners sells GAIL’s Bakery to Bain Capital Credit and its industry partners for over £200 million | Risk Capital Partners, the private equity firm, announces the sale of the leading artisan bakery business Bread Holdings Ltd, which owns GAIL’s Bakery and The Bread Factory, to Bain Capital Credit in partnership with EBITDA Investments, the... |
| Sep 6, 2021 | Risk Capital Partners backs buy out of leading music instrument e-commerce player GAK | GAK is a Brighton fixture with its spectacular shop in the North Laines – an Aladdin’s cave of guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards and other musical instruments. It was founded by Gary Marshall in 1992 as a local market stall but has sinc... |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Curious Brewery | We have marked the completion of our purchase of the award-winning Curious Brewery by appointing a new heavyweight management team to lead the business into the next phase in its development. |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Risk Capital Partners announces that it has acquired Primrose | Risk Capital Partners announces that it has acquired Primrose, Britain’s largest pureplay e-commerce garden retailer, offering a ‘one stop shop’ for all things horticultural, via a curated and high-quality product range. |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Risk Capital Partners acquires All Star Lanes | Risk Capital Partners announces that it has acquired All Star Lanes, London’s leading bowling and ‘experiential leisure’ business, operating from four sites at Holborn, Brick Lane, Westfield Stratford and Westfield White City. The business ... |
| Aug 2, 2018 | Risk Capital Partners achieves over 5x return on Neilson Active Holidays | Risk Capital Partners LLP (“Risk Capital”) has today sold travel business Neilson Active Holidays (“Neilson”) to LDC. The investment was originally made in 2013, when Risk Capital backed David Taylor and Richard Bowden Doyle, together with ... |
| May 3, 2018 | Shareholding in The Laine Pub Company sold to Vine Acquisitions | Risk Capital Partners and ICG Enterprise Trust have successfully sold their majority stake in the Laine Pub Company to Vine Acquisitions Limited, backed by Patron Capital and May Capital. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed... |
| Mar 26, 2018 | Draft House acquired by BrewDog | Craft brewer BrewDog has snapped up the Draft House chain of pubs in its first major acquisition. |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Risk Capital Partners announces that it has bought a majority stake in Xstrahl | Risk Capital Partners, today announces that it has bought a majority stake in Xstrahl, a medical devices business that designs and delivers effective clinical and research solutions to advance radiation oncology. |
| Dec 5, 2017 | Brighton Pier Group ‘putts’ in with a £10.5m Paradise Island Adventure Golf acquisition | The leisure group which looks after Brighton Pier has agreed the terms for an acquisition of Lethington Leisure, the owner of Paradise Island Adventure Golf. |
| Apr 10, 2017 | Laine Pub Co announces acquisition of New Pub Co | Laine Pub Company – the London and Brighton based multiple pub operator and craft brewer – has acquired the New Pub Company from founder Peter Linacre for an undisclosed sum. New Pub Company operates seven pubs within the M25, all but one o... |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Risk Capital Partners sells stake in UK’s largest online cruise holiday company | Risk Capital Partners, the private equity firm chaired by Luke Johnson, today announces that it has sold its majority stake in Cruise.co, the company which owns the UK’s largest online cruise holiday website, Cruise.co.uk, to Bridgepoint De... |
| Apr 27, 2016 | The Brighton Pier Group PLC – Completion of Acquisition | The Brighton Pier Group PLC, the owner of Brighton Pier and a portfolio of premium bars in the UK, announces the admission of its Enlarged Share Capital to trading on AIM. Dealings will commence at 8.00 a.m. today under the ticker symbol AI... |
| Nov 18, 2015 | Risk Capital Partners invests in Small Batch Coffee, the independent coffee roastery and retail coffee chain | Small Batch began roasting in 2006 and has since developed its own retail concept, growing to 5 stores across Brighton and Hove, together with two railway kiosks. Its successful wholesale business provides branded and bespoke blends to an e... |
| May 5, 2015 | Risk Capital Partners buys majority stake in Zoggs, the UK’s leading swim brand | Zoggs sells over 2.5 million pairs of goggles across 50 countries throughout the world. Founded in Sydney, Australia in 1992 it has built on its success as an innovator in the goggles market to develop a full range of swimwear, swim equipme... |
| Dec 1, 2014 | Cruise.co.uk sets sail on new online horizons | LONDON, 28 NOVEMBER 2014 – Today Cruise.co.uk, the UK’s leading research site for cruises announces its investment in CruiseWall, an online aggregator of cruise content on social media. |
| Jul 1, 2014 | Risk Capital Partners backs pub operator The Laine Pub Company | The company, formerly known as InnBrighton, has been renamed The Laine Pub Company (“Laine’s”), reflecting the increasing importance and popularity of its range of craft beers brewed in its three microbreweries, and the broadening of its ge... |
| May 7, 2014 | Risk Capital Partners sells its stake in APT Controls to Swarco AG | APT Controls is the UK’s leading provider of parking and traffic management systems, providing a wide range of car and people access controls, electronic payment systems and road infrastructure products. |
| Mar 11, 2014 | Luke Johnson named Investor of the Year at the Retailers Retailer of the Year Awards 2014 | Risk Capital’s portfolio company Patisserie Valerie was named a finalist for The Evolution Award – This award is for a trading format that has endured, recognising the huge importance of evolving or repositioning concepts to stay relevant t... |
| Nov 25, 2013 | Risk Capital Partners backs Neilson, UK’s leading active holiday company | Neilson delivers award-winning holidays – sailing, skiing and beach – to 90,000 customers a year and generated revenues of £70 million last year. Established in 1978, Neilson sells its holidays direct to customers from its website www.neils... |
| Aug 28, 2013 | Risk Capital Partners buys majority stake in UK’s largest online cruise holiday company | Cruise.co handles 65,000 cruise passengers every year, which generated an income of £64million last year alone. www.cruise.co.uk is the largest site in the UK for cruise reviews and cruise related questions and answers and publishes unique ... |
| Aug 27, 2013 | Red Hot deal for Risk Capital Partners | Red Hot World Buffet was founded in 2004 by husband and wife, Parmjit and Helen Dhaliwal. It now has seven large restaurants across the UK, employing 600 people with a turnover of £22m. The transaction value is not disclosed. |
| Mar 13, 2013 | Risk Capital Partners sells its stake in Giraffe to Tesco | During RCP’s partnership with Giraffe’s Founders Russel & Juliette Joffe and Andrew Jacobs, Giraffe has grown from 7 central London restaurants to 48 locations across the UK and one franchise in Dubai. The UK estate now stretches from A... |
| Jun 25, 2012 | Giraffe Year End Results 2011/12 | Giraffe, the fast-growing national restaurant group, run by Russel Joffe and backed by 3i and Risk Capital Partners, today announces record annual profits and exciting plans for further expansion. |
| May 18, 2012 | Giraffe set to open its first store in the Middle East | Emirates Leisure Retail, a subsidiary of the high profile Emirates Group, owns and operates a wide-ranging portfolio of restaurants, cafés and bars in the Gulf Cooperative Council countries, Australia and beyond. |
| Jan 31, 2012 | Tile Depot Continues on Track to Double Store Portfolio | The group now has 19 stores throughout London and the South East following the recent opening of stores in Reading, Newbury, Enfield and Tonbridge. |
| Oct 11, 2011 | Risk Capital Partners Divests 50% of East Shareholding | With this acquisition, Fabindia will be able to get EAST products to India and also improve its apparel line using the design capabilities and technology of EAST. |
| Jun 29, 2011 | Giraffe Year End Results 2010/11 | Commenting, Chairman Luke Johnson said: “This is another impressive performance from the Giraffe management team, following the successful execution of the Tootsies acquisition last year. Expansion has been through both acquisition of sites... |
| May 11, 2011 | Risk Capital Partners backs leading artisan bakery | Bread Ltd (established in 1992) is the leading artisan baker in Britain, headquartered in North London. Through its subsidiary The Bread Factory it supplies a broad range of award winning handmade breads, viennoisserie and cakes to restaura... |
| Jan 5, 2011 | Risk Capital Partners ends 2010 with two profitable exits | Seafood Holdings was sold in a £45 million disposal to Bidvest, the South African owner of the UK food distribution business, 3663. Risk Capital Partners backed Toby Baxendale, founder of Seafood Holdings in 2006 with Risk Capital Partners ... |
| Jun 29, 2010 | Giraffe Year End Results 2009/10 | Commenting, Chairman Luke Johnson said “This is a very strong performance from the Giraffe management team, who executed the Tootsies acquisition efficiently despite its complexities, and without loss of focus on the core Giraffe restaurant... |
| Jun 11, 2010 | Risk Capital Partners backs fast growing accident repair business | Private equity firm Risk Capital Partners LLP (“RCP”) has taken a majority stake in DWS Bodyworks, (“DWS”) the dominant crash repairer in London. |
| Mar 3, 2010 | Three Risk Capital Partner Finalists for Retailers Retailer of the Year Awards 2010 | Risk Capital’s acquisition of Baker & Spice was also a finalist in this category. |
| Feb 7, 2010 | Seafood Holdings ranks highly in the latest Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 | Seafood Holdings is flourishing well, with an annual profit growth of 91.06% over the past 2 years; placing it securely in the top 20 of the Sunday Times Deloitte rankings. |
| Nov 2, 2009 | Risk Capital Partners appoints senior investment partner | Michael brings with him more than sixteen years experience working with mid-market companies, initially as a corporate finance adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers before commencing his private equity career with Lloyds Development Capital whe... |
| Oct 27, 2009 | Downturn creates acquisition opportunities | Luke Johnson’s Risk Capital Partners (RCP) private equity fund is pursuing an ambitious programme of buy and build acquisitions on behalf of its portfolio companies, as well as looking for brand new buy and build platforms, believing now is... |
| Oct 13, 2009 | Giraffe acquires eleven sites from Clapham House Group | The management team, led by Russel Joffe, plan to convert the acquired sites into Giraffe restaurants within the coming months. In the meantime, Giraffe will continue to run them under licence as Tootsies. The sites are located in London, N... |
| Apr 10, 2009 | Risk Capital Partners increases its exposure to the transport and traffic management sector | – the largest manufacturer of traffic signposts in the UK and the industry’s leading player in Passive Safety structures (street furniture designed to reduce injuries arising from vehicle accidents) |
| Mar 3, 2009 | Risk Capital Partners closes £75 million institutional fund | Risk Capital Partners LLP, the private equity firm, is pleased to announce the successful closing of its first institutional fund. A total of £75 million has been raised, including a significant contribution from the founders, Luke Johnson ... |
| Apr 27, 2007 | Risk Capital Partners invests in Public Recruitment Group PLC | Luke Johnson, Chairman of Risk Capital Partners, will join the board of directors as Non-Executive Chairman. |
| Feb 5, 2007 | Luke Johnson’s Risk Capital Partners invests in security technology company APT Controls | “APT Controls is a leading supplier of vehicle and pedestrian access solutions for revenue, security and traffic management applications,” says Luke Johnson, chairman of Risk Capital Partners. “This is clearly a growth industry and it is a ... |
| Dec 1, 2006 | Risk Capital Partners creates another full exit | The disposal of Loewy, the creative design and marketing services company generated a 2.5x cash on cash return and an IRR of 41%. |
| Nov 10, 2006 | Giraffe attracts 3i Group as new investor alongside Risk Capital Partners | – The transaction values the business at £24m pre new money. Risk Capital Partners have retained their entire stake at a significant uplift in value. |
| Sep 3, 2006 | Risk Capital Partners hooks up with Seafood Holdings | Luke Johnson’s private equity fund, Risk CapitalPartners, has purchased a substantial minority equity stake in Seafood Holdings – a leading independent fresh fish and seafood distributor to the catering trade. The deal values the company in... |
