| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.06.2022 | Building a global force in the environmental sector
Get the... | APEM’s potential for significant growth was a central factor when WestBridge invested in the company... |
| 30.06.2022 | Techex secures WestBridge as funding partner to support acce... | Techex is the UK’s leading broadcast design architect for live cloud and IP broadcast solutions. Th... |
| 28.05.2022 | From initial investment to successful exit – a case study
G... | The founders of bChannels, Matt Rowland-Jones and Phil Gowing, met when the two leading field market... |
| 19.05.2022 | Necessity is the mother of invention
Get the latest from We... | When the UK was plunged into lockdown on the 23 March 2020, the dealmaking community responded rapid... |
| 17.03.2022 | WestBridge backs MBO of Smart Capital Technology
Get the la... | WestBridge backs MBO of Smart Capital Technology
WESTBRIDGE has invested £17m to support the MBO of... |
| 04.03.2022 | International Women's Day
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Valerie Kendall, Founding Partner, WestBridge
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My role is del... |
| 03.03.2022 | Getting to know ... Rory Whitrow
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I am an Investment Analyst within the Investmen... |
| 02.03.2022 | WestBridge generates a 4.2x multiple of cost on the exit of ... | The transaction marks the second successful exit for WestBridge in the last 12 months and delivers a... |
| 11.02.2022 | WestBridge backed Acuity Care Group completes first acquisit... | Headquartered in Nottingham, Acuity provides support to children and adults with physical disabiliti... |
| 11.02.2022 | WestBridge invests £9.6m in Acuity Care Group (formerly Besp... | WESTBRIDGE has invested £9.6m to support the MBO of Acuity Care Group, a leading provider of complex... |
| 09.02.2022 | WestBridge backed APEM completes second acquisition
Get the... | The Manchester-headquartered environmental consultancy has acquired Galway-based AQUAFACT, a special... |
| 19.11.2021 | WestBridge SME fund closes on target
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| 15.11.2021 | Vista Technology Support Group Announces Successful Secondar... | Building on success, Vista now plans for significant additional growth
Vista Technology Support Gro... |
| 15.11.2021 | WestBridge supports DB Pixelhouse with growth plans
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge Launched
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge exits Energist
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge supports DB Systems with growth plans
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| 26.10.2021 | Investment in Kallidus
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| 26.10.2021 | MBO will support global expansion of software company
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| 26.10.2021 | Energist to ride wave of global demand for aesthetic treatme... | - |
| 26.10.2021 | Sky’s the limit for Aero Stanrew following MBO
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| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge backs ISG Technology in a £10.5 million buyout
G... | The deal sees a successful exit for RJD Private Equity which originally backed a management buyout o... |
| 26.10.2021 | WestBridge SME fund closes on target at £30 million
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| 27.07.2021 | WestBridge backed APEM completes first acquisition since inv... | Following significant investment in support functions and material organic growth over the past 18 m... |
| 01.07.2021 | WestBridge promotes Barkley to director following regional g... | Barkley joined WestBridge in August 2019 to head the firm’s newly opened Manchester office and estab... |
| 18.05.2021 | A view from the chair …
Get the latest from WestBridge | In recent years, I have chaired eight PE backed businesses, most of which have differentiated their ... |
| 29.03.2021 | Peter Barkley shortlisted for Young Professionals Award
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| 08.03.2021 | International Women’s Day
Get the latest from WestBridge | On this, International Women’s Day, we are proud to say that nearly half of the senior WestBridge te... |
| 09.02.2021 | Spotlight on … Wilcomatic
Get the latest from WestBridge | We look forward to continuing to work with the senior team to deliver on their plan and capitalise o... |
| 04.02.2021 | Spotlight on … bChannels
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| 02.02.2021 | Getting to know … Tim Whittard
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I am a partner at WestBridge having joined the ... |
| 28.01.2021 | WestBridge invests in Channel 3 in fourth lockdown transacti... | CEO John Howard, who joined the company two years ago, led the MBO alongside colleagues Eleanor Roll... |
| 22.01.2021 | WestBridge backed Bespoke completes first acquisition since ... | Headquartered in Nottingham, Bespoke provides support to children and adults with physical disabilit... |
| 12.01.2021 | Getting to know … James MacLeay
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| 04.01.2021 | WestBridge promotes three
Get the latest from WestBridge | Edward Minton and James MacLeay have both been elevated to the role of senior investment manager, wh... |
| 14.12.2020 | WestBridge backs Eque2 management team in £46.5m deal
Get t... | The transaction provides an exit for LDC, which backed a £16m secondary buyout with a minority inves... |
| 01.12.2020 | Getting to know … Peter Barkley
Get the latest from WestBri... | I joined WestBridge as Investment Director in September 2019 and am responsible for originating new ... |
| 01.12.2020 | Getting to know … Rebecca Sinclair
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I’m an investment executive at WestBridge which ... |
| 24.11.2020 | Spotlight on … Aptus Utilities
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Aptus is one of the UK’s leading providers of multi-utility service... |
| 17.11.2020 | Getting to know … Ed Minton
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| 09.11.2020 | WestBridge shortlisted for Unquote British Private Equity Aw... | - |
| 09.11.2020 | Aero Stanrew Ltd get Queen’s Award for International Trade
... | Lord-Lieutenant of Devon presents Aero Stanrew Limited with Queen's Award for International Trade an... |
| 09.11.2020 | WestBridge prepares for surge of deal activity triggered by ... | There is speculation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will hike CGT. This, combined with the April 2020 c... |
| 19.10.2020 | WestBridge prepares for surge of deal activity triggered by ... | There is speculation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will hike CGT. This, combined with the April 2020 c... |
| - | WestBridge appoints investor relations director
Get the lat... | Katherine brings 20 years’ experience in the private equity sector, most recently as a consultant at... |
| - | Wales Fund Managers invests in new team | Wales Fund Managers (WFM) is defying the current economic climate by embarking on a recruitment driv... |
| - | Aptus Utilities secures private equity support to accelerate... | WestBridge invested £12.8m in the transaction alongside further finance provided by OakNorth Bank.
... |
| - | WestBridge announces successful first close | We are delighted to announce the successful First Close of the WestBridge SME Fund.
The commitments... |
| - | WestBridge backs ISG in �10.5m secondary buyout
WestBridge ... | WESTBRIDGE Capital has completed a £10.5m secondary buyout of ISG Technology Limited.
The deal sees... |
| - | WestBridge portfolio company Vista Retail Support wins BVCA ... | WESTBRIDGE CAPITAL portfolio company Vista Retail Support has been named a winner of the BVCA Manage... |
| - | WestBridge Capital instincts proved right | TWO companies supported by WestBridge Capital have won a clutch of prestigious awards, highlighting ... |
| - | 'Small buyout market' suffering restricted capital amid VCT ... | Our managing partner Guy Davies was interviewed by the editor of AltAssets, who was keen to hear his... |
| - | Beyond the obvious – the top twelve unsung uses of private e... | Valerie Kendall, a partner at WestBridge Capital, looks at some of the often overlooked uses of priv... |
| - | New executive appointed as WestBridge growth continues
Get ... | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has further expanded its team with the appointment of Rebecca Sincla... |
| - | A CEO’s view
Get the latest from WestBridge | I took a fairly circuitous path to get from a degree in Spanish, Latin American Studies and Economic... |
| - | The benefits of driving gender diversity in private equity
... | In recent years, the private equity industry has increasingly focused on improving gender diversity,... |
| - | Introducing … Pete Barkley
Get the latest from WestBridge | I joined WestBridge as Investment Director in September 2019 and am responsible for originating new ... |
| - | WestBridge sells portfolio company Linkfresh
Get the latest... | WestBridge invested in Linkfresh, which provides enterprise resource planning software to the fresh ... |
| - | Vista Retail Support scoops top Welsh business award
Get th... | Vista management buyout named Deal of the Year in Wales.
Independent IT services company Vista Reta... |
| - | WestBridge Capital has exited Vista Retail Support, followin... | The deal represents the third time the company has been acquired by private equity buyers, with West... |
| - | WestBridge companies recognised in prestigious awards
Get t... | We are delighted to report that one of our portfolio companies has been recognised in the BVCA Manag... |
| - | WestBridge appoints new Investment Manager
Get the latest f... | Chartered accountant James MacLeay has joined from accountancy practice Kingston Smith, where he qua... |
| - | WestBridge backed Aero Stanrew shortlisted for two awards | Aero Stanrew, which designs and manufactures specialist electronic components for the global aerospa... |
| - | WestBridge exits AJM Healthcare as WestBridge II benchmarks ... | The transaction marks the first exit from the firm’s second fund and has been completed in little mo... |
| - | The rewards of small cap buyouts
Get the latest from WestBr... | The size parameters being used to define a small or lower mid-market deal vary considerably dependin... |
| - | Pete Barkley tells us a little about APEM
Get the latest fr... | Typically, we invest between £10m to £20m in established, profitable and fast-growing UK SMEs with e... |
| - | WestBridge Capital exit shortlisted for ‘Deal of the Year’
... | We are delighted to report that our exit from Vista Retail has been shortlisted in the 'UK Small Dea... |
| - | Westbridge Capital exits Aero Stanrew after company is sold ... | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge Capital has exited Aero Stanrew following its acquisition by TT Elec... |
| - | Wales Fund Managers Ltd completes investment in the Healthca... | The Transaction
Wales Fund Managers Limited (“WFM”) has completed a £200,000 development capital in... |
| - | Sky’s the limit for Aero Stanrew following MBO | THE management team at Aero Stanrew, one of the UK’s leading designers and manufacturers of speciali... |
| - | MBO will support global expansion of software company | INTERNATIONAL expansion and increased product development will be the two core objectives of Cambrid... |
| - | WestBridge Capital completes first exit from SME fund
Get t... | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge Capital has completed its first exit from the WestBridge SME Fund, r... |
| - | Preparing your business for private equity investment
Get t... | 1. Build an ambitious management team
When we look to support a management buyout, we typically see... |
| - | Valerie Kendall profile in Corporate Financier
Get the late... | You can read the whole piece here. |
| - | WestBridge backs MBO at AJM Healthcare
Get the latest from ... | WESTBRIDGE has backed a management buyout of AJM Mobility Limited (t/a AJM Healthcare), which provid... |
| - | Pete Barkley shortlisted in the North West Business Insider ... | Delighted our colleague Pete Barkley has been shortlisted in the North West Business Insider Young P... |
| - | Business as usual despite Covid-19
Get the latest from West... | As the Bespoke Health & Social Care deal demonstrates, WestBridge has continued to be active dur... |
| - | AJM healthcare collaborates to support NHS during covid cris... | You can read all about what they’re doing in this article in their leading trade publication …
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| - | Buy and build - accelerating growth and building resilience
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| - | Channel 3 Consulting appoints executive partner
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| - | WestBridge shortlisted in the Unquote British Private Equity... | Voting is now open and the deadline is 5pm on Wednesday 16 September. Below is an extract from our s... |
| - | WestBridge Capital shortlisted in British Private Equity Awa... | THE much anticipated shortlist for the British Private Equity Awards has been announced and WestBrid... |
| - | WestBridge backed Aero Stanrew picks up Queen's Award
Get t... | JUST two years after a management buy-out funded by private equity house WestBridge Capital, Aero St... |
| - | Award success for WestBridge
Get the latest from WestBridge | We were delighted to be named ‘Best SME Private Equity Firm of the Year’ by Acquisition Internationa... |
| - | Interview with Clive Scott, Managing Director of Aero Stanre... | Aero Stanrew is one of the UK's leading designers and manufacturers of specialist electronic compone... |
| - | WestBridge SME Fund closes on target at £30 million | WESTBRIDGE has announced the final close of the WestBridge SME Fund following a successful two-year ... |
| - | We were pleased to feature in a recent edition of Private Eq... | The article talked about our primary focus in 2020 to consolidate our position in the UK small-cap b... |
| - | Tim Whittard joins WestBridge as Investment Director
Get th... | We are delighted to welcome Tim Whittard as Investment Director, as we gear up for growth.
Tim bega... |
| - | Three things I look for in a company
Get the latest from We... | Typically, WestBridge invests between £10m and £20m in established, profitable and fast-growing UK S... |
| - | Energist Medical Group swoops on beleaguered Chromogenex
Ge... | WESTBRIDGE CAPITAL portfolio company Energist Medical Group has bought part of beleaguered Chromogen... |
| - | Barkley to spearhead WestBridge regional growth
Get the lat... | Peter Barkley joins WestBridge from Dow Schofield Watts, where he spent four years in the lead advis... |
| - | Market update
Get the latest from WestBridge | A recent report produced by Corbett Keeling in conjunction with Hogan Lovells and Kleinwort Benson, ... |
| - | WestBridge Capital named Private Equity House of the Year | WESTBRIDGE Capital was named Private Equity House of the Year in the South West Dealmakers Awards la... |
| - | New chair at ISG Technology - a WestBridge portfolio company... | ISG Technology has announced the appointment of Jonathan McKay as non-executive chairman.
Jonathan ... |
| - | Energist to ride wave of global demand for aesthetic treatme... | THE management team at Energist Group, which designs and sells specialist equipment to the medical a... |
| - | WestBridge invests £9.6m in Bespoke Health & Social Care... | WESTBRIDGE has invested £9.6m to support the MBO of Bespoke Health & Social Care, a leading prov... |
| - | WestBridge exits ISG Technology
Get the latest from WestBri... | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge has successfully sold portfolio company ISG Technology (ISG) to one ... |
| - | International award success for WestBridge Capital
Get the ... | We are pleased to announce that WestBridge Capital has been awarded an Acquisition International M&a... |
| - | WestBridge Capital boosts team and moves | PRIVATE equity house WestBridge Capital has appointed Pascal Wittet as senior investment manager.
T... |
| - | BChannels named one of UK’s most inspirational companies
Ge... | One of our portfolio companies, bChannels, has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange Group... |
