Livingbridge

{{short description|British private equity firm}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Livingbridge

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| type = private

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| key_people = Wol Kolade (Managing Partner)

| industry = private equity

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| num_employees = +70

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| foundation = 1999

| location_city = London

| location_country = UK

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| locations = London and Manchester, UK; Melbourne, Australia; and Boston, United States

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| homepage = [http://www.livingbridge.com/ www.livingbridge.com/]

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Livingbridge is a mid-market private equity firm launched in 1995.{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingbridge.com/latest/news/2016/livingbridge-raises-660m-to-invest-in-uk-smes/|title=Livingbridge raises £660m to invest in UK SMEs|website=Livingbridge|access-date=2016-11-01}} Headquartered in London, the firm also has offices in, Melbourne, Australia {{Cite web|url=https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/uk-private-equity-firm-livingbridge-opens-office-in-australia-20170106|title=UK private equity firm Livingbridge opens office in Australia}} and Boston, US.{{cite web |title=Livingbridge opens US office {{!}} Real Deals |url=https://realdeals.eu.com/news/2017/11/22/livingbridge-opens-us-office/ |website=realdeals.eu.com}}

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".{{cite web| url=http://thetally.efinancialnews.com/2014/11/isis-equity-partners-rebrands-tree/| publisher=Financial News| title=Isis Equity Partners renames itself after a tree |access-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206214203/http://thetally.efinancialnews.com/2014/11/isis-equity-partners-rebrands-tree/|archive-date=6 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=115321 |title=Living Bridge: Private Company Information - Businessweek |website=Bloomberg.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-15}}{{cite web|last=Armstrong |first=Ashley |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/11243215/City-firm-unveils-less-terrorist-y-new-name.html |title=City firm unveils less terrorist-y new name |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdate=2016-04-15}}

Since 1995 it has invested in over 100 UK businesses.{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingbridge.com/who-we-are/|title=Who we are|website=Livingbridge|access-date=2016-11-01}}

Livingbridge invests across four sectors: technology, services, healthcare and consumer.{{Cite web |title=Livingbridge {{!}} Institution Profile {{!}} Private Equity International |url=https://www.privateequityinternational.com/institution-profiles/livingbridge.html |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=www.privateequityinternational.com}}{{Cite web |title=Livingbridge Mergers and Acquisitions Summary {{!}} Mergr |url=https://mergr.com/investor/livingbridge |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=mergr.com}}

In January 2000, Livingbridge acquired a 40% stake of UK based clothing company FatFace for £5 million.{{Cite news |last=Ambrose |first=Tom |date=2023-10-11 |title=Lifestyle brand FatFace set to be taken over by Next |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/11/lifestyle-brand-fatface-to-be-taken-over-by-next-says-report |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-12 |title=Next in talks to buy fashion brand FatFace in £100M deal |url=https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/next-in-talks-to-buy-fashion-brand-fatface-in-100m-deal/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Business Matters |language=en-GB}} In May 2005, Livingbridge sold its stake in FatFace to Advent International{{Cite news |last=Ambrose |first=Tom |date=2023-10-11 |title=Lifestyle brand FatFace set to be taken over by Next |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/11/lifestyle-brand-fatface-to-be-taken-over-by-next-says-report |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} for £110 million.{{Cite web |title=Advent International Acquires Fat Face {{!}} Mergr M&A Deal Summary |url=https://mergr.com/transaction/advent-international-acquires-fat-face |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=mergr.com}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingbridge.com/latest/news/2016/livingbridge-exits-frank-recruitment-group/|title=Livingbridge exits Frank Recruitment Group|website=Livingbridge|access-date=2017-01-19}}

In 2017 Livingbridge won UK House of the Year at the 2017 Real Deals Private Equity Awards {{Cite web|url=https://realdeals.eu.com/news/2017/04/20/private-equity-awards-2017-winners/|title=Private Equity Awards 2017: The winners are…|website=realdeals}}

In March 2022, Livingbridge invested an undisclosed amount in Nourish Care, the Bournemouth-based digital care planning software provider to the UK social care sector.{{Cite web |title=Livingbridge Invests In Nourish {{!}} Mergr M&A Deal Summary |url=https://mergr.com/transaction/livingbridge-invests-in-nourish-care-systems |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=mergr.com}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=Corporate finance firm advises health care provider on acquisition |url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/south-west/news/8523-corporate-finance-firm-advises-health-care-provider-on-acquisition |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=South West |language=en}}