Izurium Capital was a UK-based investment firm focused on
private equity and
special situations investment strategies. Izurium Capital was founded in December 2009 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Since the inception, the firm has raised over €300 million in committed capital. The firm seeks to invest in a variety of businesses with operations in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. The firm prefers businesses with a sizeable international presence outside their home market. The firm prefers to invest in companies with
enterprise values Enterprise value (EV), total enterprise value (TEV), or firm value (FV) is an economic measure reflecting the market value of a business (i.e. as distinct from market price). It is a sum of claims by all claimants: creditors (secured and unsecured) ...
ranging from €50 million to €500 million. The firm specializes in control investments, co-investments, leveraged buyouts,
growth equity investments and sponsored
mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...
. The firm also provides
mezzanine capital
In finance, mezzanine capital is any subordinated debt or preferred equity instrument that represents a claim on a company's assets which is senior only to that of the common shares. Mezzanine financings can be structured either as debt (typicall ...
as part of its special situations strategy.
History
Izurium Capital was founded in 2009.
The founders of the firm came from
private equity firms and
hedge funds including
Francisco Partners and Sisu Capital.
Investments
Izurium Capital invested in or purchased companies such as Dynacast, CapitalSpring,
Emailvision,
Fab.com
Fab is an e-commerce company founded in 2010. Once estimated at a worth of over $1 billion, in March 2015, the digital and ecommerce assets of Fab were acquired by PCH International for an undisclosed sum and has since been relaunched as a ne ...
,
South American Silver Corp.
References
External links
Official websiteProfile on Bloomberg Businessweek
{{Private equity firms
Private equity firms of the United Kingdom
Defunct companies based in London