Silverfleet Capital is a regionally focused European mid-market
private equity firm
A private equity firm is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of startup or operating companies through a variety of loosely affiliated investment strategies including lev ...
.
Silverfleet is an independent firm, owned by its partners, and invests on behalf of a diversified group of international
institutional investors. Silverfleet Capital specialises in mid-market private equity investment, having completed more than 128 buyouts in companies across Europe.
Silverfleet operates from offices in
London
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,
Munich
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, and invests in established businesses, with an enterprise value of between €25 million and €300 million, headquartered in the UK, France, German-speaking Europe, Benelux and the Nordic region.
Silverfleet invests in international companies operating in a number of different countries, where there is an opportunity to accelerate growth from buy and build and roll-out strategies. The firm is a specialist in three target sectors: healthcare, manufacturing and services, underpinned by extensive experience in technology-led transformation.
History
Silverfleet has been investing in private equity deals since the 1980s, having previously been the private equity arm of
Prudential Plc
Prudential plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It was founded in London in May 1848 to provide loans to professional and working people.
Prudential has dual primary listings on the London Stock E ...
and operating under the name PPM Capital.
Formerly owned by Prudential fund manager M&G, Silverfleet Capital was itself the subject of a management buyout in 2007.
‘Buy and build’ is one of Silverfleet's key investment strategies, which has now become an accepted private equity industry term.
The firm is a member of the
British Venture Capital Association
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, sometimes known simply as the British Venture Capital Association, or BVCA, is a trade organisation for the private equity and venture capital industry in the United Kingdom. It was found ...
and
Invest Europe
Invest Europe is a trade association representing Europe's private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors.
Formed in 1983 as the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), it rebrande ...
.
In February 2011, Silverfleet became a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (“UNPRI”), one of the first signatories from the private equity community.
References
External links
Silverfleet Capital website
{{Private equity firms
Private equity firms of the United Kingdom