Bridgepoint Group plc is a British private investment company listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

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History

Bridgepoint was founded as NatWest Equity Partners, a private equity firm part of

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. One of its early employees was William Jackson, who joined as a graduate in 1986. The firm was renamed Bridgepoint Capital in May 2000 following a

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. In May 2001, Bridgepoint closed its first fund following its independence from NatWest. The fund closed at €2 billion, and made its first investments in WT Foods,

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and Hydrex. The firm closed its Europe II fund in 2001 and its Europe III fund in 2005. Bridgepoint closed its Europe IV fund in 2008 for €4.8 billion. In 2011, the firm was renamed Bridgepoint Advisers. In March 2015, Bridgepoint closed its latest €4 billion Bridgepoint Europe V fund, bringing to €20.5 billion the amount of committed capital raised to date. In August 2018, Dyal Capital Partners acquired a minority stake in Bridgepoint. In 2021 Bridgepoint closed its £1.56 billion Bridgepoint Development Capital IV fund. In July 2021, Bridgepoint Group was listed to the

. In September 2023, it was announced that Bridgepoint would acquire

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for £835 million.

Notable investments

* AHT Cooling Systems * ASK Italian *

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purchased August 1999
sold January 2004 to ABN Amro *

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* ERM *

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* Humanetics *

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* Infront Sports & Media *

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(now owned by

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) * Molton Brown *

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* Rodenstock *

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* Trustly *

* Wiggle *

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References

External links

Official website
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History

Notable investments

See also

References

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