Oakley Capital IV Invests in Dexters London Limited

Oakley Capital IV Invests in ICP Education

June 1, 2021

Education

Oakley Capital IV has agreed to invest in ICP Education Holding Limited, a leading UK multi-site nursery group operating 44 nurseries and serving nearly 6,000 children. The investment will be made alongside the ICP management team (led by Executive Chairman Stephen Booty, CEO Dominic Harrison and CFO Clare Wilson) to support the group's growth ambitions in the UK and internationally.

Oakley Capital Provides Growth Capital to Thomas's London Day Schools

April 17, 2023

Education

Oakley Capital has taken a minority stake in Thomas's London Day Schools, partnering with the family owners to provide growth capital to fund capital expenditure and development projects across the Group. The investment will support facility upgrades and expansion while the Thomas family remain majority owners and operationally in control.

Oakley Capital IV Invests €175M Minority Stake in idealista

January 26, 2021

Real Estate

Oakley Capital IV has agreed to make a €175 million minority investment in idealista, the leading online real estate classifieds platform in Southern Europe. The investment is alongside idealista's management team and existing majority shareholder EQT, who will remain majority owners; proceeds will support continued growth and market consolidation across Spain, Italy and Portugal.

Oakley Capital Invests in Webcentral DEH (Domains & Hosting)

October 26, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Oakley Capital Origin Fund I has agreed to acquire a stake in Webcentral DEH, the domains, hosting and e-mail business carved out from ASX-listed Webcentral Limited. Oakley will invest alongside veteran hosting entrepreneurs Jochen Berger and Tom Strohe to scale the hosting platform, pursue buy-and-build opportunities and accelerate growth across Australia, New Zealand and internationally.

Oakley Capital Invests in Steer Automotive Group

January 16, 2024

Automotive

Oakley Capital has reached a conditional agreement to invest in Steer Automotive Group, acquiring the shares held by Keyhaven Capital Partners and Chiltern Capital while founder Richard Steer and the management team reinvest. Steer is the UK's largest independent collision repair group with over 100 repair centres, ~2,300 employees and strong relationships with insurers and OEMs; Oakley said the investment will support further growth, facility and capability investment (including EV repair) and training.

Oakley Capital Origin Fund Invests in vLex

September 6, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Oakley Capital Origin Fund has invested in vLex, a cloud-based global legal information and research platform founded by Lluis and Angel Faus. The investment will support vLex’s internationalisation, product development (AI-powered search) and buy-and-build strategy to build a cost-effective global leader in legal research.