Bowmark Capital Invests in Focus Group
March 9, 2020
Bowmark Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Focus Group, a UK provider of communications and IT managed services, and is providing more than £150 million of additional funding to accelerate Focus Group’s acquisition-led growth strategy. Focus Group delivers hosted voice, cloud applications, mobile, connectivity and IT services to over 15,000 businesses, with revenues above £80 million and roughly 300 employees.
- Buyers
- Bowmark Capital
- Targets
- Focus Group
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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