Oakley Capital Acquires Alessi S.p.A.

Oakley Capital's Iconic BrandCo Acquires Smythson, Fornasetti and Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano

July 1, 2025

Consumer Products

Oakley Capital’s Iconic BrandCo (a Fund III vehicle) has invested in three heritage luxury brands: Smythson of Bond Street, Fornasetti and Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano (FPM). The investments expand Iconic BrandCo’s portfolio of heritage lifestyle brands and aim to accelerate international expansion, digitisation and operational synergies across the group.

Oakley Capital Invests in ProductLife Group

May 28, 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Oakley Capital Fund V is investing in ProductLife Group, a European provider of outsourced development, regulatory and compliance services to the life sciences industry. Oakley will partner with management and reinvesting shareholder 21 Invest to support international expansion, accelerate AI-driven technology enablement, and pursue a buy-and-build strategy.

Oakley Capital Origin Fund I Acquires Majority Stake in Alerce

October 30, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Oakley Capital Origin Fund I has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Alerce, a Spanish provider of transport and logistics software (TMS) founded in 1989. The Pardo founding family, including CEO Pablo Pardo Garcia, will retain a significant stake; the investment will support Alerce's international expansion, product development and buy-and-build strategy.

Oakley Capital Fund V and Silver Lake Take Minority Stake in Facile.it

September 6, 2022

E-Commerce

Oakley Capital Fund V is making a follow-on minority investment in Facile.it alongside Silver Lake after the sale of Oakley Capital Fund III's stake. The investment will support Facile.it — Italy's largest online price comparison platform headquartered in Milan — to broaden its product range and accelerate growth across core and recently launched verticals.

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.

EQT IX Acquires Casa.it from Oakley Capital

September 17, 2020

Real Estate

EQT IX (advised by EQT Partners) has agreed to acquire Casa.it, one of Italy's leading online real estate classifieds platforms, from funds advised by Oakley Capital. EQT will support Casa.it's continued growth by investing in its online platform and expanding value-add services while Casa's management team will remain in place.