Oakley Capital Origin Fund I Acquires Majority Stake in Alerce

Oakley Capital Sells ACE Education as Origin Fund, Groupe Amaury and Founder Reinvest

June 28, 2021

Education

Oakley Capital Private Equity III has agreed to sell its stake in ACE Education (formerly AMOS), generating a c.2.1x gross return to Fund III. Oakley Capital Origin Fund will reinvest c.€40 million alongside French media group Groupe Amaury and ACE founder Patrick Touati to support continued campus expansion, enrolment growth and to leverage Amaury’s commercial capabilities in the sports sector.

Oakley Capital Origin Fund I Acquires Majority Stake in Horizons Optical

March 18, 2024

Medical Devices

Oakley Capital Origin Fund I is acquiring a majority stake in Horizons Optical from Sherpa Capital, with CEO Santiago Soler retaining a significant share and remaining CEO. Horizons, founded in Barcelona in 2017, provides proprietary medical software and scanning equipment used by independent laboratories and opticians to manufacture premium bespoke spectacle lenses; Oakley will support international expansion and R&D, and invest in Sales & Marketing to accelerate growth.

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.

Alerce Acquires WeMob to Add Telematics and Fleet Monitoring to Its TMS

September 4, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Alerce, an Oakley Capital-backed transport & logistics software platform, has acquired WeMob, a Spain-based provider of fleet management and telematics SaaS solutions. The bolt-on deal expands Alerce's product suite with vehicle monitoring, diagnostics and driver-activity telemetry to enable cross-selling, improve customer service and support regulatory/ESG reporting.

Oakley Capital Acquires Alessi S.p.A.

August 29, 2019

Consumer Products

Oakley Capital has completed an investment in Alessi S.p.A, the Italian high-end homeware design business long owned by the Alessi founding family. Oakley will partner with the family to strengthen and expand the brand globally by optimising product mix, pricing, distribution and enhancing marketing and digital capabilities.

Oakley Capital Origin Fund Invests $35M in Seedtag

September 14, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Oakley Capital Origin Fund (Origin Fund) is investing $35 million to acquire a minority stake in Seedtag, a Madrid-founded leader in contextual advertising across EMEA and Latin America. The growth capital will support Seedtag's expansion into the United States and further investment in its contextual AI technology and product development.