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WestBridge

London, United Kingdom

Established in 2008, WestBridge is a UK independent buyout firm focusing on control investments in profitable lower mid-market companies. The firm deploys its Value Creation Model to accelerate growth and deliver outperformance, operating across the UK with offices in London, Manchester and Cardiff.

Focus Areas
Private equity / buyout investments

Tracked deals

5

5 tracked deals across 2020-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

4 buyout · 1 growth capital

WestBridge Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for WestBridge. 1 2020 3 2022 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    WestBridge
    Target
    Survey Solutions (Land Survey Solutions Limited)
    Seller
    RJD Partners, James Cooper
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    UK private equity firm WestBridge has completed a secondary buyout of Land Survey Solutions Limited (trading as Survey Solutions), investing £14.2 million to take a majority stake. The deal provides an exit for RJD Partners and founder James Cooper, and partners WestBridge with CEO David Lowe and the senior management team to pursue geographic expansion, adjacent service-line growth and acquisitive consolidation across the UK surveying market.

  • Buyer
    WestBridge
    Target
    Alpine Fire Engineers Ltd
    Seller
    Soho Square Capital
    Location
    Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    UK private equity firm WestBridge has completed a secondary buyout of Alpine Fire Engineers Ltd, investing £18.7m to take a majority stake and providing an exit for Soho Square Capital. Alpine, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Greater Manchester, designs, installs and maintains fixed mechanical fire suppression systems across multiple industries and generated c. £38m revenue in the year to 31 March 2022.

  • Buyer
    WestBridge
    Target
    Techex
    Location
    England, United Kingdom

    WestBridge has made a growth investment in Techex, a UK-based specialist in cloud and IP broadcast design, to support accelerated growth, geographic expansion and management development. Techex's existing management team, led by Managing Director Richard Bailey, will remain in place while WestBridge and debt partner Tosca Debt Capital provide capital and support.

  • Buyer
    WestBridge, Management team (led by CEO Andy Morgan)
    Target
    Smart Capital Technology
    Seller
    Founding directors
    Industry
    IT Services
    Location
    Berkshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    WestBridge has invested £17 million to support a management buyout (MBO) of Smart Capital Technology (SCT), a Thames Valley–based IT infrastructure support provider. The deal, led by CEO Andy Morgan, enables a partial exit for the founding directors while providing capital and support to drive SCT's international growth and expand its Inventory-as-a-Service offering.

  • Buyer
    WestBridge
    Target
    Acuity Care Group (formerly Bespoke Health & Social Care)
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    WestBridge has invested £9.6m to support a management buyout of Acuity Care Group, a Nottingham-based provider of complex community care. Founder Paul Sais retains a significant share and the investment will fund growth—including M&A activity and expansion of Learning Disability & Autism services—while Craig Rushton is appointed chairman.

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