Livingbridge
Livingbridge is a mid-market private equity firm launched in 1995. Headquartered in London, the firm also has offices in, Melbourne, Australia and Boston, US.
Livingbridge was known until November 2014 as Isis Equity Partners, but rebranded as it was "no longer prepared to share with a terrorist organisation".
Since 1995 it has invested in over 100 UK businesses.
Livingbridge invests across four sectors: technology, services, healthcare and consumer.
In January 2000, Livingbridge acquired a 40% stake of UK based clothing company FatFace for £5 million. In May 2005, Livingbridge sold its stake in FatFace to Advent International for £110 million.
In 2016 it raised £660m in its eighth fundraise, its largest to date. In April 2016 Livingbridge announced the sale of Frank Recruitment Group to TPG Capital.
In 2017 Livingbridge won UK House of the Year at the 2017 Real Deals Private Equity Awards
In March 2022, Livingbridge invested an undisclosed amount in Nourish Care, the Bournemouth-based digital care planning software provider to the UK social care sector.