Mayfair kicks off third fund deployment with Jonckers buyout

The sponsor registered Mayfair Equity Partners III in September last year. The fund's predecessor held a final close on GBP 650m in 2019. 

Mayfair currently holds GBP 1.8bn assets under management (AUM), according to a statement, compared with "over GBP 1bn" in October 2022 when it made its latest exit, selling VFX company Pixomondo to Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Mayfair said in a press release that it will focus on growth opportunities for Jonckers including product and technology innovation; commercial and customer development; and growing the company's international presence. 

Jonckers is also actively seeking bolt-ons, with the sponsor saying in the same statement that language services is a highly fragmented sector.

Jonckers' growth to date has been driven by its proprietary technology platform WordsOnline, which utilises AI-powered processes to translate content five times faster and at half the cost of traditional translation services, Mayfair said in the same statement. 

Company
Founded in 1994, Jonckers is a language services provider that employs over 150 people across the UK, US, EU, and Asia and has a longstanding, global blue chip client base including Microsoft, Adobe, and Amazon. The company's largest market is North America. 

People
Mayfair Equity Partners - Markus Zejermann (director); Waqqas Ahmed (partner). 
Jonckers - Silke Zschweigert (CEO) and Dominic Kinnon (COO).

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