Baird Capital Partners Europe Ltd
GP Profile: Baird Capital puts lower-middle-market niche and global expansion offering to work
GP’s flexible deal structure proposition resonates particularly well with founders in the current environment, Michael Holgate told Unquote
Baird Capital invests in Freemarket
GP’s growth capital investment in UK-based fintech platform marks seventh deal from Fund II
Baird Capital exits Crisp Thinking to Kroll
GP invested GBP 19m for a minority stake in the social media monitoring firm in 2018
Baird sells Nigel Wright majority stake to management
Baird will retain minority stakes in the recruitment firm, having first acquired it in 2010
GP Profile: Baird positive on UK dealflow despite valuation inflation
Baird Capital has so far exited three businesses from its first fund, taking advantage of what it sees is a strong M&A market
Baird Capital holds final close for second Global Fund
Vehicle will continue to back founder-led UK, US and Asian SMEs via buyout and growth deals
Ambienta buys Collingwood from Baird
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Baird, which invested in the company via its $310m Baird Capital Global Fund I
Baird sells Prescient to BDC
In November 2020, the vendor requested another set of indicative offers from seven or eight bidders
Baird, Beechbrook complete Nigel Wright restructuring
Both institutional investors will retain minority positions in the recruitment business
Baird Capital acquires eCube
Baird Capital's James Benfield and Andrew Dyer will join the eCube board of directors
Baird Capital promotes two in London team
Michael Holgate has been promoted to partner, while Andy Dyer is now a director
Baird Capital backs Aura Futures
Baird is currently investing from its maiden globally focused private equity fund, which closed on $310m
Baird Capital exits Clearwater in £11m deal
Sale ends a four-year holding period for the GP, which bought the company via its BCPE Fund II
UK private equity anxiety as Brexit crisis intensifies
Twists and turns in the Brexit process are making it increasingly difficult for private equity practitioners to prepare for what lies ahead
Brexit apprehension brings sharp drop in UK deal activity
Country suffers a larger drop-off in aggregate buyout value than any other European region in the first 11 months of 2018
Baird acquires minority stake in Crisp Thinking Group
Social media monitoring firm will expand its international marketing team and invest in new services
Baird acquires majority stake in Collingwood
GP is currently investing via its $310m global fund, which was 50% deployed across six deals in May
GP Profile: Baird Capital
Partners from the firm's three regional teams discuss Baird's new global approach to capital deployment and its future plans
Triton's WernerCo buys Zarges from PE backers
Baird Capital and VR EquityPartner both made an exit in the sale after a 12-year holding period
Baird Capital exits RaySpec
Polatechno acquires RaySpec for its products and future collaboration opportunities
Baird Capital buys stake in Prescient
GP invested via its Baird Capital Global Fund I, which closed on $310m in June 2017
Baird acquires aircraft components company CAV
Baird partners James Benfield and Dennis Hall will take a seat on the CAV board as part of the deal
Baird sells Watkins Hire to Carrier Rental Systems
Deal marks the GP's second UK divestment of 2016, following the sale of Alpha FMC
Baird acquires Bfinance
Transaction comes months after GP exited Alpha FMC, another investment advisory business