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BlueGem Capital Partners

Baby food
Bridgepoint et al. sell Béaba to BlueGem

Bridgepoint inherited its Béaba shareholding in 2014 following its acquisition of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners

  • Buyouts
  • 13 October 2020
Banks and comsumer finance
OakNorth Bank provides fund facility to BlueGem

Key investors include Glendower Capital, Blackstone's Strategic Partners and BMO Global Asset Management

  • Financing
  • 20 August 2020
Car seats for infants
BlueGem places Mamas & Papas into pre-pack, reacquires it

Sponsor has bought the company out of administration, having already owned the parent group since 2014

  • Turnaround/Special Situations
  • 11 November 2019
Smartphone users
BlueGem, Value Italy reduce stake in DigitalGo

Partial exit for the two GPs, which acquired the company in 2009 via MPS Venture II and BlueGem I

  • Exits
  • 31 July 2019
Direct secondaries acquisition
BlueGem launches €500m third buyout fund

BlueGem III will be larger than its predecessor, which closed on €370m in June 2015

  • Funds
  • 30 July 2019
Shampoo and conditioner
BlueGem buys Italian hair care specialist Pool Service

GP plans to boost the company's growth organically and by pursuing a buy-and-build strategy

  • Buyouts
  • 30 July 2019
Liberty is a cosmetics and clothing retailer
BlueGem sells Liberty to Glendower for £300m

Vendor generated a 12x return on the luxury retail store after a nine-year holding

  • Exits
  • 22 July 2019
Laser hair removal
BlueGem supports PCG for Cosmetic Skin Clinic bolt-on

Consolidated cosmetic treatments group will have revenues of £30m with an EBITDA margin of 20%

  • Expansion
  • 12 March 2019
Knitting and embroidery crafts
BluGem sells DMC Group to Lion Capital

Sale ends a three-year holding period for BlueGem, which bought the company via its €370m second fund

  • Buyouts
  • 14 February 2019
Skin care cream
BlueGem buys QMS Medicosmetics

GP draws equity to support the transaction from its €370m buyout fund, BlueGem II

  • Buyouts
  • 29 November 2017
Perfume diffusers
BlueGem purchases Dr Vranjes Firenze

UK-based private equity house secures a 70% stake in the Italian perfume business

  • Buyouts
  • 24 July 2017
The top 5 burger buyouts in the UK
BlueGem takes 80% stake in Big Fernand

Deal should be sealed by June 2017, with BlueGem aquiring shares from the founders and family office SEP

  • Buyouts
  • 24 May 2017
Olives and other assorted tapas
BlueGem purchases majority stake in Lateral

London-based GP acquires the business via its 2013-vintage BlueGem II fund

  • Buyouts
  • 04 May 2017
Knitting and embroidery crafts
BlueGem acquires Sirdar to create DMC Group

Sirdar will be merged with GP's portfolio companies DMC and Wool and the Gang to create the new group

  • Buyouts
  • 07 April 2017
Car tyres
Bain Capital buys BlueGem's Fintyre

London-based mid-cap private equity house BlueGem sells the asset after a nine-year holding period

  • Buyouts
  • 10 March 2017
Knitting and embroidery crafts
BlueGem acquires French textile group DMC

Company had filed for brankruptcy in 2008 following serious profit loss

  • France
  • 07 June 2016
BlueGem acquires Synergo's stake in Fintyre

Acquirer increases stake in tyre distributor to 90%

  • Exits
  • 08 July 2015
BlueGem’s Mamas & Papas seeks rent reduction

BlueGem bought the business in July for reported £20m

  • UK / Ireland
  • 21 August 2014
ISIS sells Enotria to BlueGem

BlueGem Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in British wine trade supplier Enotria from ISIS Equity Partners.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 29 June 2012
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