ECI Partners
ECI backs pet food producer MPM
The Macclesfield-based company’s management team will remain at the helm following ECI’s investment
ECI scores 5x on sale of Citation to HgCapital
ECI backed Citation's management buy-in in 2012, with revenues doubling since then
Private equity's sin-vestments
From lingerie to gambling, a run down of private equity's racier investments
Origination: tackling the valuations conundrum
Part one of our Origination Series looks at current valuation levels
Deal in focus: Electra reaps 3.8x on Nuaire sale
An in-depth look at Electra's sale of Nuaire, which reaped 3.8x
ECI sells Fourth to Insight
ECI first backed the SaaS company in 2012
ECI Partners hires three for its investment team
GP recently acquired UK business Evans Cycles from Active Private Equity
ECI’s Citation acquires QMS
Deal marks second bolt-on since ECI's 2013 acquisition
Active reaps 8x money on sale of Evans to ECI
ECI secures "significant majority stake" in bike retail business
Northern powerhouse: the next Silicon Valley?
Manchester looks set to be a major hub for European start-ups
ECI buys Tusker from Smedvig
Secondary buyout sees Smedvig exit after 14 years
ECI reaps 6.1x on Wireless Logic sale to CVC
Deal marks CVC Growth fund's first investment
Ideological differences push political due diligence to the fore
Looming UK general election sparks increase in political due diligence
ECI promotes four
Mark Keeley, Paul McCreadie and George Moss all promoted to partners
ECI buys Gresham’s Investis
Gresham bought the business two years ago for £25m
Mobeus continues exit run with sixth sale of the year
Mobeus's divestment of Youngman lifts VCT's realisation value to £200m for 2014
ECI reaps 3x on XLN exit
MBO supported by Blackstone's GSO Capital Partners
Education investing: does the pricing add up?
The ever-popular education sector is witnessing soaring valuations
KPMG names Hartley as head of PE North
Hartley takes over from John Hughes, who had been covering two roles
Continental drift: A look back at 2014's buyout activity so far
Now more than half way through 2014, unquote" checks the pulse of European buyouts
ECI closes 10th fund on £500m hard-cap
Vehicle surpasses initial target by £100m within five months
Comment: The battle for online ticketing
PE and VC funds are competing head-to-head in the online ticketing market, says Plural's Phil Stone
Mobeus partially exits ATG Media through ECI deal
Sale generates IRR of more than 20%
Private equity IPOs: making hay while the sun shines
Private equity IPOs