Foresight Group
Women in PE: Foresight’s Alvarez on SME deployment plans, regional expansion drive
Partner Claire Alvarez speaks to Unquote about opportunities in the current market and the UK-based sponsor’s diversity ambitions
Foresight reaps 4.1x on Mi Healthcare sale to trade
Exit of UK-based radiology machine services is fourth exit from North-West focused fund
Foresight Capital exits Codeplay Software in trade sale
GP is to reap 15.7x MOIC and 100% IRR on the sale of the AI integration software
AIB, Foresight launch SME Impact Fund with EUR 75m target
Fund has a EUR 30m commitment from AIB and expects to back its first Irish SMEs in Q3 2022
Foresight sells DA Languages to IK Partners in SBO
IK expanded its UK operations to include a local small-cap team headed by partner Tom Salmon in 2020
Foresight hits £65m first close for Regional Investment III
Fund has Greater Manchester Pension Fund as its cornerstone investor
Foresight prices IPO at £455m market cap
Trading for the UK-based multi-asset fund manager commenced on 4 February 2021
Foresight sells FFX to H2 for 4.3x return
H2 focuses on mid-sized companies in the UK, Ireland and the Benelux region
Foresight opens office in Luxembourg
Luxembourg office will be led by Adela Baho and Jasper Jansen, who have each joined as directors
Foresight invests £5m in PlantExpand
Debt funding for the transaction was provided by Santander Growth Capital
Inspirit invests in Procam Group
GP is currently investing from its debut vehicle, Inspirit Fund I, which held a final close on its £50m hard-cap in December 2019
Foresight-backed Envair acquires TCS for £2m
TCS managing director Dave McCabe will stay on with the combined company
UK fundraising update: name-brands push on through
Despite the coronavirus crisis, many GPs and VC investors are expecting to hold closes in 2020
Foresight sells Clubhouse Golf to Afinum-backed All4Golf
Clubhouse is the first exit for Foresight Regional Investment fund, which closed on £58m in 2016
Maven VCTs lead £3.5m round for Nano
Foresight Group, which is an existing investor in the company, also participates in the round
Foresight invests £5m in McIntyre Electrical, opens in Cambridge
Based in Peterborough, McIntyre Electrical was established by Joe McIntyre and John Clifford in 2006
Foresight invests £16.8m in Signature
Foresight Group will provide an initial £5m revolving credit facility to Signature
Foresight sells Idio for 2x return
Insight Venture Partners acquired Episerver, the acquirer, from Accel KKR in 2018
Foresight opens Edinburgh office
Foresight opens the new office to support the investment of its Scottish Growth Fund
Foresight closes East of England Fund on £100m
Foresight Group has closed its fifth fund focused on different regions of England
Foresight invests £5m in Steamforged Games
Capital will be used to roll out Steamforged's pipeline of eight new games in the next 24 months
Foresight leads £2m funding round for Fertility Focus
Foresight, which has £2.8bn in assets under management, invested from two of its VCTs
Foresight invests £2.5m in Cimteq
Deal for the Welsh software developer was made from Foresight Regional Investment Fund
Foresight invests £1m in Alpkit
Foresight draws capital from its £39m Nottingham-focused fund, which is backed by local pensions