Searchlight Capital closes first fund at $860m

Searchlight Capital Partners was founded in 2010 by Erol Uzumeri, Oliver Haarmann and Eric Zinterhofer.

Uzumeri previously led the global private equity business at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, while Haarmann was a partner at KKR's London office, and Zinterhofer was co-head of media and telecommunications at Apollo Management.

The first investment from the fund was made in Hunter Boots in January this year.

Investments
The fund will invest in equity and debt, providing long-term capital as well as strategic and operational support to companies in North America and Europe. It will pursue both controlling and non-controlling investments.

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