Livingbridge invests in Direct Ferries

Venture capital firm Beauport Partners also invested as part of the deal. The company is led by Greg Wills, who co-founded Rentalcars.com (previously known as TravelJigsaw), which is now part of the Priceline Inc Group. Livingbridge was invested in TravelJigsaw from 2008-2010.

Company
Direct Ferries was founded in 2001. It sells ferry tickets online for companies including P&O Ferries, Stena Line and Brittany Ferries.

In 2015, the company reported revenues of £85m. Direct Ferries employs 56 people and is headquartered in London.

People
Livingbridge – Daniel Smith (partner).
Beauport Partners – Greg Wills (CEO).
Direct Ferries – Matt Davies (CEO).

Advisers
Equity – Olswang (legal); LEK (commercial due diligence); Javelin (commercial due diligence); KPMG (financial due diligence); Travology (IT due diligence).
Company – RSM (financial due diligence); Mishcon de Reya (legal).

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