Silverfleet Capital

Company type	Limited liability partnership
Industry	Private equity firm
Founded	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Products	Private Equity Funds, Leveraged buyouts
Website	www.silverfleetcapital.com

Silverfleet Capital is a regionally focused European mid-market private equity firm.

Silverfleet is an independent firm, owned by its partners, and invests on behalf of a diversified group of international institutional investors. Silverfleet Capital specialises in mid-market private equity investment, ^[1] in international companies operating in a number of different countries, where there is an opportunity to accelerate growth from buy and build and roll-out strategies. ^[2]

In August 2006, Silverfleet Capital Partners LLP was established. ^[3]

In 2014, Silverfleet backed SPAC Mirror Bidco in its acquisition of AGR Holdings AS from AGR Group ASA. ^[4]

In June 2015, Silverfleet acquired the Danish clothing company Masai. ^{[5] [6]} In November 2015, Silverfleet sold the British footwear retail chain Office to South African fashion retailer Truworths for £256m, achieving a 3.4 x return on its 2010 purchase from Scottish entrepreneur Tom Hunter. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2016, Silverfleet Capital sold meat product casings manufacturer Kalle Group to investors managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). Silverfleet had acquired a majority stake in Kalle Group in 2009. ^{[9] [10]}

In November 2017, Silverfleet Capital sold Berlin based Competence Call Center Group (CCC) back to Ardian, formerly AXA Private Equity. ^{[11] [12]} Silverfleet had acquired a majority share from Ardian four years earlier in 2013. ^[13] In December 2017, Silverfleet acquired a majority stake in Riviera Travel, a river cruise and tour operator focused on the "over-55s". ^{[14] [15]}

In July 2021, Silverfleet abandoned its fundraising for its third fund refocusing on follow-on investments and realizations of its portfolio. ^{[16] [17]}

A majority stakeholder in German Pumpenfabrik Wangen for five years, ^[18] Silverfleet sold its stake to Atlas Copco for an undisclosed amount in 2022. ^{[19] [20]} In July 2022, Silverfleet sold Prefere Resins, a company specializing in phenolic and melamine resins acquired in 2018 from Prefere Resin management, capiton AG and Intermediate Capital Group, ^[21] to US private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners. ^{[22] [23]}

References

External links

• Silverfleet Capital website