Oakley Capital

We were pleased to announce the recent sale of Oakley Capital portfolio company and legaltech platform vLex in a deal valuing the business at $1 billion. But scaling a business to this size is no easy task. Oakley has a strong track record helping founders to accelerate growth and create market-leaders, from IU Group to Contabo, TechInsights and WebPros. Learn more about how we achieve this in partnership with our founders and management teams including: • IU Group- building the C-suite and tech platform to support growth. IU has increased student enrolments ten-fold to 140,000+ • WebPros- breaking into North America through strategic M&A. Today WebPros supports 85m+ websites globally • TechInsights- accelerating the shift to recurring revenues. Today, the company provides semiconductor tear-down analysis to a global subscriber base 👇 read the full story to find out more https://lnkd.in/e_GRjyVB #founders #scaling

We were pleased to sponsor Boardwave's wine tasting and networking event last week at 67 Pall Mall, in collaboration with Cruxy. 🍷 Boardwave connects European software leaders creating opportunity to knowledge share, collaborate and drive positive change in the European tech sector. Thanks to Carrie Osman and Dominic Joseph for leading such a thoughtful session on scaling across the Atlantic. #technology #software #network

Oakley Capital has had a strong start to the year, and we are pleased to share highlights from H1 2025, including:   💶 Fund VI close at €4.5bln hard cap  🚀 Sale of vLex to Clio at $1bln valuation ✅ Completion of 3 new platform investments   These achievements reflect the strength of our partnerships with exceptional entrepreneurs and the continued support of our investors.   Learn more about Oakley's H1 deal activity: https://lnkd.in/exp9xue4   #PrivateEquity #fundraising #exits #investments

“Some are great product people, others are great leaders and a genuine founder that can scale a business and bring their employees with you is one of the best in the industry.” Many thanks to the CNBC Squawk Box Europe team Karen Tso, Stephen Sedgwick and Julianna Tatelbaum for recently hosting Oakley Capital Partner Rebecca Gibson to talk all things private equity including: 🌍The importance of local knowledge when partnering with founders in Europe 🔗Oakley’s role as a bridge between founders and larger PE houses 💲 How there are still plenty of buyers for good quality assets Watch the full interview 👇 https://lnkd.in/eZpj4t5D #backingfounders #Europe

We’re pleased to announce the launch of Oakley Capital’s 2024 Responsible Investment Report. Recently, we caught up with Oakley’s Head of Sustainability Aga Siemiginowska on the sidelines of our Sustainability Forum to find out how Oakley continues to create value by focusing on three core themes: 🌱 Energy and climate 🙍 Employee culture & engagement  🖥️ Cybersecurity & data protection Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eknY67Ft View our Responsible Investment Report: https://lnkd.in/eRBVHqeW #sustainability #privateequity #creatingvalue

“The addition of Smythson, Fornasetti and FPM to Oakley’s Iconic BrandCo marks a real milestone in our ambition to develop a collection of truly unique brands.” We’re pleased to announce that Iconic BrandCo, a Fund III vehicle for luxury, heritage brands is investing in Smythson of Bond Street, Fornasetti, and Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano (‘FPM’). Oakley aims to significantly grow the sales and value of these premium brands by accelerating their international expansion, digitising operations, and enhancing their brand positioning and digital marketing. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eRf4aTMh #luxury #heritagebrands  

Oakley Capital announces the sale of Origin Fund portfolio company vLex to legaltech business Clio . The transaction values vLex at US$1 billion, making vLex one of the few Spanish technology start-ups to reach unicorn status. With Oakley’s support, in just three years vLex has: 🌎 Established a significant market presence in the US 🤝 Completed transformative M&A 🖥️ Launched a transformational AI tool As part of the transaction, Origin is partially reinvesting in the combined business alongside vLex’s founders, in order to benefit from expected future growth. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eptJQtgE #unicorns #privateequity #legaltech #exit #valuecreation

💻Cyberattacks are costing companies over $10 trillion a year as cyber threats become ever more sophisticated and frequent. That’s pushing firms to spend a lot more on mission-critical cybersecurity, making the sector highly-attractive to investors. 🛡️ Over the last 12 months, Oakley Capital has backed three businesses in this space: here we outline our investment strategy in cyber, how we’re creating value and where we see opportunity next. 👇 https://lnkd.in/eNaZ4VHv #cyber #techinvesting

"The secret sauce at Oakley is very much around the founder-centric approach that enables unique access to interesting deals." "Performance is not necessarily about bold bets, it's about disciplined, repeatable execution in sectors you understand well." Many thanks to Gain.pro for including Oakley Capital's Cristina Popescu in their recent panel discussion on the outlook for private equity. 👇 ..and also for highlighting the strong growth performance across Oakley's portfolio!

It was great to see so many experts from across our portfolio gather in London for our recent, annual Sustainability Forum! Many thanks to everyone for contributing to such important debates including: 🌿 How sustainability can help to create value, amid rising global challenges and evolving regulations 🙌 The role of effective sustainability targets in driving measurable business progress 🎙️ The power of overcoming your inner critic and communicating your sustainability strategy with confidence A special thanks to our speakers including Carrie MacGillivray Dr. Kerstin Meyer-Lipp Maylis GOBY Lloyd Smith Peter Randhawa Dr. Veronica Azua Sebastien Dewarrat Alan Bryant Clarice Metzger, MBA Paul Simpson OBE Daniel D'Ambrosio #responsibleinvesting