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-Lacuna-
Offices: Regensburg, Germany
The Lacuna Funds invest across the value-added chain of health care companies in
the Asia-Pacific region. The fund mainly invests in medium-sized biotech
companies offering exceptional growth prospects. With demonstrable success:
thanks to the high quality of the investment decisions they have made.
Offices: Paris, France
When LBO France was formed in 1985, it was one of France's very first private
equity funds. The company, which is independently owned, seeks out leveraged
buyout transactions in which it can generally acquire a majority stake.
Over the years, LBO France has invested in 83 companies, representing a
total enterprise value of €15bn. The various funds that LBO France operates
are not specialized in any given sector but are open to a broad spectrum
of transactions from €10m to over € 2.5bn in enterprise value.
Offices: London, England
LDC is a leading name in the UK mid-market with the
capacity to support a business with the provision of up to £100m in private
equity. They focus on MBOs, IBOs and development capital transactions from
a network of regional offices, which ensures that they have a strong understanding
of the markets in which they operate across the UK.
Offices: Stockholm, Sweden
Ledstiernan is one of the leading venture capital companies in the Nordic
region, investing in the IT and telecom sectors with a special focus in
communication technology. Ledstiernan has been investing in its current
portfolio since 1999; it has 14 major holdings in companies where its average
interest is 35 per cent. Most of Ledstiernan’s investments have been in
entrepreneurial companies in their early phases and with the potential to
achieve positions of market leadership.
Offices: Pfaffikon, Switzerland
LGT Capital Partners is one of Europe's leading alternative investment managers,
with more than USD 11 billion in hedge funds and private equity assets on
a global basis. Over the years, the team of over 90 dedicated professionals
with 25 nationalities represented, has built an extensive network in the
global private equity and hedge fund industries.
Offices: London, England
LGV Capital is a well established provider of private equity in the UK mid-market
and we have a 20 year history of successfully backing management teams in
growing the value of their businesses. The LGV team arranges MBOs and MBIs
which typically have a minimum transaction size of £50 million. LGV’s investment
strategy seeks diversification by industry, with a focused portfolio of
investments in the consumer, leisure, services and healthcare sectors.-Lion-
Offices: London, England
Lion Capital seeks to achieve exceptional investment returns on behalf of
their limited partners through a focused, hands-on investment approach.
Their investment strategy is underpinned by insight, commercial knowledge
and a network of contacts gained over many years of having invested in the
consumer sector.
Offices: London, England
London Merchant Securities (LMS) is a leading property and venture / development
capital investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member
of the FTSE 250 and the FTSE Real Estate index. The property portfolio is
valued at more than £890m* and contains a blend of offices, based largely
in central London, and retail and leisure property across prime UK towns.
The investment division has a book value of more than £190m* and comprises
investments in both the US and UK, with a spread of early stage and second
round venture investments, development capital and mature company buy-outs.
Offices: London, England
The London Technology Fund is a specialist investor in new technology companies.
It is focused on the funding gap for new, high growth technology companies.
It bridges the funding gap by leading and building a syndicate of investors
or by completing the gap in an existing syndicate. The fund is happy to
work with investors already known to a company or to help entrepreneurs
find investors.
Offices: London, England & San Francisco, California
Loudwater Investment Partners specialize in investing in private growth
companies with a focus on the London AIM market. They are investors in exciting
growth opportunities although they do not invest in start-up or very early
stage companies. They are seeking investments in companies that are intending
to list on AIM or another market or achieve a trade sale within, typically
24 months of this investment.
Offices: London, England & San Francisco, California
Laurence Capital has been successful in both corporate and entrepreneurial
environments. Given their entrepreneurial background they bring a unique
and distinctly different approach to each of the companies they work with.
They recognize the sacrifice, creativity and intelligence that is required
to build a business successfully. Laurence Capital has experience with a
wide array of companies in varying stages of development which allows them
to assist you in determining the right financing strategy for your business.
Offices: London, England
Lyceum Capital invests in leading mid-sized UK business and consumer services.
They are one of the few private equity firms dedicated to this area that
will provide the operational support and capital to help management pursue
fast growth. The €300 million Fund 2000 currently holds investments in a
number of sectors, including healthcare, education, business outsourcing,
industrial systems & services, IT and environmental risk management consultancy.
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