Private Ownership, Limited partnership | |
Industry | Private Equity |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Products | Investments, private equity funds |
Total assets | €13 billion (£11.4 billion) |
Website | www |
Bridgepoint is a pan-European private equity investor focused on acquiring leading middle market businesses valued up to €1 billion. Recent investments have included the Azzurri Group, Element Materials Technology and Pret a Manger in the UK, Dorna in Spain, Balt, eFront and Histoire d'Or in France. It also operates a second business, Bridgepoint Development Capital, which specialises in smaller cap businesses valued up to €150 million.
Bridgepoint was known as NatWest Equity Partners until a management buyout in May 2000. In March 2015 Bridgepoint closed its latest €4 billion Bridgepoint Europe V fund, bringing to €20.5 billion the amount of committed capital raised to date.