Graphite Capital
| UK LLP | |
| Industry | Private Equity |
| Predecessor | Foreign & Colonial Ventures Ltd. |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Rod Richards |
| Products | Investments, private equity funds |
| Total assets | £800 million |
| Website | www.graphitecapital.com |
Graphite Capital is a private equity firm focused on mid-market leveraged buyout investments, primarily in the UK. The group manages around £800 million for institutional investors, with the most recent fund raising just over £500 million. Since 1991, the firm has backed almost 100 management teams through various investments.
Until February 2016, the firm managed a listed investment trust, Graphite Enterprise Trust, a diversified private equity fund of funds platform. The management contract was transferred to Intermediate Capital Group.
The firm has managed private equity funds since 1981 and in 2001 became fully independent. The firm has a single office at Berkeley Square House in Berkeley Square in London's West End. The firm's Managing Partner is Rod Richards, who joined in 1986.
Foreign & Colonial Enterprise Trust, a UK listed vehicle, was the first fund to be managed by Graphite Capital. It was established in 1981 with a £10 million initial public offering on the . The firm has raised and managed eight listed and unlisted funds to date.
Graphite was originally part of F&C Asset Management and was known as Foreign & Colonial Ventures Ltd. The firm remained a subsidiary of F&C Asset Management until 2001, when the Graphite team completed a management buyout.
The firm is currently investing its eighth fund, which has backed the following companies:
- City & County Healthcare - a provider of home care services in the UK
- ICR Group - a provider of repair and maintenance services to the energy sector
- nGAGE Specialist Recruitment (formerly Human Capital Investment Group) - a recruitment business serving a range of niche areas within the public and private sectors
- Aero Technics Group - a civil aircraft maintenance business focusing on cabin services
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