LDC Backing ambition Hear directly from the ambitious leaders who’ve realised their growth ambitions with LDC. PRIVATE EQUITY SUCCESS STORIES Your success matters most We’ve helped hundreds of UK business leaders achieve their goals – and we could do the same for you. Read our case studies and view our current portfolio by sector, growth strategy, transaction type or region. Filter Technology, Media, Telecoms Search for: TEXTHELP: DELIVERING GROWTH Private equity partnership supports 40 per cent growth in revenues and launch of transformative new products. TEAM17: FROM INVESTMENT TO IPO We supported the continued growth of this innovative video games business, through to an IPO. BABBLE: ACQUISITIVE IT BUSINESS First three years of partnership supports six acquisitions with £9milion of follow-on funding. MICROLEASE: DECADE OF SUPPORT Patient capital and 10-year private equity partnership supported 800 per cent increase in enterprise value. MANDATA: AN ACQUISITIVE AND ORGANIC GROWTH STRATEGY LDC helped the business to complete two significant acquisitions and invest in new product development. MARMALADE GAME STUDIO: MULTI-MILLION POUND INVESTMENT Partnership to help management to develop new games and recruit new talent. AKER SYSTEMS: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP LDC’s strategic partnership with Aker Systems supported the management team to further invest in research and development. WIFINITY: MAKING NEW CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE UK Providing major investment for a leader internet service provider. HYBRID: CREATING A PLATFORM TO GROW Backing the existing management team to pursue domestic and international growth ambitions. HEADLAND: FUELLING FUTURE GROWTH PLANS Backing the existing management team to support an ambitious organic growth strategy. LUCID GROUP: SUPPORTING GROWTH AT ‘CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR’ Minority investment supports buy and build and international expansion at leading healthcare communications specialist. SOHONET: BACKING INTERNATIONAL GROWTH Supporting the existing management team to deliver a global growth strategy. WCCTV: TAKING A LEADING TECH-DRIVEN SECURITY FIRM GLOBAL A £30m minority investment to support growth at home and overseas. OMNIPLEX: EMPOWERING A GLOBAL DIGITAL LEARNING PROVIDER Growing a market-leading proposition. EQUE2: ACQUISITIVE GROWTH STRATEGY Trio of acquisitions drives increase in EBITDA by 85% at construction software company. FOUNDATION SP: BACKING A PEOPLE-CENTRIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BUSINESS Multi-million pound minority investment to support organic growth. PHOENIX DATACOM: BACKING A MANAGEMENT BUYOUT TO ACCELERATE GROWTH Supporting the existing management team to enhance its suite of cyber-security products. CIPHR: ACQUISITIVE CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE PROVIDER Four acquisitions during four-year partnership supports growth at HR software provider. NBS: PARTNERING FOR GROWTH Leading technology platform for the construction industry internationalises with private equity support. KERV: THE £30MILLION TECH MERGER Alastair Mills and Mike Ing, in partnership with LDC, have brought together DoubleEdge Professional Services, Foehn, and Metaphor IT as part of an ambitious invest and grow strategy. JAMES & JAMES: PROVIDING A SMARTER SOLUTION TO MORE CUSTOMERS James and James Fulfilment secured an £11million investment from LDC to further enhance its market-leading, software-enabled e-fulfilment proposition. GIACOM: INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY Private equity support proves the sky is the limit for cloud marketplace business. MITREFINCH: DOUBLING REVENUES THROUGH INVESTMENT Workforce management software business grows to £24m turnover through investment in technology and international expansion. BEEKMAN ASSOCIATES: ENHANCING A MARKET-LEADING PLATFORM LDC’s investment in Beekman Associates is helping the management team further develop its leading marketing procurement platform RightSpend. MARTIN AUDIO: CROWD-PLEASING SUCCESS Carve out helps the management team of high-performance loudspeaker brand deliver resounding success. MAGICARD: SECURING INTERNATIONAL GROWTH Carve out helps create independent company driving international expansion from Dorset. SOLID SOLUTIONS: A BLUEPRINT TO EXPAND Supporting the firm’s nationwide expansion and development of new services. COMMSWORLD: BACKING NATIONAL ROLL-OUT Leading internet company secures backing to speed organic growth across Scotland and the UK. CROUD: GLOBAL GROWTH PLANS £30m minority investment backs Founders to accelerate growth of leading digital marketing agency. FC BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: PREPARING FOR A SALE LDC supported the global events company’s growth in preparation for a sale that saw it become Reuters Events. INSTINCTIF PARTNERS: CONTINUING ORGANIC GROWTH Secondary buyout supports continued growth of leading international business communications consultancy. PLIMSOLL PRODUCTIONS: SHOWCASING INTERNATIONAL AMBITION Minority investment supporting TV production business as it grows natural history and documentary divisions. ONECOM: PROVIDING GREATER BANDWIDTH FOR SUCCESS Leading telecoms provider speeds up growth plans following £100m deal. MSQ PARTNERS: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY GROWTH PLANS Private equity investment and expertise supports acquisitive and organic growth at marketing and communications group. AMBERJACK: RECRUITING SUPPORT Private equity backing ambitious management team of specialist recruitment software and services provider. LITTLEFISH: EXPANDING SERVICE OFFERING Minority investment supporting management’s plans to accelerate growth at managed IT services provider. BYBOX: SUCCESSFUL SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS Private equity partnership with founder sees enterprise value double through international expansion. PEI MEDIA GROUP: INVESTING IN DIGITAL AND CONTENT Management buyout supports development and growth of specialist media business. ENSEK: SUPERCHARGING GROWTH Software business delivers exceptional growth during first year of new private equity partnership. CLIFFORD THAMES: EXPANSION FOR DATA SERVICES BUSINESS A £50m management buyout helped the leadership team to grow their business internationally. NODE4: MAKING CONNECTIONS THROUGH ACQUISITIONS IT solutions business thrives with private equity support following management buyout. PROPERTY SOFTWARE GROUP: SUPPORTING SUCCESS AT SOFTWARE PROVIDER Private equity backs management team to deliver on potential via new product development. USWITCH: EXPANSION THROUGH ORGANIC GROWTH Management team of leading price comparison website delivers significant growth through private equity partnership. OCEAN OUTDOOR: DISPLAYING SUCCESS Secondary buyout helps out of home advertising operator to double profits in three years. CONNECT MANAGED SERVICES: COMMUNICATING SUCCESS Buy and build strategy helps management triple revenues at communications business during five year partnership. KIRONA: EXPANDING SOLUTIONS Eight year partnership supported the ongoing development of innovative software business. GUARDIAN GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES: INVESTED IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Growth capital helped management improve its products and deliver international growth. UK2 GROUP: CARVING OUT SUCCESS International hosting group finds new home with The Hut Group following six year private equity partnership. ORION MEDIA: INVESTMENT INCREASES REACH Leading Midland/s commercial radio group fine tunes growth thanks to private equity support. BLUE RUBICON: SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION Reputation management consultancy sees fee income grow 59 per cent in three years during private equity partnership. TWOFOUR GROUP: HELPING TO CREATE A MEDIA POWERHOUSE Merger supported by private equity created a major player in the media sector. ONAPP: ACQUISITIVE GROWTH Cloud solution provider continues buy and build programme under private equity investment. VISTA RETAIL SUPPORT: INVESTMENT SUPPORTING IT SERVICES Secondary buyout provides ongoing private equity support to Cardiff-based provider to the retail sector. SCOTTISH EQUITY PARTNERS: FUNDING THE FUTURE OF TECH LDC backed award-winning hi-tech and clean energy venture capital fund to support high growth companies. CENTIQ: SERVICING GROWTH Leading IT services and software provider chooses private equity to support growth. SOFTWARE SOLUTION PARTNERS: INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE SOLUTIONS Long-term partnership supporting continued innovation and customer focus following management buyout. 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