MML Capital Partners
Orion House, 5 Upper St. Martin's Lane, London, WC2H 9EA, United Kingdom
Overview
MML Capital Partners is an independent investment firm, with over twenty years of history, focused on providing capital to businesses for expansion/acquisitions, management-led equity deals, recapitalisations and buy-outs.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 3
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 9
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- CSI
Led · Equity · Aug 2017
CSI, based in Annesley, Nottinghamshire, is an IT managed service provider serving the UK mid-market and larger corporates with complex IT requirements. The company delivers mission-critical managed services combining expertise across infrastructure, applications and cyber security. CSI has developed and acquired highly technical skillsets across a wide variety of technologies, with particular expertise in SAP and IBM. Leadership includes Executive Chairman Alan Watkins, CFO Kevin Lewis, Sales and Marketing Director Mark Vargo, COO and Software Solutions Director Richard Midgley, and Managed Services Director Gerry Burke. The business currently has visibility over FY17B revenue of £48m and £9m EBITDA. The article does not disclose specific future product launches or expansion plans.
- Nactis Flavours
Led · Debt Financing · Nov 2014
Founded in 1996 and based in Bondoufle, France, Nactis Flavours develops flavours, aromatic and functional ingredients and raw materials for industrial firms and food trade specialists. The group operates five production sites in France and has three commercial subsidiaries (Bulgaria, Poland, Tunisia) plus agents in 50 countries. It generated €40m in revenues in 2013, with 24% from export, and employs 175 staff in France and 25 internationally. Management includes Gérard Trivier (CEO of Nactis France), Bernard Roux (VP Finance and Development) and Daniel Faguer, who joined to ramp up international development. The company intends to accelerate international development, particularly in Eastern Europe, the Maghreb and Asia. The financing from MML Capital is intended to support that expansion.
- The Arena Group
Led · Equity · Feb 2012
The Arena Group is a UK-based event services company that designs, delivers and project-manages all aspects of temporary event overlay. Led by CEO Greg Lawless and referred to as Arena Europe in the article, it works on state visits, royal weddings and major sporting tournaments. The company has bases in the UK, Portugal, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Dubai and plans further global expansion into the Far East. In February 2012 it received a £16.5m growth capital investment. Backers included MML Capital and Sports Investment Partners (SIP), which have taken a minority stake. As part of the transaction Bal Johal joined the board and Matthew Wheeler of SIP became chairman.