Current Investments

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  Name Year Type Sector Value Additional
Amber Travel Amber Travel 2013 MBO Consumer -  
Amber Travel is the York-based, leading, premium rail travel specialist, operating through the brands Great Rail Journeys and Treyn. It provides over 300 different itineraries to over 40 countries across Europe, Africa, North America, Asia, Russia and Australasia, providing tours to the culturally interested traveller who wants to see the world.www.greatrail.com www.railholidays.com Contact: Chris Watt  
Citation Citation 2012 MBI Business Services -  
Operating throughout the UK since 1995, Citation provides professional advice and compliance packages to business clients. Independently endorsed at the highest level its market leading services provide guaranteed protection in the high risk areas of employment law and health & safety regulations. www.citation.co.uk Contact: Richard Chapman  
Rhubarb Rhubarb 2012 MBO Consumer / Business Services -  
“rhubarb” is a market leading premium food and drink brand delivering high quality food services across three complementary channels: events, venues and travel. “rhubarb” works with many of Britain’s most iconic venues and events including the Royal Albert Hall, Saatchi Gallery, London Eye, Henley Regatta and Royal Ascot. It also provides premium catering for BAA and some of the world’s leading airlines including American Airlines First and Business Class lounges at Heathrow Airport, and meals for Virgin Atlantic Upper Class. www.rhubarb.net Contact: Chris Warren  
Clarke Energy Clarke Energy 2012 MBO Business Services -  
Clarke Energy is the world's largest independent provider of efficient, clean energy solutions using GE's class-leading Jenbacher gas engines. These GE engines are versatile and can run on a wide range of gas sources including: natural gas, waste gases from mining and gases from renewable sources such as sewage and landfill. With a large installed base in the UK and France, management have diversified into other countries, including India, Ireland, Australia, Nigeria, Tunisia, Algeria and New Zealand. ECI Partners backed the management team to accelerate the growth in both existing and new markets. www.clarke-energy.com Contact: John Hayhurst  
Wireless Logic Wireless Logic 2011 MBO Technology, Media & Telecoms -  
Wireless Logic is a European machine-to-machine (“M2M”) managed services provider combining infrastructure, platforms and connectivity. The company has key partnerships with multiple global mobile network operators whilst at its heart is its SIMPRO Platform as a Service (PaaS) which enables complete management, monitoring and billing of a SIM-based asset base. In addition, secure and resilient Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is delivered through Wireless Logic’s ManageNet, connecting devices and assets securely across its cloud-based private network. ECI backed the founding management team to buy the business out of Phones International in 2011. www.wirelesslogic.com Contact: Chris Warren  
The Stewart Group The Stewart Group 2011 MBI Industrials £17m  
Stewart is a long established UK manufacturing business with a market leading position in the manufacture and supply of technical plastic moulded products for the gardening and catering sectors. ECI is backing a management team led by Richard Butler, who joins as group CEO, and the current owner and CEO will remain within the business and retains a substantial shareholding in the company. The company employs 75 people in Croydon: www.stewartcompany.co.uk Contact: Ken Lindsay  
CarTrawler CarTrawler 2011 MBO Consumer -  
ECI completed the MBO of CarTrawler, the online car rental integrator in May 2011. CarTrawler's technology platform aggregates car hire supply via different distribution channels. www.cartrawler.com Contact: Chris Watt  
Reed & Mackay Reed & Mackay 2011 MBO Business Services -  
ECI completed the secondary MBO of Reed & Mackay in April 2011. ECI backed the incumbent management team led by Andy Hibbert and sales director, Tracy Baumfield and also supported by David Maloney as Chairman. Established in 1962 R&M is a leading provider of strategic travel management services to the corporate sector: www.reedmac.com. Contact: Chris Watt  
Fourth Fourth 2011 MBO Technology, Media & Telecoms -  
ECI backed the Fourth management team in a primary MBO from the founders of the business, Derek and Edwina Lilley, in March 2011. Following Fourth’s acquisition of Connecticut-based, Adaco, in September 2012, Fourth has become the world’s leading SaaS provider of back office systems to the food service vertical. www.fourthhospitality.com Contact: David Ewing  
XLN XLN 2010 MBO Technology, Media & Telecoms -  
ECI completed the secondary buyout of XLN, the UK’s leading supplier of telecoms services for small business, in 2010. The business, which was founded in 2002, has over 115,000 customers and specialises in providing high quality, low cost fixed-line, mobile and broadband services via its own industry leading, proprietary technology platform. www.xlntelecom.co.uk Contact: Tom Wrenn  
Ascribe Ascribe 2009 P2P Technology, Media & Telecoms / Healthcare £33m  
A £33m public to private transaction of a leading HCIT provider of clinical solutions to secondary care. www.ascribe.com Contact: David Ewing  
AKW Limited AKW Limited 2008 MBO Industrials / Healthcare -  
Management buyout of a leading manufacturer and distributor of adapted bathroom and kitchen products for assisted living. http://www.akw-ltd.co.uk/ Contact: Chris Warren  
Kelvin Hughes Kelvin Hughes 2007 MBO Industrials £52m  
£52 million management buyout of a leading supplier of navigation products and services for the Naval and Commercial marine sectors. www.kelvinhughes.com Contact: Ken Lindsay  
Clinisys Clinisys 2007 MBO Technology, Media & Telecoms / Healthcare £61m  
£61 million buyout of a leading pan-European supplier of Laboratory Information Management Systems to the healthcare market. www.clinisysgroup.com Contact: Tom Wrenn  
Premier Care Premier Care 2007 Investment Healthcare / Consumer -  
2007 buyout of Premier, the market leader in the UK and North America in the selling of specialist products to enable the consumer with mobility difficulties to live at home for longer. www.premiercarebathing.com/ Contact: Richard Chapman  
M2 Digital M2 Digital 2006 MBO Business Services £20m  
£20 million buyout of this Manchester headquartered support services provider in print, copying and document management. www.m2digital.co.uk Contact: John Hayhurst  
Bargain Booze Bargain Booze 2006 MBO Consumer £64m  
£64 million management buyout of Bargain Booze, a fast-growing specialist retailer of discounted alcohol. www.bargainbooze.co.uk Contact: John Hayhurst  
quote At one point we put a bid in for an acquisition of a European competitor, ECI supported us with this and we wouldn’t have been able to do this without ECI."

Chris Allen, CEO of LateRooms


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