a sample of some of the businesses we have invested in or advised
Mobius Life was a small subsidiary of Alexander Forbes when management approached Manfield. Management were seeking to arrange a buyout and fund a growth phase of the business as their technology platform was disrupting the pension sector. Their platform was developed to allow actuaries and pension fund managers to manage their portfolios more cost effectively,[…]
Manfield acquired MCM Select Foods Ltd, in the UK, and MCM Foods BV, based in the Netherlands, in December, 2011. The two businesses formed part of Mitsui’s Packaged Foods operations and import, distribute and market a mixture of exclusive brands and own label foods for retailers and food service companies. The product range comprises primarily[…]
Central Pharma (Contract Packing) Limited operates as a specialist contract packing business, catering exclusively for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, offering the following services: – solid dose blister packing – tub and liquid filling – specialist liquid and liquid anaesthetic filling – strip packing, cartoning and flow wrapping. Alongside these main disciplines Central Pharma[…]
Manfield acquired WaverleyTBS, the national drinks supplier, in June 2010. The business was a non-core, loss-making subsidiary of Heineken with revenues of £500m but volumes and revenues were declining in a difficult macro-economic and market environment. The acquisition process was complex given the lack of clean data on the company and the numerous separation[…]
Scribestar is a revolutionary on-line editing and review tool that will disrupt the production of complex documents within law firms. Scribestar has created a cloud based application that will greatly reduce the time lawyers spend on the more administrative side of complex document production. By moving document workflow processes into the cloud, lawyers can[…]
OneStock provides a stock unification and order management software that allows retailers to deploy a full omnichannel service. It works on top of existing IT infrastructure so that deployment is quick, simple and does not risk current operations. It delivers a seamless customer journey across all sales channels, optimises the order processing for the[…]
Manfield Partners was approached by an MBI candidate who was looking to acquire CWIEME from its founder. Manfield took a central role in the negotiations to acquire the business and fund the buyout through its network of investors. However the MBI candidate was hired during the transaction into a senior role at Ascential (previously[…]
Veros Digital Partners is dedicated to producing high quality ‘virtual reality’ animated sports games for the global gambling and gaming market. The Global gaming sector is a $100bn plus market, and is forecast to continue its robust recent growth across the globe. Virtual Sports Gaming is a well-established niche in many markets generating £billions[…]
In 2013, Manfield invested in AtWill Pubs (trading as A2B Public Houses), based in the northwest of England. AtWill was founded by Ed Atkinson and Fred Williams in 2009 with a view of creating a chain of pubs focused on more traditional values and not tied to any major brewer. Their aim was to[…]