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| Monsal |
Matrix investee company, Monsal, has secured £14 million of growth capital to support expansion of the business as well as to provide infrastructure funding for biogas 'energy from waste' projects. Please click here for more details. |
| Iglu.com |
Matrix has invested £4.3m in the management buyout and recapitalisation of Iglu.com, the UK’s largest specialist ski and fastest growing cruise holiday travel agent. Please click here for more details. |
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| Country Baskets |
Matrix has invested £4m to finance the MBO of CB Imports Plc. CB Imports which trades as 'Country Baskets' is the UK’s leading importer and distributor of artificial flowers and floral sundries. Please click here for more details. |
| Westway Cooling |
Matrix has invested £1.5m alongside Maven Capital Partners as part of a £4m equity package to finance the management buyout of Westway Cooling, a provider of air conditioning and facilities management services. Please click here for more details. |
| Metropress |
Matrix has invested £4.5 million to finance the MBO of Metropress from vendor, DMGT. The company publishes Antiques Trade Gazette, the must read Journal for the art and antiques trade that provides the latest in market information, news and analysis for antiques trade professionals and collectors in the UK. Please click here for more details. |
| Plastic Surgeon Fine Finishers |
Matrix has invested £2 million to finance the management buyout of Plastic Surgeon Fine Finishers (Plastic Surgeon), the UK’s founder and market leader in providing cosmetic repair services to the UK construction and housing industry. Please click here for more details. |
| Pasta King |
Matrix has sold its investment in Pasta King, the provider of healthy, pasta-based quick service meal alternatives. Pasta King has been sold to a management buy-in team funded by NBGI Private Equity for £13 million. Please click here for more details. |
| Tottel Publishing |
Matrix has sold Tottel Publishing, a publisher of high quality books on law and tax and information services for lawyers, accountants and business professionals, to Bloomsbury Publishing plc, the publishers of the Harry Potter novels, for £10 million. Please click here for more details. |
| Holloway White Allom |
Matrix has re-capitalised the up-market construction business Holloway White Allom using £5 million of the company’s surplus cash and a £12 million debt package from Lloyds TSB. Please click here for more details. |
| Apollo Lifts |
Matrix has sold its stake in Apollo Lifts holdings Ltd (Apollo), one of the UK's leading independent lift contractors, for £4 million as part of a secondary buy out to Iceni Capital, realising 3 times its original investment and an IRR of 34 per cent. Please click here for more details. |
| Matrix Income & Growth 2 VCT |
Matrix have raised £7.2 million for the Matrix Income & Growth 2 VCT through a C Share Offer. Please click here for more details. |
| The Income & Growth VCT |
Matrix completed its fundraising for The Income & Growth VCT in April 2008, raising c £12 million. Total funds under management are c. £140 million |
| M & A Awards |
Matrix investee company Tottel was awarded the Small deal of the Year at the M&A Awards in May 2010. MPEP Sold Tottel in the midst of a difficult market for business sales at a 4 times return. |
| The Insider Media Dealmakers South East 2010 |
Chris Price, who recently joined Matrix from Foresight, was awarded Venture Capilalist of the Year at The Insider Media Dealmakers South East 2010. Chris was recognised for securing funding for the buyout of Diagnos from Octopus in the thick of the credit crisis. |
| BVCA CEO of the Year Awards |
The CEO of recently exited Matrix portfolio company PastaKing was recognised in the inaugural BVCA 'CEO of the Year Awards'. Sue Davenport, CEO of PastaKing won 'Woman CEO of the Year' at the National Finals held in London. South-West based PastaKing, a provider of healthy pasta meals, has achieved strong growth following Matrix’s backing. |
| British Private Equity Awards |
Matrix was awarded the ‘VCT Manager of the Year’ title – at the unquote” British Private Equity Awards in November 2008. Please click here for more details. |
| The Insider Media Dealmakers South East 2009 |
Matrix won 'Private Equity Firm of the Year' and Jonathan Gregory won 'Venture Capitalist of the Year' for the second year running at the Insider Media Dealmakers South East 2009 Awards. |
| The Insider Media Dealmakers South East 2008 |
Jonathan Gregory won the awards for Private Equity / Venture Capitalist of the Year at the Insider Media Dealmakers South East 2008 Awards. Matrix Private Equity was also short listed for the Private Equity / Venture Capital Firm of the year award. |
