Centricus

Centricus, established in 2016 and headquartered in London, is a global investment platform that originates, structures, and manages investments across diverse asset classes, sectors, and geographies. The firm, backed by long-term investors, focuses on generating superior absolute returns by partnering with management teams and strategic advisors. Centricus' investment focus spans finance, technology, infrastructure, consumer, media, entertainment, and sports sectors, aiming for high absolute returns within these core industries.

Dalinc Ariburnu

Co-Founder

Sajid Javid

Partner

Emma Parkinson

Partner

Matthew Shenkman

Managing Director

Ram Thothadri

Partner

13 past transactions

SK Global Entertainment

Acquisition in 2022
SK Global Entertainment develops, finances, and produces commercial content for film, TV, digital media, and virtual reality.

ArQit

Post in 2021
ArQit Limited, founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, is a cybersecurity company specializing in quantum encryption. The company develops a quantum key distribution network that utilizes the quantum properties of photons to generate unique cryptographic keys, ensuring secure communication between devices. ArQit’s flagship product, QuantumCloud, allows any networked device to download a lightweight software agent to create keys in collaboration with other devices, safeguarding communications against current and future cyber threats, including those posed by quantum computers. The company's services are delivered through both satellite and terrestrial platforms, with a significant portion of its revenue derived from the UK market.

Virtualitics

Series B in 2021
Virtualitics Inc. is a data analytics and visualization company based in Pasadena, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and 3D visualization, offering the Virtualitics Immersive Platform. This platform allows enterprise customers to analyze data collaboratively in a virtual environment, uncovering actionable insights through advanced visualization techniques. Additionally, Virtualitics provides expert advisory services in machine learning. The company also focuses on defense applications, leveraging its AI capabilities to enhance mission readiness and operational efficiency. By transforming complex data into multi-dimensional graph visualizations, Virtualitics enables organizations to make informed business decisions and predict future outcomes without the need for extensive coding.

Exyn

Series A in 2019
Exyn Technologies, Inc. is a company focused on developing autonomous aerial robots designed for complex commercial environments. Established in 2014 as a spin-off from the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, Exyn leverages over a decade of research in autonomous flight and aerial robotics. The company's flagship product, exynAI, is a modular software system that enables pilot-less flights and facilitates communication between multiple flying vehicles. Exyn's drones utilize a unique technology that integrates multiple redundant sensors, advanced mapping for obstacle avoidance, and autonomous flight planning, making them suitable for applications such as underground inspections, inventory management, and construction documentation. With their robust and highly differentiated capabilities, Exyn's aerial robots provide clients with the ability to automate dangerous tasks and address various complex operational challenges. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tamara Mellon

Series C in 2019
Tamara Mellon, established in 2011, is a luxury women's fashion brand headquartered in New York City. It designs, manufactures, and retails a range of products including shoes, bags, and ready-to-wear apparel. The company's shoe collection comprises sandals, boots, pumps, flats, and legging boots, while its apparel line features dresses, jumpsuits, tops, pants, skirts, jackets, and outerwear. Tamara Mellon sells these products through both retail and online stores in the United States and internationally, accompanied by a complimentary cobbler service for footwear purchases.

Spring Place

Venture Round in 2019
Spring Place operates as a shared workplace and membership club, providing a luxurious and thoughtfully designed environment for professionals. The company focuses on creating a collaborative space that integrates work, leisure, and entertainment, catering to both corporate clients and individual members. By fostering a community of global professionals and entrepreneurs, Spring Place encourages networking and creativity, offering various settings that support diverse work styles and activities.

ClearForce

Seed Round in 2018
ClearForce LLC, established in 2015 and based in Vienna, Virginia, specializes in employee risk management solutions. The company offers a cloud-based platform that continually assesses and alerts organizations to potential insider threats, high-risk behaviors, and stress indicators, both within and outside the workplace. ClearForce's key offerings include a legally compliant workflow system that ensures 100% employee consent, eliminates bias, and maintains EEOC and FCRA compliance. Additionally, it provides 24/7 event-based alerts for high-risk behaviors occurring outside the workplace, complementing pre-hire checks. The company serves various industries, including information security, physical security, national security, DoD-NISPOM, financial services, government contract, aviation, healthcare, and more.

Virtualitics

Series B in 2018
Virtualitics Inc. is a data analytics and visualization company based in Pasadena, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and 3D visualization, offering the Virtualitics Immersive Platform. This platform allows enterprise customers to analyze data collaboratively in a virtual environment, uncovering actionable insights through advanced visualization techniques. Additionally, Virtualitics provides expert advisory services in machine learning. The company also focuses on defense applications, leveraging its AI capabilities to enhance mission readiness and operational efficiency. By transforming complex data into multi-dimensional graph visualizations, Virtualitics enables organizations to make informed business decisions and predict future outcomes without the need for extensive coding.

Chalayan

Private Equity Round in 2018
Chalayan LLP is a London-based fashion brand that specializes in designing and developing apparel for both women and men. The company offers a range of collections that blend current and seasonal fashion trends, providing customers with stylish ready-to-wear options. Chalayan's products are available through both online platforms and retail stores, catering to diverse fashion and apparel needs.

Global Ports Holding

Post in 2017
Global Ports Holding (GPH), established in 2004, is an independent international port operator specializing in cruise and commercial port operations. It is recognized as a leading player in the cruise port sector, managing 14 ports across eight countries, including prominent locations such as Barcelona and Venice. GPH serves a diverse clientele, including cruise lines, ferries, yachts, and mega-yachts, catering to approximately 7.8 million passengers annually and holding a significant 25% market share in the Mediterranean. In addition to its cruise operations, the company also manages commercial ports that focus on the handling of container, bulk, and general cargo. GPH's strategic segments include various regions such as the Western Mediterranean, Central Mediterranean, Americas, and Eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic, reflecting its comprehensive approach to port management and growth in the maritime industry.

Global Investment Holdings

Post in 2017
Global Investment Holdings is an independent brokerage and investment banking firm.

CIFC

Acquisition in 2016
CIFC Corp., a New York-based specialized asset manager, combines what it believes are the best underwriting, portfolio management and value maximization practices to generate attractive and consistent returns for investors. CIFC is a proactive, fundamentals-based manager of senior secured corporate loans with a highly differentiated investment management model, management framework, processes and proprietary technology. CIFC combines the best investment practices of top-tier banks and asset managers. A focus on loan repayment by borrowers, in contrast to dependency on asset sales as a primary risk management tool, is integrated with disciplined portfolio diversification, an adherence to strict risk/return criteria and an overlay of market value arbitrage to enhance the risk profile of funds managed.
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