Palamon

Palamon Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in London, established in 1999. The firm specializes in investing in medium-sized lower middle market companies across Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy. Palamon primarily focuses on service-oriented businesses with high growth potential, targeting sectors such as specialty engineering, communications, financial services, education, retail, environmental sciences, leisure and entertainment, healthcare, software services, and IT services. The firm manages approximately €1.1 billion in funds and typically invests between €10 million and €100 million in its portfolio companies, with enterprise values ranging from €15 million to €500 million. Palamon aims to take a lead role in its investments, often seeking a majority or significant minority shareholding and board representation.

Antony Barker

Associate Partner

Ia Bergman

Associate Partner

Jean Bonnavion

Partner and Operating Committee Member

Louis Elson

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Aqib Kadar

Associate Partner

Alexander Peters

Principal

Gary Pritchard

CFO, Partner and Member of the Operating Committee

Alexandre Rahmatollahi

Partner

Sebastian Toft Sorensen

Associate Director

40 past transactions

FairConnect

Acquisition in 2018
FairConnect provides connected services to insurers which can in turn pass on benefits to customers. The business serves some of the largest connected insurance programmes in Europe, according to Palamon, and has a large Internet of Things technology and analytics offering.

Thomas International

Acquisition in 2018
Thomas International Ltd specializes in providing psychometric assessment tools designed to assist organizations in recruiting, retaining, and developing employees. The company offers a range of online assessments that evaluate behavior, aptitude, emotional intelligence, and workplace personality, as well as engagement and 360-degree feedback. These tools are utilized across various sectors, including business, sports, and education, and are available in 56 languages. With a focus on small to medium-sized enterprises, Thomas International completes over 2 million assessments annually in more than 60 countries. The company has been recognized as a key innovator in the global assessment market, which is valued at approximately $3 billion. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Marlow, United Kingdom, Thomas International aims to provide accessible, effective solutions for organizations looking to enhance employee management and make informed decisions about their workforce.

24 Ore Business School

Acquisition in 2017
Business School24 is a player in the tertiary education segment in Italy and provides professionally-oriented education and training. Established in 1991 as a business unit of Il Sole 24 ORE, the school has two headquarters in Milan and Rome and enrols more than 26,000 students a year onto its courses both in classrooms and online. The Company differentiates itself by creating targeted courses focused on the real needs of business and employs highly experienced industry professionals to originate original content and deliver lessons. Most courses incorporate an internship for the students, which presents a highly successful pathway to employment.

24 Ore Business School

Private Equity Round in 2017
Business School24 is a player in the tertiary education segment in Italy and provides professionally-oriented education and training. Established in 1991 as a business unit of Il Sole 24 ORE, the school has two headquarters in Milan and Rome and enrols more than 26,000 students a year onto its courses both in classrooms and online. The Company differentiates itself by creating targeted courses focused on the real needs of business and employs highly experienced industry professionals to originate original content and deliver lessons. Most courses incorporate an internship for the students, which presents a highly successful pathway to employment.

Happy Socks

Acquisition in 2017
Happy Socks AB is a lifestyle brand based in Stockholm, Sweden, that specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of colorful socks and underwear for men, women, and children. Founded in 2008, the company has established itself as a market leader in the segment of stylish and playful hosiery, which it helped create. Happy Socks sells its products through various channels, including its own online store, third-party retailers, and concept stores. The production of its products is outsourced, primarily to facilities in Turkey and China, with distribution managed from a central warehouse in the Netherlands. The brand is recognized globally for its unique and trendy collections, which include a wide range of sock styles and undergarments.

Feelunique

Private Equity Round in 2016
Feelunique is an online retailer specializing in premium beauty, grooming, and health products. Based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, the company serves primarily the UK market and offers a diverse selection of items, including makeup, skincare, haircare, fragrance, accessories, and electrical products. With a workforce of 125 employees, Feelunique operates from its headquarters in the Channel Islands, focusing on delivering quality beauty products to its customers.

The Rug Company

Acquisition in 2015
The Rug Company Ltd. specializes in the design, production, and sale of luxury handmade rugs. Established in 1997 and headquartered in London, the company operates showrooms in key markets, including the United Kingdom, New York, and Los Angeles, and maintains a presence through various franchises and concessions globally. The Rug Company offers a diverse collection of over 300 high-quality, contemporary rugs, all crafted by hand using traditional weaving techniques. It has gained a strong reputation for its design excellence, featuring collaborations with renowned designers such as Alexander McQueen, Diane von Furstenberg, and Paul Smith. The company primarily serves interior designers and high-end retail customers, providing products that blend artistry with durability.

Currencies Direct

Acquisition in 2015
Currencies Direct provides foreign exchange payment services to corporate and personal clients. The company’s products include spot contracts, forward contracts, regular transfers, limit orders, rate watches, stop loss orders, and multiple payments. It also offers overseas property, emigration, regular payment, online money transfer, travel money, international student, art and antique, business, business account, currency option, and risk management. Currencies Direct was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in London.

Il Bisonte

Private Equity Round in 2015
Handcrafting bags and leather accessories in Florence since 1970.

The Simplify Group

Acquisition in 2014
Simplify was a newly branded legal services group comprising of Move with Us, DC Law, and Chorus Law which have combined turnover of approx. £60 million.

Feelunique

Acquisition in 2012
Feelunique is an online retailer specializing in premium beauty, grooming, and health products. Based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, the company serves primarily the UK market and offers a diverse selection of items, including makeup, skincare, haircare, fragrance, accessories, and electrical products. With a workforce of 125 employees, Feelunique operates from its headquarters in the Channel Islands, focusing on delivering quality beauty products to its customers.

SL-x Trading Europe

Acquisition in 2012
SL-x Trading Europe Ltd. provides an electronic trading platform for the securities lending marketplace. Its platform offers trading functionality for specials and general collaterals by providing messaging, pre-trade analysis, automated matching, and negotiated trading with real-time access to QCCP clearing. The company’s platform enables clearing in equities and ETFs across Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland. SL-x Trading Europe Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in New York.

QualitySolicitors

Acquisition in 2011
QualitySolicitors is the group of law firms that are changing the face of legal services in the UK. With over 200 high street locations and more opening each month, we’re the fastest growing legal brand in the country. What really sets us apart is our approach to customer service. We put our clients’ needs at the heart of everything we do, making it easy for individuals and businesses everywhere to access high-quality, hassle-free legal services. Naturally, our lawyers are some of the most knowledgeable and talented in the industry but it’s the little things that set us apart such as our free first advice, Saturday openings, and no hidden costs promises. And when you choose QualitySolicitors you’ll always get a same-day response and will deal directly with the lawyer working on your case. Each QualitySolicitors firm is an independent law firm, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. What they all share in common is a commitment to providing the very best legal advice combined with a real desire to help people. We offer a wide range of services for businesses, so whether you’re setting up, expanding or restructuring; or just need advice regarding employment issues; we can help. We also provide a comprehensive range of legal services for individuals and families.

EnGrande

Acquisition in 2011
EnGrande provides online reservations for hotels, hostels, apartments, and bed and breakfast facilities.

OberScharrer

Private Equity Round in 2011
OberScharrer Group is a Fürth, Germany-based medical services business.

Eneas Group

Acquisition in 2010
The Eneas Group is one of Scandinavia’s leading players in energy services and brokerage. They create values for more than 25,000 clients in industry, business and agriculture.

POLIKUM Gruppe

Private Equity Round in 2009
POLIKUM manages a network of four OHCs in Berlin and Leipzig, which provide ambulatory general medicine and specialities including paediatrics, physiotherapy and cardiology to statutory and private patients.

SARquavitae

Acquisition in 2009
SARquavitae is an elderly care services in Spain through its various divisions including nursing homes, telecare and home care.

DS Produkte

Private Equity Round in 2008
DS Produkte GmbH is a successful and modern family-owned company in the consumer goods industry. Founded in 1973 by the Hamburg-based businessman Dieter Schwarz, DS has grown from a trading service provider to a manufacturer, importer and exporter of innovative products. Today, DS is a large, international trading house. With its wide range of products, the company from Stapelfeld (just outside of Hamburg) is one of Europe's largest suppliers of mail order, food, retail and discounters in Germany and Europe. In addition, DS Produkte GmbH supplies numerous non-food items for marketing on TV and on the Internet. The product range extends into almost all areas, such as household, small electrical appliances, cookware, cleaning and floor care, outdoor, do-it-yourself, beauty, wellness and fitness as well as seasonal and trend articles. In 1997, the logistics center was built in Mecklenburg Gallin and steadily expanded in the following years. Offering the best without limits - today, more than 400 employees feel committed to this maxim.

The Rug Company

Venture Round in 2008
The Rug Company Ltd. specializes in the design, production, and sale of luxury handmade rugs. Established in 1997 and headquartered in London, the company operates showrooms in key markets, including the United Kingdom, New York, and Los Angeles, and maintains a presence through various franchises and concessions globally. The Rug Company offers a diverse collection of over 300 high-quality, contemporary rugs, all crafted by hand using traditional weaving techniques. It has gained a strong reputation for its design excellence, featuring collaborations with renowned designers such as Alexander McQueen, Diane von Furstenberg, and Paul Smith. The company primarily serves interior designers and high-end retail customers, providing products that blend artistry with durability.

Zensys

Venture Round in 2008
Zensys specializes in wireless networking technology focused on control and status reading applications. The company is best known for developing Z-Wave, a cost-effective, two-way wireless mesh network communications technology. This technology allows consumers to conveniently and securely monitor and manage various home control systems, such as lighting and security, from anywhere globally. In addition to its core technology, Zensys provides a range of products and services, including application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), development kits, and engineering services tailored for Original Equipment Manufacturers.

Dress for Less

Acquisition in 2007
Dress for Less Germany's online clothing and apparel retailer.

Cambridge Education Group

Acquisition in 2007
Cambridge Education Group provides academic, creative, and English language programs in Europe and the United States. Its academic courses include A level, foundation, IB, GCSE, and master's foundation; creative courses comprise arts foundation, BA fashion design, and music foundation; and English language programs cover standard, intensive, and business English. Cambridge Education Group's courses and programs cover various subjects, such as business, economics, finance, management, law, humanities, social sciences, computing, engineering and sciences, life sciences, art, design, media, and film. It began operation in 1952, with its headquarters in Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Prospitalia

Acquisition in 2007
Prospitalia GmbH provides healthcare procurement services for hospitals and health care providers. Its services include purchasing areas for clinical requirements, such as medical consumer goods, investment goods, pharmacies, laboratory requirements, medical technology, disinfection and hygiene, medical gases, housekeeping requirements, and administrative needs; pharmaceutical requirements; planning, procurement, and strategy of investment goods; and catering requirements. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Ulm, Germany.

Retail Decisions

Acquisition in 2006
Retail Decisions which operated fuel card and fraud prevention businesses primarily in Europe and Australia, as well as a the US, China and South Africa.

Cadooz

Acquisition in 2006
Cadooz GmbH is a company based in Hamburg, Germany, that specializes in providing vouchers, rewards, experiences, and incentives. Its extensive product range includes various types of vouchers such as shopping, experience, restaurant, and gift vouchers, along with prepaid card solutions. Cadooz offers customized marketing, sales, and human resources solutions, including consultancy, concept design, and the development and fulfillment of voucher and reward schemes. The company also conducts online surveys to assess voucher incentives and provides tailored incentive travel, events, and VIP hospitality services. Additionally, Cadooz delivers point-of-sale marketing solutions, which encompass competitions and promotions, and operates online platforms for collecting and analyzing marketing and sales promotion data. The company's offerings are utilized in diverse areas including sales promotion, customer acquisition, loyalty programs, and employee motivation. Established in 2000, Cadooz has been a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide since 2011.

Espresso House Baresso

Acquisition in 2006
Espresso House Holding AB owns and operates a chain of coffee bars.

Loyalty Partner

Acquisition in 2005
Loyalty Partner help companies understand their customers better, because only satisfied customers are loyal customers. This is a key factor in ensuring the profitability of a company, particularly in hard-fought markets with low margins. They have built up unrivalled expertise through the successful development and operation of PAYBACK. They know what professional customer management can achieve and help companies create their own solution. In cooperation with their three subsidiaries – the bonus programme and multichannel-marketing platform PAYBACK, the customer insights experts emnos and the IT solutions provider Loyalty Partner Solutions – they cover the entire portfolio for customer management, taking in everything from CRM consulting and the design and implementation of individual bonus programmes to the management of complex single processes.

Cox Insurance Holdings PLC

Private Equity Round in 2005
Cox Insurance was one of the largest UK motor and household insurance companies operating in the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.

Sigla

Acquisition in 2005
Sigla Luxembourg, S.A., based in Conegliano, Italy, specializes in providing consumer credit services. Established in 1982 and operating as a subsidiary of Sigla Luxembourg since 2005, the company offers a variety of loan products, including employee loans for pensioners and state or civil servants, as well as personal and salary-backed loans. Sigla delivers its services through a network of agencies across Italy, facilitating access to credit for private individuals and retail customers. The company focuses on short-term loans and aims to provide customized financial solutions to meet the diverse needs of its clients.

OmniBus Systems

Private Equity Round in 2004
OmniBus Systems was formed in 1994. Since that time the company has experienced continuous growth in the broadcast industry, delivering solutions based on cutting-edge technologies to customers worldwide. With a strong history of innovation and ground-breaking technical achievements, OmniBus has led the field in automated transmission systems since its inception.

NOBA Bank Group

Private Equity Round in 2004
NOBA Bank Group, operating under the name Nordax Bank AB, is a financial institution based in Stockholm, Sweden, that specializes in providing banking products and services to private individuals across Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Germany. Established in 2003, the bank offers a range of services including savings accounts, personal loans, and mortgage loans. With a workforce of approximately 200 employees, Nordax Bank serves around 100,000 customers in the Nordic region. The bank operates under the regulatory oversight of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is backed by the state deposit guarantee, ensuring the security of deposits for its clients.

Towry

Acquisition in 2003
Towry provides financial planning, wealth advice and investment management services to private individuals, families and trustees. Towry advises on the key areas of personal finance, including pensions and retirement, inheritance tax planning and investments, as part of our personal financial planning service. Towry’s aim is to help its clients make the right decisions about their financial future.

NewDay

Acquisition in 2002
NewDay, formerly SAV Credit, is a financial services company specialising in providing credit products to consumers in the United Kingdom. Their vision is straightforward, to help people be better with credit. This is powered by their Manifesto. Their Manifesto is made up of four core principles, we’re a welcoming, understanding, knowing and rewarding business. They make their Manifesto meaningful by placing their customers at its heart, and their Manifesto at the heart of their business strategy. It’s as simple as that.

High Tech Hotels & Resorts SA

Private Equity Round in 2002
High Tech Hoteles was a start-up hotel chain, led by an experienced management team, which owned several hotel brands.

Zensys

Venture Round in 2001
Zensys specializes in wireless networking technology focused on control and status reading applications. The company is best known for developing Z-Wave, a cost-effective, two-way wireless mesh network communications technology. This technology allows consumers to conveniently and securely monitor and manage various home control systems, such as lighting and security, from anywhere globally. In addition to its core technology, Zensys provides a range of products and services, including application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), development kits, and engineering services tailored for Original Equipment Manufacturers.

OmniBus Systems

Private Equity Round in 2001
OmniBus Systems was formed in 1994. Since that time the company has experienced continuous growth in the broadcast industry, delivering solutions based on cutting-edge technologies to customers worldwide. With a strong history of innovation and ground-breaking technical achievements, OmniBus has led the field in automated transmission systems since its inception.

TeamSystem

Acquisition in 2000
TeamSystem Holding S.p.A. is an Italian company that specializes in developing and distributing management software solutions tailored for professionals, businesses, legal practices, and artisans. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Pesaro, Italy, TeamSystem provides a range of services including training and updates for accountants, labor consultants, and corporate managers. The company offers software solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP), payroll processing, and customer relationship management (CRM), along with consulting and support for CAD/PLM software. Additionally, TeamSystem develops cloud-based solutions for personnel management and invoicing, as well as electronic signature services. Its portfolio also includes niche products for sectors such as sports, health, and leisure. The company operates to meet the diverse needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, public administration, and tax professionals, establishing a strong presence in the Italian market.
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