Doughty Hanson & Co is a private equity firm founded in 1985 and has been consistently investing across Europe. Head quartered in London, it has offices in Frankfurt, Milan, Stockholm, Paris, Luxembourg, Madrid and Munich. The firm runs three businesses: Private Equity, Real Estate and Technology Ventures.
Private Equity
Doughty Hanson employs conservative and sustainable investment approach. The firm targets its investment in market-leading businesses across Europe. It buys and grows businesses having enterprise value between €250m – €1bn. The firm’s disciplined investment process is to maximize returns to investors by working with the management toward enhancing their capabilities and competitiveness.
Some of Doughty Hanson portfolios in Private Equity are: 20:20 Mobile, Avanza Group, Balta, HellermannTyton, KP1, LM Wind Power, Norit, TMF Group, Tumi, TV3, VUE Entertainment and Zobele Group.
On April 4, 2011 Doughty Hanson announced that its portfolio company Norit agreed to sell its Clean Process Technologies division to Pentair (NYSE: PNR) for €503 million.
Real Estate
Doughty Hanson started its Real Estate fund in 1999 and has been in the office, retail and logistics sectors.
Doughty Hanson portfolios in Real Estate include Aranco Group, Blythe Valley Park, Golf Park, Kings Hill Business Park, Mac567, One Howick Place, Orizzonti, Prado, Spanish Retail Portfolio, Uferstadt and Volvo Offices.
On June 30, 2011 Doughty Hanson announced that it has sold Old George Mall for more than £80 million.
Technology Ventures
Doughty Hanson focuses on internet software, mobile communications and clean energy technology industry sectors, typically in technology start-ups.
Doughty Hanson portfolios in mobile communications sector include Actionality, AdaptiveMobile, Alphamosaic Ltd., Citel Technologies, Digital Imaging System (DIS), Handmade Mobile Entertainment, Mobango, Plazes, Subex, Touchbase and Ubidyne Inc.
Doughty Hanson portfolios in internet software sector include Garlik, Gomez, MegaZebra, RainStor, SoundCloud and Tridion.
Doughty Hanson portfolios in clean energy technology sector include MBA Polymers, Odersun and Sustainable Energy Technologies.
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