Livingbridge

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{{Underlinked|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Livingbridge
|logo =Livingbridge Logo.jpg
|type = private
|area_served =
|key_people = [[Alison Carnwath]] (chairman)<br> Wol Kolade (CEO)
|industry = private equity
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|intl =
|foundation = 1995
|location_city = London
|location_country = UK
|location =
|locations = London, Birmingham, and Manchester, UK; and Melbourne, Australia
|slogan =
|homepage = www.livingbridge.com/
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'''Livingbridge''' is a mid-market [[private equity]] firm launched in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingbridge.com/latest/news/2016/livingbridge-raises-660m-to-invest-in-uk-smes/|title=Livingbridge raises £660m to invest in UK SMEs|website=Livingbridge|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref>

Livingbridge was known until November 2014 as '''Isis Equity Partners''', but rebranded as it was "no longer prepared to share [its name] with a terrorist organisation".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thetally.efinancialnews.com/2014/11/isis-equity-partners-rebrands-tree/ |title=Isis Equity Partners renames itself after a tree | TheTally - comment and analysis from Financial News | efinancialnews.com |website=Thetally.efinancialnews.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=115321 |title=Living Bridge: Private Company Information - Businessweek |website=Bloomberg.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Armstrong |first=Ashley |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/11243215/City-firm-unveils-less-terrorist-y-new-name.html |title=City firm unveils less terrorist-y new name |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdate=2016-04-15}}</ref>

Since 1995 it has invested in over 100 UK businesses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingbridge.com/who-we-are/|title=Who we are|website=Livingbridge|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref>

In 2016 it raised £660m in its eighth fundraise, its largest to date. In April 2016 Livingbridge announced the sale of Frank Recruitment Group to [[TPG Capital]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingbridge.com/latest/news/2016/livingbridge-exits-frank-recruitment-group/|title=Livingbridge exits Frank Recruitment Group|website=Livingbridge|access-date=2017-01-19}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Official website|www.livingbridge.com/}}

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