Strategic report / Oakley Capital portfolio
Oakley Funds strategies
OCI is an investor in funds managed by Oakley Capital, which consist of Private Equity and Venture Funds investing across four strategies: Venture Capital, Growth Tech, Small-mid Buyout and Mid Buyout.
The Oakley Funds focus primarily on unlisted pan-European businesses, offering shareholders the opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of fast-growing private businesses across four sectors: Technology, Education, Consumer and Business Services.
In addition, OCI holds two Direct Investments: North Sails and Time Out. OCI’s investment in North Sails comprises £60 million of unlisted preferred equity and £110 million of unlisted ordinary equity. The preferred equity carries a 5% coupon. At year-end, OCI’s total holding in the listed entity Time Out was valued at £23 million. Read more about our Direct Investments.
OCI
Investing directly in portfolio
OCI Direct
OCI strategy
Direct Investments
OCI has two Direct Investments, separate from Oakley Funds
Valuations:
North Sails
£170m
Time Out
£23m
Total value
£193m
Oakley Funds
Investing across the company life cycle
Venture Funds
Private Equity Funds
Fund strategy
Venture Capital
Equity ticket
€1-3m
Equity ticket
€1-3m
Funds
PROfounders III
OCI Total Commitment
€30m
Total funds2
€77m
Fund strategy
Growth Tech
Equity ticket
$10-25m
Equity ticket
$10-25m
Funds
Touring I
OCI Total Commitment
$115m
Total funds2
$294m
Fund strategy
Small-mid Buyout
Equity ticket
€30-100m
Equity ticket
€30-100m
Origin Funds
Origin II
Origin I
OCI Total Commitment
€319m
Total funds2
€1.25bn
Fund strategy
Mid Buyout
Equity ticket
€100-250m+
Equity ticket
€100-250m+
Flagship Funds
Fund VI
Fund V
Fund IV
Fund III
Continuation Funds
North Sails CV1
OCI Total Commitment
€2.08bn
Total funds2
€9.89bn
Investing across four sectors
Technology, Education, Consumer and Business Services
- As part of the dissolution of Fund II, OCI’s indirect interest in North Sails was transferred via a distribution in specie into a newly established continuation vehicle, North Sails CV. This transaction enabled OCI to retain its economic exposure to North Sails beyond the end of Fund II’s term, while placing the asset into a dedicated single-asset structure that allows for continued active ownership, improved structural simplicity and greater flexibility in timing a future liquidity event, with the objective of maximising long-term shareholder value.
- Funds is defined as only those that OCI invests in.
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Oakley Funds overview
In this section, we review each of Oakley's Private Equity and Venture Funds, as well as OCI's Direct investments.
Private Equity Funds
This section provides a performance snapshot of our Private Equity Funds.