Technology overview

Strategic report / Sector review: Technology

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Oakley has built a successful track record in backing technology-led businesses.

Strategic report / Sector review: Technology

Technology overview

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Oakley’s first investments were in TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms), demonstrating the Firm’s early track record as a tech investor. This laid the foundations for subsequent investments in niche sectors where Oakley excels, including web hosting and cloud-based SaaS solutions.

Total % of OCI NAV

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Oakley PE technology sector investments

Fund1

Investment currency

OCI residual cost

(Funds)2

£m

 OCI fair

value

£m 

% of

OCI NAV

Cegid

Fund III

EUR

42.5

101.8

8.0%

WebPros

Fund IV

USD

43.4

73.1

5.7%

I-TRACING

Fund V

EUR

55.6

55.6

4.4%

Contabo

Fund V

EUR

32.2

36.5

2.9%

Assured Data Protection

Fund V

GBP

27.4

28.1

2.2%

vitroconnect

Origin II

EUR

15.6

18.4

1.4%

Seedtag

Origin I

EUR

0.0

10.9

0.9%

Horizons Optical

Origin I

EUR

8.8

10.6

0.8%

Alerce

Origin I

EUR

9.0

10.0

0.8%

Hosting.com

Origin I

EUR

7.9

9.6

0.7%

ECOMMERCE ONE

Origin I

EUR

5.9

8.2

0.6%

Daisy

Fund II

GBP

8.6

1.4

0.1%

Total OCI valuation

364.2

28.5%
  • This section sets out the private equity technology sector investments. See Touring I and PROfounders III for Oakley's venture fund investments.
  • OCI’s residual cost represents OCI’s indirect investment through the Oakley Funds and is calculated on a look-through basis.
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