Why invest in OCI?

Key facts

Portfolio

33

companies

EBITDA

~20-30%

YoY growth

5-year CAGR

16%

As at 31 December 2024

A diversified portfolio

OCI offers you the opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of fast-growing, European private businesses. 

175+ experienced professionals

20+ years investing track record

These investments are sourced by OCI’s investment adviser Oakley Capital, a leading pan-European private equity investor with over 120 experienced investment professionals working across four hubs.

Oakley’s origination network helps source compelling portfolio companies that others cannot.

Exciting opportunities

Over twenty years, Oakley has built an effective origination network that helps it source exciting opportunities that others cannot across three sectors: Technology, Consumer, Education and Business Services. Oakley’s deep expertise, strong track record and entrepreneurial heritage make them the partner of choice for ambitious business-founders and management teams.

Sustained growth across economic cycles

Oakley’s proven value creation strategies deliver c.20% average EBITDA growth across a digital-focused portfolio that underpins OCI’s NAV (net asset value) growth and generates consistently superior returns across economic cycles. As of 30 June 2025, OCI has delivered a five-year total NAV return per share CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 17%.

Performance is driven by profit growth in a tech-enabled portfolio that benefits from material recurring revenues.

10-year growth

Exposure to long-term megatrends

Investing in OCI provides you with the opportunity to gain exposure to some of the most exciting long-term megatrends transforming how we work and live, from the shift to online for consumers, and to the cloud for business, and the growing, global demand for quality, accessible education.

OCI’s capital is invested in the Oakley Funds alongside other institutional investors, meaning OCI shareholders invest on similar terms while also enjoying the benefit of daily liquidity offered by a closed-end fund.

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