Shackleton II Sells Asfordby Cementing Another Fund’s top Decile Ranking

Shackleton is pleased to announce that it has now sold its interest in Asfordby Haulage and Storage Limited, the Melton Mowbray-based logistics business.  Shackleton Secondaries II LP originally acquired its interest in Asfordby from 3i Group plc.  Urban Logistics, the last mile logistics focused REIT, paid £40.7m for Asfordby's 72-acre site including its substantial yard and three high quality units totalling 665,527 sq ft. This [...]

2023-08-22T08:52:04+00:00August 22nd, 2023|Categories: Exit, News, Press Release|Tags: , |
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Shackleton’s 28th Profitable Exit

Shackleton Ventures is thrilled to announce its 28th profitable exit with the sale of Stuarts Properties, a commercial property company that has proven to be another excellent investment.   This exit marks an important milestone because it allows us to feel that, in our way, we are living up to the spirit of Shackleton’s great Antarctic expedition a century ago. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton [...]

2023-04-06T08:31:19+00:00April 5th, 2023|Categories: Exit, News, Press Release, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |
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A Second Exit from the FinLeap Portfolio this year

Yesterday, FinLeap portfolio company PAIR Finance announced a majority investment from Pollen Street Capital. Founding investor finleap will retain a minority position in the company.  FinLeap is an investment in Shackleton's Victoria Fund. PAIR Finance is a high-growth, digital first collections platform offering unique collections technology based on artificial intelligence and behavioural research, aiming to create a more efficient payment process that prioritises customer experience [...]

2022-10-12T16:52:38+00:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: Exit, News|Tags: , , |
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Shackleton Celebrates another Profitable Exit

We are pleased to announce that we have effected the sale of IRT Surveys to Mears Group PLC, the leading provider of services to the Housing sector in the UK.  IRT is an investment in Shackleton's third fund, SS3 LP and Shackleton's representative Deborah Hudson has played an active role in the development and ultimate exit of the business. Headquartered in Dundee, IRT provides a range [...]

2022-08-30T14:09:56+00:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Exit, News, Press Release|Tags: , , |
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Tissuemed Seals Exit, with 41% IRR over 14 years

We are delighted to announce today the sale of Tissuemed to Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX).  Tissuemed, the Leeds-based medtech specialist, develops and manufactures self-adhesive films that help surgeons to close and seal sutured and stapled internal tissues. Tissuemed is the last of Shackleton's 2007 vintage investments to be sold.  It has achieved strong growth and profitability in recent years and has been paying dividends.  This [...]

2021-12-13T10:15:58+00:00December 9th, 2021|Categories: Exit, News|Tags: , , |
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Exterity: Shackleton’s 25th Profitable Exit

We are delighted to announce the sale of Exterity to French company Vitec S.A.  Exterity, based in Dalgety Bay, Scotland, is a market-leading provider of IPTV Technology, Digital Signage and Guest Experience solutions. Shackleton’s third fund, Shackleton Secondaries 3 LP, originally acquired a significant interest in Exterity in April 2014 as part of a portfolio of 13 investments.  Shackleton played an active role on the [...]

2021-05-21T11:09:12+00:00May 21st, 2021|Categories: Exit, News|Tags: , |
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Shackleton’s 24th Profitable Exit

We are pleased to announce that we have sold our interest in OmPrompt to Eurazeo-backed Elemica International, Inc.  OmPrompt is a leading developer of AI-based SaaS systems for processing order entries for consumer goods and healthcare companies. We originally acquired a significant interest in OmPrompt in December 2008 when we bought out equity investors and bank debt after OmPrompt’s momentum slowed in the global downturn.  [...]

2021-03-26T17:29:06+00:00March 26th, 2021|Categories: Exit, News, Press Release|Tags: , , |
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Trutac: Shackleton’s 23rd Profitable Exit

We are pleased today to announce the sale of Trutac to Microlise.  The transaction sees the Coventry-based experts in fleet compliance and management software becoming a part of the Microlise group, which itself offers a broad range of fleet solutions including vehicle tracking, telematics and journey management. This is Shackleton’s 23rd profitable exit, delivering an IRR of 23%. Since our initial investment in 2010, Trutac has [...]

2020-03-09T18:53:16+00:00March 9th, 2020|Categories: Acquisition, News, Press Release|Tags: , |
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PanIntelligence Funded for further Growth

We are delighted to announce that Shackleton investee, PanInsight (trading as Panintelligence) has secured fresh investment from YFM Equity Partners and Cohmar Capital.  The £4.5 million transaction will allow the company to pursue its next phase of growth and allows a partial cash exit for Shackleton and other founder investors.  This also represents Shackleton's 22nd profitable realisation. PanIntelligence is a rapidly scaling data visualisation, reporting [...]

2019-11-26T16:22:07+00:00November 26th, 2019|Categories: Exit, Funding, News, Press Release|Tags: , , , |
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21 today! DEM is Shackleton’s 21st profitable exit

We are pleased to announce the sale of Shackleton portfolio company DEM Solutions to Altair Engineering Inc., (Nasdaq:ALTR).  This is our 21st profitable exit. DEM Solutions' lead product, EDEM, is the market-leader in Discrete Element Method (DEM) software for bulk material simulation.  Blue-chip companies around the world also use EDEM to reduce costs of operations, shorten product development cycles and drive product innovation. In addition, [...]

2019-11-11T12:40:10+00:00November 7th, 2019|Categories: Exit, News|Tags: , |
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