New World Private Equity aims to make equity investments of between £1.0 million and £5 million in private profitable growing businesses.

We are interested in providing financial backing for the following types of transactions:

•   Management buy-outs and buy-ins (MBOs and MBIs)
•   Growth capital deals
•   Replacement capital

We target UK companies in the following sectors:

•   Leisure (particularly restaurants and travel) 
•   Business to business, Consumer and financial services
•   Fashion retail and wholesale (apparel, footwear and accessories)

The key characteristics that we look for in potential investments are:

•   Management teams - we look for quality management teams with a strong track record, a well formulated strategy and the ambition to grow their company
•   Business model – established and proven concept
•   Brand – ideally has a recognised brand name that can be leveraged or the potential to develop a brand
•   Gross Margin – sufficient existing or potential gross margin to allow investment in the brand
•   Customers – sales not concentrated in one or two major customers
•   Positive EBITDA with stable cash flows – min. £1m EBITDA and/or £10.0m turnover
•   Potential for significant EBITDA growth over the investment period – capable of at least doubling profits in 3-5 years