Piper Private Equity has provided £3m growth funding to Diet Chef, the UK’s leading home delivered diet company. Diet Chef was founded in 2007 and has seen rapid growth achieving over £5m of sales in 2009 and is forecast to double in size year on year. With over 60% of adults in UK being either

Piper Private Equity has provided £8m of funding to support the MBO of Weird Fish from its founder. The investment gives Piper a majority stake in the business and will enable Weird Fish to develop its clothing offer and expand its wholesale and direct sales. Weird Fish was founded some 15 years ago and has

Piper hosted its sixth networking lunch to discuss The Challenge of International Expansion with a group of Chairmen and CEOs many of whom had experienced both the benefits and the pitfalls of going global. The group included Ian Cheshire (Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher plc), Chris Woodhouse (Finance Director, Debenhams and Chairman, Gondola) Stefan Cassar (Non

Piper has sold Maximuscle to Darwin Private Equity for £75m, providing Piper with a 10x multiple on its investment in just over three years Maximuscle is the UKs fastest growing sports nutrition brand used by sports stars such as Josh Lewsey and Gavin Henson. The business was founded in 1995 by sports nutrition expert Zef

Piper has realised its stake in the Las Iguanas restaurant chain to Bowmark Capital delivering a 6x multiple on its investment Over the five years of its investment, Piper has helped Las Iguanas grow from a regional operator of four restaurants to become the market leading Latin American restaurant chain in the UK, with fourteen

Piper has sold its stake in Boden, the highly successful direct clothing business, achieving a 30x multiple on its original investment Since Piper’s investment, Boden has developed from a quirky niche catalogue business into a leading international clothing brand. Sales have grown from £20m to over £150m, with US sales delivering over $100m. During its

Piper have successfully exited from its investment in Rohan, the UKs leading premium travel clothing business, selling its stake to the current Chairman, Colin Fisher. Piper achieved a 2X multiple on its investment. During the period of its investment, Piper worked alongside management to make a number of changes to the brand including: Defining the

Piper has completed the MBO of Bottlegreen Drinks Company, the manufacturer and distributor of premium branded adult soft drinks, making a £5 million investment. Piper has completed the MBO of Bottlegreen Drinks Company, the UK’s leading brand of elderflower cordials and pressés. Established in 1989 by founders Kit and Shireen Morris, Bottlegreen has a turnover