Oakley Capital Investments Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage, series B, growth, late stage, emerging growth, small, mid-markets, corporate carve-outs, buyouts, mezzanine, restructuring, management buy-outs, management buy-ins, small-mid buyout, mid-buyout, public to privates, re-financings, secondary purchases, growth capital, turnarounds, industry consolidation, business roll-outs and buy-and-build investments as well as investments in other funds. It seeks to invest in the unlisted companies and performing and under-performing companies based in Western Europe with a focus on the United Kingdom. The firm is sector agnostic but seeks to invest in consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, business services, commercial printing environmental & facilities services, security & alarm services, internet services, internet software, technology, media, telecommunications, communications equipment, education sectors, business & support services, online transactional businesses (consumer and b2b), real estate, utilities, niche consumer brands, niche leisure, lifestyle businesses, webhosting and cloud-based SaaS solutions, online commerce, offline and online platforms across primary, secondary and tertiary education and professional learning. It seeks to invest in the companies based in Europe with a focus on Western Europe, DACH, Andorra, Belgium, France, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Latin America and Caribbean, United States, Canada, South America, Italy, Iberia, North America, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia (Far East, Indian Sub-continent, Pacific Islands, South-East Asia, and the United Kingdom. The firm prefers to invest equity between €1 million ($1.09 million) and €250+ million ($257.70+ million) per transaction in companies with enterprise values between €50 million ($51.54 million) and €1000+ million ($1,124.51+ million). The firm seeks to acquire controlling equity positions in portfolio companies but can also invest in other parts of the capital structure, including mezzanine and senior debt in support of equity-led transactions. In exceptional circumstances, it will take a minority stake as well as majority stake in the business. The firm may also consider investing in public or listed securities. It also seeks to make co-investments. The firm usually invests for a period of five years.