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Our new website for Silverfleet Capital goes live

Published on January 10, 2012 in Design, Finance and investment and Web. 0 Comments Tags: buy to build, European investment, private equity, Silverfleet, Silverfleet Capital.

Silverfleet Capital is a leading European private equity firm specialising in mid-market buyouts.

Silverfleet Capital business sectors page

For 25 years, Silverfleet has been backing exceptional management teams in exciting businesses across Europe. The company has an investment team based in London, Paris, Munich and Chicago to help its portfolio companies make bolt-on acquisitions and to achieve strong organic growth.

WildWest has been working with Silverfleet for over a year, helping the company to dramatise its unique approach to investors and potential investee companies. Now, we’ve achieved our biggest landmark yet, a new website (in three European languages) which builds and develops the Silverfleet identity, as well as providing a private, password-protected area specifically for existing investors in the company’s portfolio.

The introduction for investors at the Silverfleet Capital website

WildWest design will be maintaining and updating all three language versions so that European companies can keep up to date with developments at the company. Find out more about Silverfleet Capital (and WildWest web capabilities!) at
www.silverfleetcapital.com

Financial Deal Reports – Now for Silverfleet

Published on October 20, 2010 in Corporate, Finance and investment and International. 0 Comments Tags: deal reports, european, exit, Histoire d'Or, investment, private equity, Silverfleet Capital.

Silverfleet Capital successfully exits Histoire d'Or: the subject of their most recent deal report.

Deal reports are part of the essential landscape of investment companies – a key part of the communications landscape. They are essentially simple documents that keep shareholders, investors, the press, analysts and others in the loop with what a company does and how it is succeeding.

As such, they need to be well-designed, clear and factual, and of course, accurate too!

Silverfleet is a new addition to our client list. We’re very pleased to be working on research reports, web site, and branding projects for them, and of course, we are designing and producing their deal reports too.

This deal report on French jewellery company Histoire d’Or is produced in three languages – French, German and English, reflecting the European basis of the Silverfleet company and its investment portfolio.

‘From little acorns’ cover feature in Real Deals

Published on June 29, 2010 in Finance and investment. 0 Comments Tags: branding, Inflexion, investors, logo, private equity, Real Deals, Simon Turner, venture capital, web site.

Inflexion chief executive, Simon Turner

Inflexion Private Equity are longstanding clients of WildWest Design. They began life on a shoestring, but have transformed into one of the industry’s top mid-market players.

It’s largely because of Inflexion that WildWest was able to develop such a strong presence in financial markets.

Now, managing partner Simon Turner is featured in an interview with the private equity trade magazine, Real Deals, about the philosophy behind his firm’s stellar performance.

Hatton Grange – Identity, Personality, and Capability Too

Published on June 16, 2010 in Brand and identity, Finance and investment and Web. 0 Comments Tags: branding, Corporate, executive, Hatton Grange, Hector MacAndrew, identity, investment, key skills, media investment, non-executive, portfolio companies, private equity, recruitment, senior managers, Simon Mellor, technology investment, venture capital, web design, wild west design, WildWest design.

The home page from the new Hatton Grange website

If you are involved with or interested in the private equity or venture capital markets, (as an investor, manager or participant) then you’ll need to take a look at WildWest Design’s latest client, Hatton Grange.

Hatton Grange is the creation of Hector Macandrew and his partner Simon Mellor. The company – a very specialist provider of services to investors and entrepreneurs in the media and technology sectors – launched last week with its bright, confident new logo, and a new website too, which you can reach at www.hattongrange.co.uk. Both were designed by WildWest.

Hatton Grange partners with entrepreneurs and investors by building networks in their chosen sectors, advising on transactions, providing executive search and consultancy services to their portfolio companies, and originating deals.

The company also supports senior managers (executive and non-executive) in their search for venture capital and private equity backed opportunities.

In a market where specific expertise, experience or knowledge can sometimes be the key to unlocking multi-million pound opportunities, we’re sure that Hatton Grange has a big future in front of it, and we look forward to supporting the company’s aspirations and growth over the coming years.

Duke Street supports 2e2 acquisition

Published on May 19, 2010 in Finance and investment. 0 Comments Tags: Duke Street, private equity.

Long-standing WildWest client, Duke Street, is supporting its portfolio company 2e2 in its acquisition of Morse plc, the listed IT services company.

Inflexion – Buyout House of the Year

Published on May 7, 2010 in Finance and investment. 0 Comments Tags: buyout, buyout award, buyout house, BVCA, finance, financial, Inflexion, private equity, Real Deals, Viking Moorings, Web, web design, web site, website, www.inflexion.com.

Inflexion Private Equity (a Wild West client for many years, ever since we designed their new logo) have triumphed at The Private Equity Awards, hosted by the BVCA (the British Venture Capital Association) and Real Deals, being named Buyout House of the Year.

The judges praised Inflexion for its outstanding performance in what was a challenging year for the private equity industry.

Key achievements included the market beating returns on the exit of Viking Moorings, the ability to raise a co-investment fund and securing new investments in exciting growth businesses.

Winning against prestigious competition, including HgCapital, LDC and Charterhouse, the judges said their decision was unanimous.

More at www.inflexion.com, the web site also designed and programmed by Wild West.

One thing leads to many more…

Published on February 16, 2010 in Marketing. 0 Comments Tags: Advertising, branding, business services, Corporate, direct mail, direct marketing, finance companies, financial, identity, Inflexion, private equity, Satya Capital, web banner, web design, website, www.alcentra.com.

From the new Alcentra/BNY Mellon site

We’re certain that we can’t claim the credit, but it does have to be said that our clients – and particularly those in finance and business services – have managed to retain the entrepreneurial spirit, even through the downturn which we have (and still are in our view) experiencing.

So, while new clients have been harder to get than ever before, it’s been good to have recommendations (either because our work has been visible or because one of our existing clients has been kind enough to refer us to colleagues and friends) which have been cemented on the basis of the work that we have done elsewhere.

Our new site for the American operation of Alcentra (a long-standing and valued client of Wild West Design here in London) adds resources from BNY Mellon, and is already looking very successful.

Further from home, our work for Satya Capital, which we referred to in an earlier post, was noted by a new company working to bring investment into southern Sudan, and it has been our great pleasure to help them (though too early to reveal our work!)

Recent projects for us have included press advertising, web banners, complete websites, identity projects, display systems, corporate and product literature of different kinds, direct marketing initiatives and more! It has been a busy year already, but we’re always pleased to welcome new clients and the challenges they bring.

If you would like to see more of our work of course, just visit the home page of our website and view or print our credentials document, or get in touch with us directly.

Management buy-out at Griffin Global

Published on January 15, 2010 in Brand and identity, Finance and investment, Unusual and Web. 0 Comments Tags: Alcentra, financial, Griffin Global, Indicus Advisors, Inflexion, logo, private equity, Satya Capital, web site, www.inflexion.com.

Private equity firm Inflexion lead another important transaction.

Not that their very smart and seemingly ageless logo has anything to do with it, but Inflexion, a Wild West client since they were taken private some years ago, have successfully concluded another important transaction. This time they have facilitated the management buyout of Griffin Global Group, a company that provides specialist travel services to sectors of the marine and energy exploration industries.

Inflexion Private Equity invests in businesses valued between £10 million and £100 million that display clear potential for growth, and operate within a dynamic environment.

Read more about Inflexion’s work in funding enterprise and the new generation of British business at their (Wild West designed) web site: www.inflexion.com

Wild West work for a number of private equity and other investment companies including Satya Capital, Duke Street, Alcentra and Indicus Advisors.

Satya Capital – an investment company working in Africa

Published on December 7, 2009 in Corporate and Finance and investment. 0 Comments Tags: Africa, Celtel, Corporate, development capital, financial, International, investment, Mo Ibrahim, private equity, Satya Capital, web site, www.satyacapital.com.

Our new web site for Satya Capital is now on line

Satya Capital is an investment company working to provide development capital to expanding and emerging companies in Africa.

Now, it has a new web site to promote its activities and to showcase its work, designed, hosted and maintained by Wild West.

Satya Capital is a company investing in Africa and the huge potential of that continent, and it is doing so with the advantage of some in-depth knowledge of vital success factors. The company targets investments of between $20m and $50m, and has some unique experience in working with companies in the region, most notably through the establishment and growth of Celtel.

Satya would be pleased to hear from companies and others who may be able to introduce investment opportunities. Satya is one of a growing number of private investment companies choosing Wild West for promotional and communications work.

For more information on Satya and its work, visit www.satyacapital.com

What more do you need from us?

Published on October 20, 2009 in Brand and identity, Corporate and Marketing. 0 Comments Tags: Activation, awards, Barclays, Barclays Premier League, branding, Corporate, credentials, design, electronic marketing, financial, identity, private equity, sponsorship, start-up, Stock Spirits, testimonial, Web, web design, web site.

We’ve implemented a new web site. At the moment, it’s a simple holding site – in line with our bold new look. You can reach it on our old address (www.wildwildwest.co.uk) or on our new one – www.designwildwest.com

The pictures which you view through the WW device are samples of our work – from the ribbons on the Barclays Premier League trophy, through to our web site for Stock Spirits.

It is just a holding page really, but you can check our address, view or download our (very smart!) new credentials document or (of course) link through from the site to this blog (and we’ll be updating our blog header very soon too).

If you would like to see more from us – either on the web site or on this blog – then please let us know. At the moment we’re debating what we feature on the web site – our past award-winning work, case studies on topics as widely different as corporate naming or annual reports, or simply the kind comments we’ve had from our clients over the years. Please do get in touch if you have suggestions or comments!

And if you’ve not dealt with us before, maybe now is the time to think about whether we can help you? As you’ll see – in corporate design, in web and electronic marketing, and in sport sponsorship activation – we have a pretty good track record. Why not go to our web site now and take a look at our brand spanking new credentials document? We hope it will convince you to get in touch.

Please bookmark our address now: www.designwildwest.com