industry private equity founded 1988 headquarters london united kingdom products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 2.6 billion number of employees 45 website www.dukestreet.com duke street is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle market companies in western europe particularly the uk and france . the firm which is based in london was founded in 1988 as hambro european ventures the private equity investment arm of hambros bank . the principals of the firm completed a spinout from hambros in 1998 following the bank s sale to soci t g n rale and changed name of the firm to duke street capital and later duke street . the firm has raised approximately 2.6 billion since inception across six private equity investment funds . 1 among the firm s most notable investments are wagamama gala bingo 2 equity insurance group 3 4 burton s foods 5 esporta health clubs getty images the original factory shop lm funerals marie brizard 6 megabowl oasis 7 great mills 8 and payzone . 9 in august 2015 duke street with searchlight capital partners acquired controlling interests in two british construction equipment rental firms fork rent and one call hire . 10 references edit including funds raised prior to the spinout from hambros gala hits the jackpot . the telegraph mar 2002 europe britain insurer accepts buyout bid . new york times march 17 2005 duke street and englefield exit equity insurance group in 570m deal . altassets december 2006 duke street is front runner in burton s foods race . the times february 15 2007 397 m marie brizard exit for duke street . altassets april 2006 oasis eyes sale to double dentist practices . telegraph january 9 2012 british investment firm to buy home improvement chain . new york times december 6 2000 private equity group takes 69pc stake in payzone . silicon republic february 8 2010 langworth hannah 25 august 2015 . real deals . caspian media . duke street plans fresh fund . independent the london january 9 2006 hambro capitalist ventures out the door . independent the london february 9 1994 edmund truell ceo duke street . euromoney january 2003 memorandum submitted by duke street capital to the uk house of commons select committee on treasury . june 2007 external links edit duke street company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title duke street capital & oldid 685779907 categories private equity firms of the united kingdominvestment banking private equity groupsfinancial services companies established in 1988financial services companies based in londonprivate equity firm stubsunited kingdom financial services company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2015 at 23 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view