Investec wins with Fenergo deal

Investec-managed venture fund more than quadruples its money in two years

Ergo chief executive John Purdy, one of the Fenergo shareholders bought out by equity fund Insight
Ergo chief executive John Purdy, one of the Fenergo shareholders bought out by equity fund Insight

I’d say they did a little dance this week up at the offices of Investec when the deal was sealed for the US private equity fund Insight to pay $75 million for a majority stake in Irish financial technology company Fenergo.

Most of the cash is being used to take out existing shareholders, including John Purdy’s Ergo and the Investec-managed Ulster Bank Diageo venture fund.

It invested $4 million for a stake of about 20 per cent in late 2013.

Less than two years on, the fund has basically quadrupled its money. A tasty result.