49 IPOs

In the last five years, we have a track record of 400 trade sales and 49 IPOs.

14 countries worldwide

3i has offices in 14 countries across Europe, Asia and the US, and has made investments in more than 30.  We have 750 employees, including over 250 investment professionals. 

$19.5 billion

Our total assets under management, including managed funds ($6.2bn) and advised investment companies ($12bn). In the 12 months until the end of March, we invested in $6.4bn.

Growth Capital, Infrastructure, Buyouts and Quoted Private Equity

We focus our investments on 4 key areas.  In the 12 months to the end of March 08: our Growth Capital team invested $2.0bn; our Buyouts team invested $3.0bn; our infrastructure team invested $680bn.

$9.9 billion

The combined value of our portfolio, which consists of investments in over 450 businesses.

8 key sectors

We actively invest across a wide range of sectors, with specialist global teams in Oil, Gas and Power, Technology, Media, Business Services, Healthcare, Consumer, Financial Services and General Industrial. 

$6.2 billion

3i’s market capitalization as of March 31, 2008. 3i is the only private equity FTSE 100 Company.