{"id":2093,"date":"2016-09-05T10:44:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T10:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=2093"},"modified":"2018-09-26T16:35:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T16:35:33","slug":"aqaq","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/portfolio-items\/aqaq\/","title":{"rendered":"AQ\/AQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deal<\/strong>: Principal Investment<br \/>\n<strong>Size<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a33 million<br \/>\n<strong>Date<\/strong>: Aug\u00a02016<\/p>\n<p>Ironbridge Capital Partners LLP is delighted to announce the investment of up to \u00a33m in fashion brand AQAQ by Chinese-based investors. In a process led by Associate Partner Michael Pearce, a minority stake has been bought.<\/p>\n<p>London-based AQAQ (www.aqaq.com) is fast gaining traction in the affordable-luxury space, with a highly sophisticated online channel, global wholesale customers and London retail store.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are really happy with our new partners, they have industry expertise, especially in China, and we are excited about the potential for the future. Ironbridge, and in particular Michael Pearce, have been<br \/>\nexcellent throughout the process, both in identifying the right investor and then assisting in closing the transaction\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Julie Lingard<\/strong>, AQAQ Founder<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Michael\u2019s knowledge of the fashion world is outstanding and we are very pleased to have been able to combine his network with Ironbridge\u2019s expertise to deliver for AQAQ&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Crispin Comonte<\/strong>, Managing Partner<\/p>\n<p>For further information please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Michael Pearce<br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:07946%20281%20255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">07946 281 255<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mp@ironbridgecp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp@ironbridgecp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crispin Comonte<br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:07710%20305%20635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">07710 305 635<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cc@ironbridgecp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">c<\/a><a href=\"mailto:c@ironbridgecp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">c@ironbridgecp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deal: Principal Investment Size:\u00a0\u00a33 million Date: Aug\u00a02016 Ironbridge Capital Partners  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2095,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}