Midmarket private equity operator Oakley Capital, together with Ducth entrepreneur Eric Blijsma, bought Italiansportswear company Tomasoni Topsail from founder Leopoldo Poppi. The company owns exclusive license for producing and distributing sportswear products with North Sails brand in Europe e in Asia.
The deal follows previous Oakley acquisition of North technology group (owner of North Sails brand) and allows it North Sails global activities consolidation under a unique ownership.
“We will launch two new collections”, said new Tomasoni’s ceo Eric Bijlsma. “One will be called North Sails Blue and will be a casual line. The other will be called North Sails Black, a high end line which will be available starting from Autumn 2015”.
his is the second investment in Italy for Oakley Capital after few days ago the fund announced its first investment in Facile.it price comparison website (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
