Description Exponent Private Equity invests in middle-market companies in the UK, with a focus on the media, financial services, health care, and business services sectors. It typically commits up to £200 million per investment. The company's portfolio holdings include online publishing company Magicalia, rail ticket seller Trainline, handbag chain Radley, and recruitment firm GTI Group. It bought bed retailer Dreams in 2008. Founded in 2004 by a group of former executives from 3i Group, Exponent raised £400 million from institutional investors (mainly pension funds and other long-term investors) in the US and Europe for its first fund. It has grown to some £1.2 billion of assets under management.