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Oakley Capital Investments Ltd on Wednesday announced plans to invest around £8 million in ‘hotel demand generation platform’ Paraty Tech. The Pembroke, Bermuda-domiciled firm, which provides exposure to the education, technology, consumer and business service sectors by investing in the funds of Oakley Capital Ltd, said the investment will be an indirect contribution via Oakley Capital Fund VI. The £8 million investment is OCI’s share of Oakley’s investment in Paraty, the size of which wasn’t provided by Oakley. Oakley Capital said Paraty, which is used by independent hotels, hotel chains and mid-market properties in Iberia and is working to expand its US and Latin American footprints, is ‘Spain’s fastest-growing hotel demand generation platform’. Founded in Malaga, Spain in 2012, Paraty enables hotels to manage direct reservations, pricing, and availability through their online and offline channels using its customisable platform. ‘Paraty Tech has achieved impressive revenue growth by taking market share from legacy providers and cross-selling its expanded portfolio of value-added services,’ European mid-market private equity investor Oakley Capital said. ‘Oakley will support Paraty’s team to accelerate international expansion and pursue strategic acquisitions in the fragmented Travel Tech space to create a scaled leader with a broadened product offering.’ It continued: ‘This investment continues Oakley’s successful track record of building high-growth, cloud-based platform businesses in Iberia, such as ERP SaaS platform Grupo Primavera, now part of Cegid Group, and legaltech leader vLex, which Oakley recently agreed to sell at a $1 billion valuation.’ ‘We see significant opportunity to back fast-growing, founder-led technology businesses across Iberia,’ commented Oakley Co-Founder & Managing Partner Peter Dubens. ‘[Co-Founders Gina and Franz Matheis] have already built Paraty into a market leader that is disrupting the entire hotel booking sector not just in their home market, but increasingly on the global stage. ‘We look forward to supporting the team as they scale Paraty into an international category leader.’ Oakley Capital Investments shares were up 0.4% at 550.00 pence on Wednesday morning in London. Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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