European Online Retailer, MyOptique Group, Announces £8 Million in Funding, and Names New Chairman

MyOptique Group Ltd., one of Europe's leading online optical retailers selling prescription glasses ( Glasses Direct and MyOptique), sunglasses ( Sunglasses Shop) and contact lenses ( LensOn), announced it has secured £8 million in investment and appointed a new chairman to bolster its aggressive international expansion plans.   The round was led by existing investors Acton Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Index Ventures, who were joined by new investors Cipio Partners and GP Bullhound Sidecar, and will be used to fund both further growth and potential acquisitions, the company said.   Joining MyOptique Group as chairman is Maurice Helfgott, founder and chairman of Amery Capital, the leading advisor and investor company to digital, retail and consumer businesses, current senior independent non-executive director of LSE-listed Moss Bros and former Marks & Spencer main board executive director. MyOptique's former director and chairman, Jamie Murray Wells, has stepped away from those roles, following the sale of the majority of his shares to Cipio Partners.   See more