M&A Deal Summary

Helios Investment Partners Acquires TPAY

On September 17, 2018, private equity firm Helios Investment Partners acquired financial services company TPAY

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Helios Investment Partners’ 5th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Helios Investment Partners’ 1st transaction in United Arab Emirates.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-09-17
Target TPAY
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Helios Investment Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

TPAY

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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TPAY is a provider of mobile payment solution in markets with low banking penetration and high mobile adoption. TPAY was founded in 2014 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Helios Investment Partners

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 3.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Helios Investment Partners is a pan-African private equity firm. Helios looks to commit $15 to $200 million per transaction and will consider a broad range of investment situations. These include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, joint ventures, seed-stage venture capital, restructurings, and strategic public equity investments. Helios is a generalist investor however the firm has particular interest in communications, financial services, power, travel/leisure, distribution/logistics, and agriculture. Helios was formed in 2004 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 17
Sector (Financial Services) 5 of 5
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 4 of 4
Country (United Arab Emirates) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-24 Fertilizers and Inputs Holding B.V.

Netherlands

Fertilizers and Inputs Holding B.V. distributes fertilizers, crop protection products, seeds as well as industrial chemicals through West-Africa, helping improve agricultural yields and facilitating economic development across the region.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-05 Université Privée de Marrakech

Morocco

KMR Holding Pédagogique is the state-recognized multi-disciplinary private higher education platform in Francophone Africa. KMR Holding Pédagogique owns and operates Université Privée de Marrakech, one of Morocco’s leading private universities having received the prestigious Reconnaissance accreditation by the Moroccan State.

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