M&A Deal Summary

Koehler Group Acquires kfzteile24

On April 21, 2023, family office Koehler Group acquired retailer kfzteile24 from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Koehler Group’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Koehler Group’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-04-21
Target kfzteile24
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Koehler Group
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

kfzteile24

Berlin, Germany
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kfzteile24 is an eCommerce platform for automotive spare parts in Germany. In addition to its online shop, kfzteile24 has three retail stores with affiliated repair shops in Berlin to supplement the online distribution. The company has a full range of product offerings of automotive spare parts and accessories for B2C and B2B customers, including a significant portion of private label products. kfzteile24 was founded in 2001 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Retail) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 1 of 1
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2023) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 50.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 168 of 175
Sector (Retail) 12 of 12
Type (Secondary Buyout) 51 of 55
Country (Germany) 31 of 34
Year (2023) 2 of 7
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-06-13 BBS Automation

Garching, Germany

BBS Automation is a provider of flexible and high-quality automation solutions for complex manufacturing and testing processes. The company develops and manufactures tailor-made automated assembly and testing applications for customers from a wide range of industries. BBS Automation was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Garching, Germany.

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