M&A Deal Summary

21 Invest Acquires Valbart S.r.l.

On July 1, 2008, private equity firm 21 Invest acquired manufacturer Valbart S.r.l.

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is 21 Invest’s 5th transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is 21 Invest’s 12th transaction in Italy.
Investment Fate
  • Valbart S.r.l. was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2010 for 200M USD.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-07-01
Target Valbart S.r.l.
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) 21 Invest
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Valbart S.r.l.

Mezzago, Italy
Valbart S.r.l. specializes in designing and manufacturing API 6A and API 6D trunnion mounted ball valves and gate valves, and has been recognized as the fastest growing firm in its sector.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

21 Invest

Treviso, Italy

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

21 Invest is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented, middle-market Italian, French, and Polish companies operating in a variety of industries. The Firm invests in French businesses through 21 Centrale Partners, Italian companies through 21 Partners SGR, and Polish companies through 21 Concordia. The Firm targets transactions requiring at least €10 million of capital typically in the form of development capital for growth companies, buyout capital for managers, or replacement capital for companies facing succession issues or needing shareholder liquidity. 21 Invest was founded in 1992 and is based in Treviso, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 89
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 5 of 6
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 14 of 44
Country: Italy M&A 12 of 30
Year: 2008 M&A 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-01 GPP Industrie Grafiche

Truccazzano, Italy

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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