Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2006-12-02 |
| Target | Phaxiam Therapeutics |
| Sector | Life Science |
| Investor(s) |
Ardian
Idinvest Partners |
| Deal Type | Growth Capital |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 74 of 465 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 2 of 17 |
| Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals | 8 of 66 |
| Country: France M&A | 45 of 207 |
| Year: 2006 M&A | 37 of 37 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-28 |
CABB
Sulzbach am Taunus, Germany CABB is a vertically integrated global supplier of fine and specialty chemicals and customer manufacturing solutions for the agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care, and food markets. CABB was founded in 2003 and is based in Sulzbach am Taunus, Germany. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-01 |
Artefact
Paris, France Artefact is an independent international performance agency, provides digital marketing services primarily in France. Artefact was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Paris, France. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| PE ASSETS | 7.6B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Idinvest Partners is a European investment firm focused on investing in small to mid-sized companies at various stages of development. Idinvest segments its investment activity into three groups. These include venture and growth capital, private debt, and dedicated portfolios/funds. Idinvest's venture and growth capital group looks to invest directly in early stage companies with high growth potential. Idinvest's private debt group seeks to provide senior or subordinated debt to small and mid-sized companies pursuing growth objectives. Idinvest's dedicated portfolio/funds group looks to invest in private equity funds, acquire secondary fund positions, and directly co-invest alongside other private equity firms in established companies. Idinvest Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 14 of 78 |
| Sector: Life Science M&A | 1 of 10 |
| Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals | 3 of 32 |
| Country: France M&A | 11 of 56 |
| Year: 2006 M&A | 6 of 7 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-06-29 |
Clear2Pay NV/SA
Diegem, Belgium Clear2Pay develops innovative payment technology for financial institutions, aimed at the safe, timely and smooth processing of internal payment traffic. Clear2Pay invests around EUR 5 million a year in researching and developing innovative payment technologies for use on a global scale. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-06 |
Yoona
Paris, France Yoona is a search engine, provides on-line help, guides, and suggestions to web users. Yoona was founded in 1995 and is based in Paris, France. |
Buy | - |
