Add-on Acquisition • Marketing

Datawords Acquires Vanksen

On December 1, 2017, Datawords acquired marketing company Vanksen from Quilvest Capital Partners

Acquisition Context
  • This is Datawords’ 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Datawords’ 1st transaction in Luxembourg.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date December 1, 2017
Target Vanksen
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Datawords
Sellers(s) Quilvest Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Bryan Garnier & Co. (Financial)

Target Company

Vanksen

Bertrange, Luxembourg
Vanksen is a digital-native agency with expertise in social media, SEO, social data and e-reputation, strategic consulting, and digital implementation. Vanksen was founded in 2001 and is based in Bertrange, Luxembourg.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Datawords

Levallois-Perret, France

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Digital Media
Revenue 25M EUR (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Datawords is a pioneer of e-Multiculturalism, a discipline that helps to optimize and accelerate the international deployment of digital marketing strategies. Datawords was founded in 2000 and is based in Levallois-Perret, France.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Marketing 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition 1 of 3
Country: Luxembourg 1 of 1
Year: 2017 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-10 87 Seconds SA

Brusssels, Belgium

87 Seconds SA is a provider of video content which will be available in 60 languages and many cultural specificities. 87 Seconds is based in Brusssels, Belgium.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Quilvest Capital Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1972
PE ASSETS 7.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Quilvest Capital Partners is the private equity investment arm of asset management firm Quilvest. Quilvest Capital Partners invests in private equity and debt funds as well as makes direct investments. The direct investment group looks for opportunities in the US, Europe, and 'opportunistically' in Asia with a preference for buyout, growth capital, and venture transactions. Quilvest Capital Partners will consider both minority and majority positions. Quilvest Capital Partners was established in 1972 and is based Paris.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 52 of 69
Sector: Marketing 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 20 of 27
Country: Luxembourg 1 of 1
Year: 2017 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-23 Groupe EDH

Paris, France

Groupe EDH is an independent player in the private higher education sector, operating five reference schools – EFAP (Communication), ICART (Art and Culture Management), EFJ (Journalism), BRASSART (Digital Creation) and CESINE (Design, Marketing and Communication) – across 25 campuses in France and abroad. Groupe EDH was founded in 1961 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-23 Net4 India

New Delhi, India

Net4India is a provider of the data center, cloud hosting, and network services. The company’s services include domain name registration, web hosting, broadband access, hosted voice, network integration and applications over broadband, primarily to SMEs in India.

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