DPE Deutsche Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, DPE Deutsche Private Equity has acquired 5 companies. It has also invested in 1 other.

DPE Deutsche Private Equity’s most common sectors for investment arebusiness services (14%) and staffing (10%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include secondary buyout (37%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (28%). In total, DPE Deutsche Private Equity has invested in 3 different countries.

In the last 3 years, DPE Deutsche Private Equity has exited 3 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (40%). DPE Deutsche Private Equity’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2016 when it sold Westfalia-Automotive for $100M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity32
    • M&A Buy Activity22
    • M&A Sell Activity10
  • Total Sectors Invested 16
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 11

DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH

Ludwigstrasse 7,
Munich, 80539
Germany
+49 (89) 20 00 38 0
www.pdpe.com
info@pdpe.de

DPE Deutsche Private Equity GmbH is a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in German, Swiss and Austrian middle-market companies. Parcom looks to invest €5 to €50 million in businesses valued from €10 to €150 million. Target sectors include business services, education, healthcare, industrial technology and alternative energy/environmental. Parcom prefers majority positions but will consider minority situations with an agreed upon strategy and exit and control clauses. Parcom will not invest in start-ups or turnaround situations. Parcom Deutsche Private Equity is a unit of Parcom Capital, an investment subsidiary of the Dutch ING Group. Parcom Deutsche Private Equity was formed in 2007 and is based in Munich, Germany.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Automotive, Business Services, Education, Electrical Equipment, Energy Services and Equipment, Environmental, Food, Healthcare Services, Machinery, Manufacturing, Oil/Gas Exploration, Renewable Energy, Staffing, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Going Private, Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Secondary Buyout, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 5 50
Enterprise Value 10 150
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 16 - 2 2 1 1 22
Sell (1.0/yr) # 5 2 1 1 - 1 10
vol $199M $199M
  32

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG 2022-08-03 - Secondary Buyout
Wendelstein, Germany · www.silloptics.de
Euro-Druckservice GmbH 2022-01-25 - Secondary Buyout
Passau, Germany · www.edsgroup.de
Engelmann Sensor GmbH 2021-04-27 - Secondary Buyout
Wiesloch-Baiertal, Germany · www.engelmann.de
M-Sicherheitsbeteiligungen GmbH 2020-09-09 - Secondary Buyout
Munchen, Germany · www.mvs.de
Mehler Vario System GmbH 2020-09-09 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Fulda, Germany · www.m-v-s.de
Pharmazell GmbH 2020-02-14 - Secondary Buyout
Raubling, Germany · www.pharmazell-group.com
First Sensor AG 2019-06-04 - Stake Purchase
Berlin, Germany · www.first-sensor.com
Massenberg GmbH 2019-04-29 - Growth Capital
Essen, Germany · www.massenberg.de
valantic GmbH 2019-02-20 - Secondary Buyout
Munich, Germany · www.valantic.com
Expertum Holding GmbH 2018-09-24 - Divestiture
Hamburg, Germany · www.expertum-gruppe.de
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Business Services - - 3 (14%) -
Information Technology 2 (17%) - 2 (9%) -
Life Science 1 (8%) - 2 (9%) -
Manufacturing 2 (17%) - 2 (9%) -
Staffing 1 (8%) - 2 (9%) -
Automotive - - 1 (5%) -
Construction 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Defense 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Electrical Equipment - - 1 (5%) -
Electronics 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Engineering 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Food 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Machinery - - 1 (5%) -
Renewable Energy - - 1 (5%) -
Safety/Security 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Technology Hardware - - 1 (5%) -
Total 12 - 22 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Germany 10 (83%) - 20 (91%) -
Luxembourg 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Switzerland 1 (8%) - 1 (5%) -
Domestic 10 (83%) - 20 (91%) -
Cross-border 2 (17%) - 2 (9%) -
Total 12 - 22 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Secondary Buyout 5 (42%) - 8 (36%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 3 (25%) - 6 (27%) -
Growth Capital 3 (25%) - 5 (23%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (8%) - 2 (9%) -
PIPE - - 1 (5%) -
Total 12 - 22 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 2 (20%) 199M (100%)
Secondary Sale 2 (20%) -
Trade Sale 2 (20%) -
Divestiture 1 (10%) -
IPO 1 (10%) -
Recapitalization 1 (10%) -
Stake Sale 1 (10%) -
Total 10 $199M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Cowen Group, Inc.
 2
PwC Corporate Finance LLC
 1
Rothschild Global Advisory
 1
Legal Deals
P+P Pöllath + Partners
 1
Ebner Stolz
 1
Latham & Watkins
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $100M
< $100M 1 $99M
TOTAL $199M
Largest Westfalia-Automotive GmbH
$100M (2016-08-25)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
36%
8 (36%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
30%
3 (30%)
Strategic(s)
60%
6 (60%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

600M EUR

Established

2007

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Marc Thiery

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Volker Hichert

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Mathias Weidner

Head of Business Development

Elmar Koschka

Head of IT

Fabian Rucker

Partner

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