M&A Deal Summary

H.I.G. Private Equity Acquires Hiventy

On April 1, 2016, private equity firm H.I.G. Private Equity acquired media company Hiventy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 3rd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is H.I.G. Private Equity’s 6th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Hiventy was sold to a strategic buyer in 2022.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-04-01
Target Hiventy
Sector Media
Buyer(s) H.I.G. Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Hiventy

Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Hiventy offers its customers recognized technical expertise in the areas of image, sound post-production, digital restoration, dubbing, sub-titling, broadcast and video and digital delivery. Hiventy is based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

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Buyer

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HIG Private Equity is the private equity arm of HIG Capital. The Firm focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations of mid-sized to large companies valued between $50 million and $1 billion. HIG will also consider industry consolidations, going-privates, and corporate divestitures. Sectors of interest include aerospace, building materials, business services, consumer products, distribution, healthcare, infrastructure, contracting, manufacturing, media, oil & gas services, IT, and transportation. HIG was formed in 1993 is based in Miami, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 185 of 385
Sector: Media M&A 3 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 60 of 118
Country: France M&A 6 of 11
Year: 2016 M&A 5 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-30 Groupe CTI

Agneaux, France

Groupe CTI is a market leader for boilers and industrial pipe manufacturing in the energy industry. The CTI/Maten alliance will enable the new group to present a balanced, complementary range of services, both in construction and maintenance. CTI and Maten share the same know-how in technical metalwork for parts, benefiting from a highly-qualified staff trained to meet stringent safety requirements.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-28 AVI-SPL

Tampa, Florida, United States

AVI-SPL provides AV and VC solutions and services, including design, engineering, procurement, integration, and installation of AV and VC systems for corporate office space, control centers, educational facilities, convention centers, and a variety of other end markets. AVI-SPL was founded in 1979 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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