Helios Investment Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

Helios Investment Partners’ most common sectors for investment arefinancial services (30%) and oil/gas exploration (12%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include stake purchase (42%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (24%). In total, Helios Investment Partners has invested in 10 different countries.

In the last 3 years, Helios Investment Partners has exited 1 company. The Firm’s most common exit type is stake sale (37%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity28
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 11
  • Total Countries Invested 10
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12
  • M&A Advisors 6

Helios Investment Partners

2nd floor, 12 Charles II Street ,
London, SW1Y 4QU
United Kingdom
+44 207 484-7700
www.heliosinvestment.com
info@heliosllp.com

Helios Investment Partners is a pan-African private equity firm. Helios looks to commit $15 to $200 million per transaction and will consider a broad range of investment situations. These include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, joint ventures, seed-stage venture capital, restructurings, and strategic public equity investments. Helios is a generalist investor however the firm has particular interest in communications, financial services, power, travel/leisure, distribution/logistics, and agriculture. Helios was formed in 2004 and is based in London.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Agriculture, Communications, Consumer Products, Digital Media, Distribution, Energy Services and Equipment, Financial Services, Information Technology, Media, Retail, Technology Hardware, Transportation, Utilities

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Special Situations/Distressed, Venture

Geographic Preferences: Africa

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 15 200
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 16 1 - - - - 17
Sell (0.4/yr) # 9 1 - - 1 - 11
  28

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Solevo Holding BV 2023-04-19 - Secondary Sale
Geneva, Switzerland · www.solevogroup.com
Africa Specialty Risks Ltd. 2020-09-16 - Growth Capital
London, United Kingdom · www.asr-re.com
AfricaTel Holdings B.V. 2020-09-01 - Stake Sale
Amsterdam, Netherlands · www.africatel.com
Eland Oil & Gas PLC 2019-12-01 - Stake Sale
Aberdeen, United Kingdom · www.elandoilandgas.com
Fawry 2019-08-08 - IPO
Cairo, Egypt · www.myfawry.com
Telkom Kenya Ltd 2019-02-09 - Merger
Nairobi, Kenya
TPAY Mobile FZ LLC 2018-09-17 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · www.tpay.me
Solevo Holding BV 2017-07-24 - Divestiture
Geneva, Switzerland · www.solevogroup.com
InterSwitch Ltd. 2017-03-06 - Secondary Sale
Victoria Island, Nigeria · www.interswitchng.com
Axxela Limited 2016-12-01 - Divestiture
Lagos, Nigeria · www.axxelagroup.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Financial Services 2 (33%) - 5 (29%) -
Communications - - 2 (12%) -
Oil/Gas Exploration 1 (17%) - 2 (12%) -
Chemicals - - 1 (6%) -
Diversified - - 1 (6%) -
Education 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Energy Services and Equipment 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Food - - 1 (6%) -
Insurance 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (6%) -
Media - - 1 (6%) -
Total 6 - 17 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United Kingdom 2 (33%) - 4 (24%) -
Nigeria 1 (17%) - 4 (24%) -
Kenya - - 2 (12%) -
Canada 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
  British Columbia 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Morocco 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
United Arab Emirates 1 (17%) - 1 (6%) -
Egypt - - 1 (6%) -
Netherlands - - 1 (6%) -
South Africa - - 1 (6%) -
Switzerland - - 1 (6%) -
Domestic 2 (33%) - 4 (24%) -
Cross-border 4 (67%) - 13 (76%) -
Total 6 - 17 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Stake Purchase 2 (33%) - 7 (41%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (33%) - 4 (24%) -
Divestiture 1 (17%) - 3 (18%) -
Growth Capital 1 (17%) - 3 (18%) -
Total 6 - 17 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Stake Sale 4 (36%) -
Secondary Sale 2 (18%) -
Trade Sale 2 (18%) -
IPO 1 (9%) -
Merger 1 (9%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (9%) -
Total 11 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Rabobank Securities
 1
Rothschild Global Advisory
 1
KPMG Corporate Finance LLC
 1
Legal Deals
Debevoise & Plimpton
 1
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
 1

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
18%
3 (18%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
18%
2 (18%)
Strategic(s)
36%
4 (36%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Large

PE Assets

3.6B USD

Established

2004

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Babatunde Soyoye

Co-Founder & Partner

Tope Lawani

Co-Founder & Partner

Melissa Sack

Head of Investor Relations, Private Equity

Guy Willner

Managing Director – Digital Infrastructure, Investment Team

Elias Yazbeck

Managing Director – Financial Services/Fintech, Investment Team

FAQ

When was Helios Investment Partners founded?

Helios Investment Partners was founded in 2004.

What type of investor is Helios Investment Partners?

Helios Investment Partners is a private equity firm.

Where is Helios Investment Partners headquartered?

Helios Investment Partners is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

How much capital does Helios Investment Partners have under management?

Helios Investment Partners has 3.6B USD under management.

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