Kerten Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

Kerten Capital’s most common sectors for investment arebuilding materials (15%) and business services (15%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (86%) and growth capital (15%). In total, Kerten Capital has invested in 4 different countries.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (50%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity7
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 2

Kerten Capital

Kerten Capital

221-223 Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines,
Dublin,
Ireland
+353 1 208 0691
www.kerten.com
info@kerten.com

Kerten Private Equity is an independent private equity firm focused on mid-sized companies in Central and Eastern Europe. The Firm generally looks to provide growth capital, but also supports buyouts/buy-ins, take privates, and recapitalizations. Kerten is a generalist investor, willing to consider companies in a a broad range of industry sectors, however, areas of particular interest include business services, food and food ingredient production, health, energy and infrastructure delivery and services. Kerten Private Equity was formed in 2006 and is based in Dublin, with additional offices in Warsaw, Bucharest, and Istanbul.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Consumer Products, Distribution, Education, Energy Services and Equipment, Food, Healthcare Services, Leisure, Manufacturing, Packaging, Retail

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

Geographic Preferences: Eastern Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - 5
Target EBITDA - 1
Investment Size 1 10
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 7 - - - - - 7
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Fota S.A 2017-06-07 - Bankruptcy
Gdynia, Poland · www.fota.pl
Elit Chocolate 2011-01-26 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
İstanbul, Turkey · www.elit-chocolate.com
Cezar SA 2010-04-17 - Trade Sale
Bialystok, Poland · www.cezar.pl
The House Hotel and Residence 2010-02-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Dublin, Ireland · www.househotels.com
Fota S.A 2008-11-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Gdynia, Poland · www.fota.pl
Kamot Mielec S.A. 2008-06-05 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Mielec, Poland · www.kamot.eu
KISAN sp. Z o. O 2008-01-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Kanczuga, Poland · www.kisan.pl
Logos Investments S.R.L. 2007-09-01 - Growth Capital
București, Romania
Cezar SA 2007-05-31 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Bialystok, Poland · www.cezar.pl
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Building Materials 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Business Services 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Distribution - - 1 (14%) -
Food 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Leisure 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Packaging - - 1 (14%) -
Transportation - - 1 (14%) -
Total 4 - 7 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Poland 2 (50%) - 4 (57%) -
Ireland 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Turkey 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Romania - - 1 (14%) -
Domestic 1 (25%) - 1 (14%) -
Cross-border 3 (75%) - 6 (86%) -
Total 4 - 7 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 4 (100%) - 6 (86%) -
Growth Capital - - 1 (14%) -
Total 4 - 7 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Bankruptcy 1 (50%) -
Trade Sale 1 (50%) -
Total 2 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Strategic(s)
50%
1 (50%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Small

Established

2006

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Michael Shea

Founder

FAQ

When was Kerten Capital founded?

Kerten Capital was founded in 2006.

What type of investor is Kerten Capital?

Kerten Capital is a private equity firm.

Where is Kerten Capital headquartered?

Kerten Capital is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

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