Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) • Retail

Kester Capital Acquires You Garden

On October 19, 2019, private equity firm Kester Capital acquired retailer You Garden

Acquisition Context
  • This is Kester Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Kester Capital’s 6th transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date October 19, 2019
Target You Garden
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Kester Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target Company

You Garden

Norfolk, United Kingdom
You Garden is a multi-channel home shopping retailer of horticultural products. You Garden provides live product subsector of the UK gardening market through its multi-channel offering that meets consumer demand for choice, speed and flexibility of delivery of live plants, to which the traditional garden centres and DIY providers have struggled to adapt. You Garden is based in Norfolk, United Kingdom.
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Buyer Overview 1

DESCRIPTION

Kester Capital is a private equity firm focused on middle-market company investments in the UK. The Firm looks to invest a minimum of £15 million in businesses valued up to £100 million. Kester Capital was originally established in 2007 as Greenhill Capital Partners Europe, the European private equity arm of Greenhill & Co Inc. Kester Capital is based in London.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 9 of 18
Sector: Retail 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 8 of 12
Country: United Kingdom 6 of 13
Year: 2019 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-01 Jollyes

Waltham Abbey, United Kingdom

Jollyes is a large UK pet retailer. Jollyes has a growing portfolio of over 70 retail park superstores and concessions in garden centres across the UK. Jollyes focuses on providing its loyal and growing customer base with pet products and services that combine great quality and value. Jollyes has recently expanded its offering to customers to include grooming and veterinary services in store. Jollyes was founded in 1935 and is based in Waltham Abbey, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-08 Optibrium

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Optibrium is a drug discovery software provider to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Its StarDrop product is a complete platform of integrated software for small molecule design, optimisation and data analysis that enhances the speed and productivity of the drug discovery process. Optibrium’s Cerella product uses artificial intelligence to learn from complex drug discovery data to target high-potential chemical compounds. Optibrium was founded in 2009 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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