Investment Summary

Perwyn and BGF Invest In Gousto

On December 7, 2015, family office Perwyn and growth capital firm BGF invested in food company Gousto

Investment Highlights
  • This is Perwyn’s 2nd and BGF’s 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Perwyn’s 2nd and BGF’s 83rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-12-07
Target Gousto
Sector Food
Investor(s) Perwyn
BGF
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Gousto

London, United Kingdom
Gousto is a meal kit retailer. Gousto supplies subscribers with recipe kit boxes which include ready-measured, fresh ingredients and easily followed recipes. Gousto was founded in 2012 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor
DESCRIPTION

Perwyn is a privately-funded investment firm that seeks to invest in development capital and buyout transactions of businesses valued from £100 to £500 million. Perwyn prefers to be the first round of institutional capital and will consider opportunities throughout the UK and Western Europe. In addition investing equity capital, Perwyn also provides flexible debt capital to companies, investing £5 to £25 million per deal. Perwyn was established in 2013 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 26
Sector: Food M&A 2 of 5
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 14
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Wetteren, Belgium

Mr. Mallo is the Europe’s is a private label manufacturer of marshmallow confectionery products supplying customers in over 50 countries across Europe and beyond. Mr. Mallo was founded in 1907 and is based in Wetteren, Belgium.

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Investor

BGF

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 2.5B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Business Growth Fund (BGF) is a private investment firm focused on early and growth-stage investing across the UK. The Firm also invests in publicly traded companies. BGF's growth team looks to invest £1 to £15 million in small to mid-sized companies looking for additional capital to pursue growth. BGF was established in 2011 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 84 of 370
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 10
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 69 of 290
Country: United Kingdom M&A 83 of 345
Year: 2015 M&A 23 of 23
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Londonderry, United Kingdom

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London, United Kingdom

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