Pinova Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, Pinova Capital has acquired 1 company. It has also invested in 1 other.

Pinova Capital’s most common sectors for investment are software (25%) and chemicals (13%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (44%) and secondary buyout (32%). In total, Pinova Capital has invested in 3 different countries.

In the last 3 years, Pinova Capital has exited 3 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (50%). Pinova Capital’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2018 when it sold CLARUS Films for -.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity22
    • M&A Buy Activity16
    • M&A Sell Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 10
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 2

Pinova Capital GmbH

Viktualienmarkt 8,
Munich, 80331
Germany
+49 0 89.18 94 254.40
www.pinovacapital.com
info@pinovacapital.com

PINOVA Capital GmbH is a private equity group focused on investing in growth oriented engineering and service based companies operating in German speaking Europe. Specific areas of interest include automotive and transport, chemicals/materials, environmental technology, industrial products, business services, environmental services, industrial services, and logistics. PINOVA seeks businesses generating €5 to €50 million in sales where the firm can invest €10 to €75 million of equity capital. Prospective companies demonstrate the potential to become market leaders. PINOVA Capital was formed in 2007 and is based in Munich, Germany.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Apparel/Textiles, Automotive, Business Services, Chemicals, Distribution, Electrical Equipment, Electronics, Engineering, Machinery, Media, Medical Products, Renewable Energy, Software, Transportation

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

Geographic Preferences: Western Europe

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 10 75
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 5 50
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of EUR

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 12 - 2 1 1 - 16
Sell (1.0/yr) # 1 2 1 1 - 1 6
  22

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
deconta GmbH 2020-02-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Isselburg, Germany · www.deconta.eu
Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG 2019-09-20 - Growth Capital
Wendelstein, Germany · www.silloptics.de
WMD Group GmbH (Workflow Management & Document Consulting) 2018-07-16 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Ahrensburg, Germany · www.wmd.de
CLARUS Films GmbH 2018-07-10 - Secondary Buyout
Dietzenbach, Germany · www.clarus-films.com
INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG 2017-12-01 - Unknown
Erlangen, Germany · www.invent-uv.de
WEETECH GmbH 2017-01-13 - Growth Capital
Wertheim, Germany · www.weetech.de
Deurowood Produktions GmbH 2017-01-10 - Divestiture
Hard, Austria · www.deurowood.com
Utimaco Safeware AG 2016-10-21 - Secondary Buyout
Aachen, Germany · www.utimaco.de
Norafin Industries (Germany) GmbH 2016-03-18 - Secondary Buyout
Müllheim, Germany · www.norafin.com
Hemoteq AG 2015-08-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Wuerselen, Germany · www.hemoteq.de
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M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Software 3 (30%) - 4 (25%) -
Chemicals 1 (10%) - 2 (13%) -
Electronics 2 (20%) - 2 (13%) -
Machinery - - 2 (13%) -
Apparel/Textiles - - 1 (6%) -
Business Services 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Electrical Equipment 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Manufacturing 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Plastics - - 1 (6%) -
Test/Measurement Equipment 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Total 10 - 16 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Germany 8 (80%) - 14 (88%) -
Austria 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Switzerland 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Domestic 8 (80%) - 14 (88%) -
Cross-border 2 (20%) - 2 (13%) -
Total 10 - 16 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 2 (20%) - 7 (44%) -
Secondary Buyout 4 (40%) - 5 (31%) -
Growth Capital 3 (30%) - 3 (19%) -
Divestiture 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Total 10 - 16 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 3 (50%) -
Trade Sale 2 (33%) -
Unknown 1 (17%) -
Total 6 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Commerzbank AG
 1
Legal Deals
Shearman & Sterling LLP
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
TOTAL -
Largest CLARUS Films GmbH
- (2018-07-10)

M&A Connections

Deals %
Acquired from
PE Firm(s)
83%
5 83%
Strategic(s)
17%
1 17%
Exited to
PE Firm(s)
50%
3 50%
Strategic(s)
50%
3 50%

Investor Summary

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

300M EUR

Established

2007

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Martin Olbort

Co-Founder & Partner

Joern Pelzer

Co-Founder & Partner

Herbert Seggewib

Partner

Nina Albert

Partner

Jean-Marie Hofbauer

Director

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