Investment Summary

Sentica Partners Exits Kotipizza

On June 4, 2015, invested in restaurant Kotipizza from Sentica Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is transaction in Finland.
Investment Fate
  • Kotipizza was sold to a strategic buyer in 2018 for 146M EUR.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-06-04
Target Kotipizza
Sector Restaurants
Sellers(s) Sentica Partners
Deal Type IPO

Target

Kotipizza

Vaasa, Finland
Kotipizza is a Finnish chain of pizza restaurants, founded in 1987, currently with more than 280 sites in over 150 towns and cities throughout Finland. Retail sales in the Kotipizza chain were €66.1 million in 2010. Over 95 per cent of Kotipizza’s retail sites in Finland are independently franchised businesses. Franchisees benefit from a tested, profitable business concept as well as readyprepared products, a brand identity, the chain’s know-how and other advantages of collaboration.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sentica Partners

Helsinki, Finland

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 500M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sentica Partners is a private equity group focused on investing in and developing small to mid-sized Finnish companies. Sentica looks for businesses generating sales of €10 to €100 million. The Firm is a generalist investor, but areas of particular interest include IT services, healthcare services and products, business services, consumer goods, manufacturing, and engineering. Sentica Partners in its present form was founded in 2004. The Firm has offices in Helsinki and Kuopio.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 26
Sector: Restaurants M&A 1 of 1
Type: IPO M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Finland M&A 16 of 26
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 4
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