M&A Deal Summary

21 Invest and Amundi Private Equity Acquire Orisha

On May 19, 2017, private equity firms 21 Invest and Amundi Private Equity acquired software company Orisha

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is 21 Invest’s 2nd and Amundi Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is 21 Invest’s 37th and Amundi Private Equity’s 5th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Orisha was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2021.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-19
Target Orisha
Sector Software
Buyer(s) 21 Invest
Amundi Private Equity
Deal Type Going Private

Target

Orisha

Paris, France
Orisha is a B2B software company focused on acquiring and growing highly-verticalized ERP and PoS software vendors. The Group addresses more than 30 vertical sectors, including health, insurance, retail, trading, real estate and tourism. Orisha provides a number of centralized/corporate resources, including financial, marketing and HR support, and promotes the implementation and sharing of best practices in product development, lead generation, sales execution and customer service. Orisha was formed in 2003 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

21 Invest

Treviso, Italy

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1992
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

21 Invest is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented, middle-market Italian, French, and Polish companies operating in a variety of industries. The Firm invests in French businesses through 21 Centrale Partners, Italian companies through 21 Partners SGR, and Polish companies through 21 Concordia. The Firm targets transactions requiring at least €10 million of capital typically in the form of development capital for growth companies, buyout capital for managers, or replacement capital for companies facing succession issues or needing shareholder liquidity. 21 Invest was founded in 1992 and is based in Treviso, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 68 of 89
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 3
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: France M&A 37 of 48
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-23 Ligier Group

Abrest, France

Ligier Group is a manufacturer and distributor of licence free cars. Ligier Group is based in Abrest, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-01-01 Digitree Group

Rybnik, Poland

Digitree Group provides a wide range of digital marketing services based on proprietary technologies including among others: marketing automation, performance marketing, and direct marketing. The key product offered by the Group is the SARE system, the integrated digital marketing platform offering e‑mail marketing, SMS marketing, SMTP, and surveys. The Company develops its marketing automation tool SAREHub. Digitree Group was founded in 2005 and is based in Rybnik, Poland.

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DESCRIPTION

Amundi Private Equity is the direct, private equity investment arm of asset manager Amundi. The Group looks to invest €10 to €50 million in growth companies generating up to €1.5 billion in sales. Amundi Private Equity principally looks to acquire stakes in French companies, but will consider broader Western Europe as well. Sectors of interest include financial services, healthcare, materials, consumer products, energy, information technology, and communications. Amundi Private Equity is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 17
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 3
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 5 of 15
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-02 Reefer Group

Ducey-Les-Chéris, France

Reefer Group is a manufacturer of trailers, semi-trailers and rigids. Reefer Group was founded in 2015 and is based in Ducey-Les-Cheris, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-19 Altix

Val De Reuil, France

Altix is a designer of automated production equipment for UV imaging and printed circuit boards. Altix was founded in 1991 and is based in Val De Reuil, France.

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