Investment Summary

5square Invests In Black Bear Carbon

On September 6, 2018, private equity firm 5square invested in environmental company Black Bear Carbon

Investment Highlights
  • This is 5square’s 1st transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is 5square’s 8th transaction in the Netherlands.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-09-06
Target Black Bear Carbon
Sector Environmental
Investor(s) 5square
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Black Bear Carbon

Eindhoven, Netherlands
Black Bear Carbon produces carbon black by extracting it from waste tires and converting the remains of the tires into oil and gas. Black Bear Carbon with its innovative technology it is able to (re-)produce sustainable carbon black, which significantly reduces very harmful CO2 emissions and contributes to solving global pollution problems. Black Bear Carbon was founded in 2010 and is based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

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Investor
DESCRIPTION

5square is a private equity firm focused on acquiring profitable, medium-sized Dutch companies. The Firm typically invests €5 to €10 million per transaction and will consider both majority and minority positions. 5square was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Laren, the Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 15
Sector: Environmental M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 5
Country: Netherlands M&A 8 of 14
Year: 2018 M&A 4 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Oostrum, Netherlands

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-07 So Connect

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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