Investment Summary

Actis Capital and Vitruvian Partners Invest In Pine Labs

On March 12, 2018, private equity firms Actis Capital and Vitruvian Partners invested in financial services company Pine Labs

Investment Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 12th and Vitruvian Partners’ 4th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 23rd and Vitruvian Partners’ 1st transaction in India.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-03-12
Target Pine Labs
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Actis Capital
Vitruvian Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Pine Labs

Noida, India
Pine Labs offers a merchant platform that includes technology and financial solutions for merchants to help them in increasing their revenue, reducing the cost and complexity of running a business, and managing the risks involved. Pine Labs integrates India’s top 12 credit and debit card issuing banks, and the top 14 merchant-acquirers, on its payment platform. Over 75,000 merchants across India’s retail, e-commerce, electronics, food and beverage, fashion, financial, pharmacy, telecom and airlines industries are now using Pine Labs. Pine Labs was founded in 1998 and is based in Noida, India.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Actis Capital

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 24.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Actis Capital is a private equity firm focused on investments in emerging markets. Actis segments its investment activity into three areas. These include private equity, energy, and real estate. Actis' private equity team looks for buyout and growth capital opportunities requiring at least $50 million in financing. Depending on the situation, Actis will consider both controlling and minority investment situations. Sectors of interest include financial services, consumer and retail, business services, and industrial. Actis' energy group seeks to invest in in a variety of energy and utility projects. Actis' real estate team invests equity capital in office, residential, industrial, hotel and retail projects. Actis Capital was established in 2004 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 133 of 144
Sector (Financial Services) 12 of 12
Type (Growth Capital) 52 of 54
Country (India) 23 of 24
Year (2018) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Beijing, China

Beijing Chemclin Biotech Co. Ltd. is a manufacturer of IVD products. In particular, it focuses on Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) technology, which is gradually replacing other types of less advanced immunoassay IVD.

Sell $150M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-02 Ostro Energy Pvt

New Delhi, India

Ostro is a wind energy business with plans to build 800MW of wind projects over the next 4 years. Ostro will construct green field projects but at the same time will be open to acquiring operating projects that meet its performance standards. Ostro has signed up 100 MW of Wind Projects so far and continues to build its pipeline to achieve its business plan target.

Sell -
Investor

Vitruvian Partners

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 8.5B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vitruvian Partners is an independent private equity firm that specializes in middle-market buyouts, growth buyouts and growth capital investments in the UK and elsewhere in Northern Europe. Vitruvian looks for companies that are 'operating in dynamic situations, where there is an opportunity to build strategic value'. The Group's target investment size is £25 to £150 million in transactions valued up to £500 million. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer services, financial services, life science, healthcare services, media, technology, communications, and internet software. Vitruvian Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 67
Sector (Financial Services) 4 of 9
Type (Growth Capital) 10 of 19
Country (India) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Berlin, Germany

Smava is a consumer lending marketplace that connects borrowers with personal loan offerings from over 25 partner banks. Smava was formed in 2007 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Manchester, United Kingdom

Travel Counsellors is a travel marketplace for self-employed travel agents. Travel Counsellors was founded in 1994 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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