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Investment Summary

Actis Capital Invests In Unza

On August 20, 2004, private equity firm Actis Capital invested in consumer products company Unza

Investment Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 1st transaction in Malaysia.
Investment Fate
  • Unza was sold to a strategic buyer in 2007 for 246M USD.

Investment Summary
Date 2004-08-20
Target Unza
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) Actis Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Unza

Malaysia
Unza is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products like face creams, shampoos, deodorants.

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Investor

Actis Capital

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 26.0B 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, United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 163
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 6
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 9 of 54
Country: Malaysia M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2004 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-01 Flamingo

Stevenage, United Kingdom

Flamingo is a vertically integrated horticultural business that grows, processes, packages, markets, and distributes cut flowers and premium prepared fresh vegetables. Customers include retailers such as Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, as well as other international customers. Flamingo is based in Stevenage, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-30 Orezone Resources

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Orezone Resources, Inc. is a canadian gold exploration and development company that is focused on the discovery and development of gold deposits in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

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