M&A Deal Summary

Activa Capital and Turenne Investissement Acquire Arche MC2

On April 18, 2019, private equity firms Activa Capital and Turenne Investissement acquired software company Arche MC2

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Activa Capital’s 1st and Turenne Investissement’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Activa Capital’s 27th and Turenne Investissement’s 16th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-04-18
Target Arche MC2
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Activa Capital
Turenne Investissement
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Arche MC2

Aix-en-Provence, France
Arche MC2 is a software publisher in the home-care field and for institutions specialized in dependent persons and local authorities. Arche MC2 is based in Aix-en-Provence, France.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

Activa Capital

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Activa Capital is a private equity investment firm that seeks to acquire and invest in mid-market French businesses operating in the industrial products, consumer goods, food and drink, pharmaceutical, business services, and financial services sectors. Activa looks to invest in companies with an enterprise value of €20 to €100 million and will consider majority investments in buyout situations as well as non-control positions in businesses looking for growth funding. Activa can commit in the range of €10 to €30 million per transaction and up to €60 million with co-investment. Target companies typically lead their sector or market and have positive/stable cash flow. Activa Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 33
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 17 of 17
Country: France M&A 27 of 31
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-05 Explore

Carquefou, France

Explore produces value-add to descriptive and behavioral data on companies’ and territories’ news in order to provide unique commercial development, market analysis and customer knowledge to its clients. Explore was founded in 1997 and is based in Carquefou, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-04 Atlas For Men

Paris, France

Atlas For Men is a company specializing in the omnichannel distance selling of outdoor clothing and accessories for men. Atlas For Men is also a major player in the Internet with its 9 e-commerce sites. Atlas For Men was founded in 1999 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer
DESCRIPTION

Turenne Investissement is a French private investment firm focused on acquiring interests in growth companies. Turenne targets its investment activity within the industrial, services, health, and retail sectors. Turenne looks for companies that are at or near profitability and valued between €5 and €100 million. Turenne Capital was formed in 2006 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 18
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 7
Country: France M&A 16 of 17
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-23 BioBank

Lieusaint, France

BioBank is a human origin bone bank who provide services from bone collection (femoral heads) to transformation, and then the distribution of virally inactivated and sterile bone grafts used in orthopaedic and dental surgery. BioBank was founded in 1999 and is based in Lieusaint, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-24 Cousin Medical Group

Wervicq Sud, France

Cousin Medical Group is a medical device manufacturer. Cousin Medical Group was founded in 2014 and is based in Wervicq Sud, France.

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