Investment Summary

Acton Capital Invests In windeln.de

On May 10, 2011, venture capital firm Acton Capital invested in retailer windeln.de

Investment Highlights
  • This is Acton Capital’s 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Acton Capital’s 8th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • windeln.de went public in 2015.

Investment Summary

Date 2011-05-10
Target windeln.de
Sector Retail
Investor(s) Acton Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target

windeln.de

Munich, Germany
windeln.de is a web store for baby products of daily need. The internet retailer offers more than 4,400 products of over 100 brands, that young parents can comfortably order from home. windeln.de was founded in 2010 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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Investor

Acton Capital

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Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 600M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Acton Capital is a late-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in web-based companies benefiting from the 'digital revolution'. The Firm has a special interest in companies and sectors benefiting from the transition to online activity and will consider opportunities across Europe and North America. Acton Capital Partners was formed in 1999 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 39
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Venture M&A Deals 8 of 31
Country: Germany M&A 8 of 21
Year: 2011 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-09 Linas Matkasse

Sundbyberg, Sweden

Linas Matkasse is a food delivery service provider for recipe bags with fresh ingredients. Linas Matkasse weekly provides its subscribers with a pre-packaged bag of groceries, with easy-to-prepare recipes and ingredients for homemade dinners for the whole family. Linas Matkasse was founded in 2008 and is based in Sundbyberg, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-05-24 tolingo

Hamburg, Germany

tolingo is a one-of-a-kind, 24/7 online translation network and one of the most renowned translation agencies in Germany, that unites translation expertise, creativity, and cutting-edge technology. Through a unique and global pool of over 6,000 specialist translators, tolingo can translate any text at any time with the best translators worldwide. tolingo was founded in 2008 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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