Investment Summary

Africinvest, IDIA Capital Investissement and Arkea Capital Invest In Piriou

On January 30, 2020, growth capital firm Africinvest, corporate investor IDIA Capital Investissement and private equity firm Arkea Capital invested in marine company Piriou

Investment Highlights
  • This is Africinvest’s 1st, IDIA Capital Investissement’s 1st and Arkea Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Marine sector.
  • This is Africinvest’s 8th, IDIA Capital Investissement’s 66th and Arkea Capital’s 66th transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2020-01-30
Target Piriou
Sector Marine
Investor(s) Africinvest
IDIA Capital Investissement
Arkea Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Piriou

Concarneau, France
Piriou engages in fields of shipbuilding and ship repair for medium sized vessels. Piriou was founded in 1965 and is based in Concarneau, France.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

Africinvest

Tunis, Tunisia

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Africinvest is a private equity firm focused on growth investments in African companies. The Firm generally targets minority investments in small to medium-sized companies, but Africinvest will consider select majority situations. Africinvest does not have any sector preferences and looks to hold for 4 to 6 years. Africinvest was formed in 1994 and is headquartered in Tunis, Tunisia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 57
Sector: Marine M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 17 of 20
Country: France M&A 8 of 17
Year: 2020 M&A 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-14 MDP

New Cairo, Egypt

MDP provides card manufacturing & payment processing and has produced over 100M cards. Masria Digital Payments offers a complete Ecosystem in terms of cards, processing, as well as digital solutions. Masria Digital Solutions covers all sectors in the Banking, Public sector, Health & Sports, Education, FinTech, and Retail fields. MDP was founded in 1985 and is based in New Cairo, Egypt.

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2020-03-03 Le Wagon

Paris, France

Le Wagon is a coding school open to all and offers short and intensive training (bootcamp) in web development and data science. Le Wagon's mission is to enable the greatest number of people to learn technical skills in order to update their skills, promote their retraining, or to provide them with the tools they need to launch their project. Le Wagon was founded in 2013 and is based in Paris, France.

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IDIA Capital Investissement

Paris, France

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Category Corporate Investor
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.9B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

IDIA Capital is a long-term agroindustry investor. Specific areas of interest include sectors related to the food industry, wine, agriculture production, and forestry. IDIA typically provides growth capital and can commit €1 to €50 million per transaction. IDIA is a unit of Credit Agricole Group’s Private Equity & Finance Division. The Firm is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 67 of 114
Sector: Marine M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 37 of 55
Country: France M&A 66 of 112
Year: 2020 M&A 4 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-29 ValueState

Paris, France

ValueState engages in real estate investment and the management of franchised hotel assets in Europe. ValueState was founded in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.

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2020-02-28 Samse Group

Grenoble, France

Samse Group distributes construction materials and tools through various brands (Samse, Doras, M+ Matériaux, etc.) and a network of 350 points of sale in France. Samse Group was founded in 1920 and is based in Grenoble, France.

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Arkea Capital

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 1.3B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Arkéa Capital is the private equity investment arm of diversified financial services company Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. Arkéa Capital looks to make long-term investments in established, market leading companies. The Group does not have any sector preferences. Arkéa Capital does not have any sector preferences and is headquartered in Brest.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 67 of 111
Sector: Marine M&A 2 of 3
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 23 of 38
Country: France M&A 66 of 108
Year: 2020 M&A 2 of 5
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-01 Eureden

Mellac, France

Eureden is an agricultural cooperative company. Eureden was founded in 2020 and is based in Mellac, France.

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2020-05-01 Prevost Laboratory Concept

Nouvoitou, France

Prevost Laboratory Concept specializes in the formulation and manufacturing of cosmetics, food supplements, and animal care products. Prevost Laboratory Concept provides a complete service to its customers by formulating, producing, and packaging capacities. Prevost Laboratory Concept adapts to all batch sizes, provides a wide variety of packaging, and offers numerous galenic forms. Prevost Laboratory Concept was founded in 1992 and is based in Nouvoitou, France.

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