M&A Deal Summary

Alchemy Partners Acquires Sigla Credit

On July 11, 2017, growth capital firm Alchemy Partners acquired financial services company Sigla Credit from Palamon Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Alchemy Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Alchemy Partners’ 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-07-11
Target Sigla Credit
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Alchemy Partners
Sellers(s) Palamon Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Sigla Credit

Conegliano, Italy
Sigla Credit is a provider of personal loans for private individuals with an average life of three years and an average size of €4,000. Sigla Credit is based in Conegliano, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Alchemy Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 4.0B GBP
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Alchemy Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in the UK, Ireland, and German-speaking Europe. Alchemy looks to commit £25 to £150 million per transaction in areas including financial services, information technology, and telecoms. Historically, the Firm primarily targeted leveraged buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings, but today Alchemy specializes in distressed and undervalued or underperforming businesses. Alchemy Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 16
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-08 Incisive Media

London, United Kingdom

Incisive Media is a business-to-business (B2B) information provider, serving a wide range of financial, business technology, and professional services markets globally. The company provide analyst-grade insight, business intelligence, and access to specialist networks of business professionals around the globe. Its performance-driven marketing solutions give clients bespoke engagement with these valuable audiences and communities. Incisive Media was formed in 1994 and is based in London.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-31 NOONAN

Dublin, Ireland

NOONAN is a provider of strategically outsourced services. Our services range from cleaning and security to building services and facilities management. NOONAN was established in 1977 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Sell €175M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Palamon Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 1.4B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Palamon Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm that targets investments in high-growth service-oriented businesses throughout Europe. Palamon specifically looks for companies operating in business services, financial services, media and communications, leisure and entertainment, information technology, and healthcare. The Firm's target investment size is €30 to €100 million. Funds are generally used to support development needs, however, Palamon will also consider investing in early-stage businesses, recapitalizations, deleveraging transactions, turnarounds, and buyouts. Palamon Capital Partners LP was formed in 1999 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 30
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 4
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 8 of 9
Country: Italy M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-16 Happy Socks

Stockholm, Sweden

Happy Socks is an international brand of design socks. The company’s mission is to spread happiness by turning an everyday essential into a colourful design piece with a high standard of quality, craftsmanship, and creativity. Happy Socks was founded in 2008 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Buy kr765M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-09 24ORE Business School

Milan, Italy

24ORE Business School provides professionally-oriented education and training. The Company differentiates itself by creating targeted courses focused on the real needs of business and employs highly experienced industry professionals to originate original content and deliver lessons. 24ORE Business School was founded in 1991 and is based in Milan, Italy.

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