M&A Deal Summary

Allegra Capital Acquires pirobase imperia

On May 20, 2015, private equity firm Allegra Capital acquired information technology company pirobase imperia from Cancom

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Allegra Capital’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Allegra Capital’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-05-20
Target pirobase imperia
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Allegra Capital
Sellers(s) Cancom
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

pirobase imperia

Cologne, Germany
pirobase imperia is a supplier of state-of-the-art, high-quality content solutions to companies of all sizes and different industries based in Cologne, Germany. The company optimizes the client's content processes in the long term, by helping to achieve high value-added. pirobase imperia was founded in 1995 and is based in Cologne, Germany.

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DESCRIPTION

Allegra Capital is a German private equity firm focused on acquiring small to middle-market manufacturing companies. Allegra will consider opportunities throughout Europe and targets businesses with €10 to €350 million of revenue. Allegra only seeks situations where the seller is looking to sell 100%. Allegra Capital was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in Munich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-29 Zett Optics

Braunschweig, Germany

Zett Optics provides lighting technology systems for medical and laboratory technology and other challenging applications. The Company holds a strong position in LED technology thanks to its in-house development competence and closely-knit research network. The products it has developed and produced include, for example, medical lights, cold light sources for microscopy, or other challenging lighting elements in plastic molding technology as well as optical elements for these markets. Zett Optics was formed in 1928 and is based in Braunschweig, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-01 CityMail Sweden

Hagersten, Sweden

CityMail Sweden is a provider of postal services in Sweden. The company collects and distributes letters, delivers mailbox parcels, and provides other postal activities. CityMail Sweden was founded in 1991 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Cancom

Munich, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Information Technology
Employees5,671
Revenue 1.8B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Cancom is an IT cloud business transformation partner in Europe. Cancom was founded in 1992 and is based in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Germany M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-14 DIDAS Business Service

Langenfeld, Germany

DIDAS Business Service GmbH provides comprehensive portfolio of IT services and solutions including ICT sourcing, professional, managed and cloud services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-12 Xerabit

Unterschleißheim, Germany

Xerabit GmbH is a consulting and system house for business-critical IT infrastructure in the datacenter segment, as well as for IT processes, software, and services. Xerabit GmbH is headquartered in Unterschleißheim, Germany.

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