M&A Deal Summary

Apheon Acquires Visionnaire

On April 16, 2014, private equity firm Apheon acquired furniture company Visionnaire from Alto Partners SGR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apheon’s 2nd transaction in the Furniture sector.
  • This is Apheon’s 5th transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-04-16
Target Visionnaire
Sector Furniture
Buyer(s) Apheon
Sellers(s) Alto Partners SGR
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Visionnaire

Milano, Italy
Visionnaire is an Italian design company providing luxury home furniture solutions. Visionnaire is a pioneer in absolute luxury interior design, providing 100% made in Italy tailor-made solutions. Visionnaire was founded in 1959 and is based in Milano, Italy.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Apheon

Brussels, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 2.8B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Apheon is a generalist private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies throughout the Benelux, Italy, Iberia, France, and Switzerland. Ergon looks to invest €25 to €75 million in businesses with sustainable competitive advantages and operating in 'attractive' niche markets. Apheon was formerly knowns as Ergon Capital Partners. The Firm was formed in 2005 and is based in Luxembourg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 40
Sector (Furniture) 2 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 3 of 13
Country (Italy) 5 of 9
Year (2014) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-03 Zellbios S.A.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Zellbios is a manufacturer of niche Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), mostly off-patent, serving the worldwide pharmaceutical markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-28 Sausalitos Holding

Munich, Germany

Sausalitos Holding is a cocktail bar and restaurant chain based on a unique concept of innovative cocktails and high-quality Californian-Mexican cuisine served in a trendy and friendly atmosphere, catering more than 5 million customers every year. Sausalitos Holding was founded in 1994 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Alto Partners SGR

Milan, Italy

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Alto Partners SGR is a private investment firm focused on acquiring and investing in Italian companies. Alto Partners was established in 2004 and is headquartered in Milan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 19
Sector (Furniture) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 4
Country (Italy) 5 of 19
Year (2014) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-12 CAMINETTI MONTEGRAPPA

Pove del Grappa, Italy

CAMINETTI MONTEGRAPPA is one of the Ita­lian lea­ders in manu­fac­tu­ring and distri­bu­ting sto­ves, fire­pla­ces (both pel­let and wood) and rela­ted clad­dings. All pro­ducts are tested in labo­ra­to­ries that are offi­cially reco­gni­zed in Europe and pro­ducts are posi­tio­ned on the medium-​high end of the mar­ket in terms of qua­lity and design. CAMINETTI MONTEGRAPPA was founded in 1976 and is based in Pove del Grappa, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-29 Integra Document Management

Milan, Italy

Integra Document Management is one of the Ita­lian lea­ders in the sup­ply of (i) records mana­ge­ment and sto­rage, prin­ted data ware­house mana­ge­ment; (ii) scan­ning and ima­ging, data entry, OCR and vali­da­tion; (iii) web docu­ment mana­ge­ment and work­flow mana­ge­ment, digi­tal cer­ti­fied con­ser­va­tion. Integra Document Management was founded in 2000 and is based in Milan, Italy.

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