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Apheon and Bpifrance Investissement Acquire Looping

On January 27, 2016, private equity firm Apheon and Bpifrance Investissement acquired leisure company Looping from H.I.G. Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apheon’s 1st and Bpifrance Investissement’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Apheon’s 2nd and Bpifrance Investissement’s 11th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Looping was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2019.
  • Looping was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-01-27
Target Looping
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Apheon
Bpifrance Investissement
Sellers(s) H.I.G. Private Equity
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Looping

Saint-Malo, France
Looping is a pan-European leisure park operator that owns and operates 18 local and regional leisure parks, including theme parks, waterparks, wildlife parks, and aquariums, attracting over six million visitors a year. The group’s parks span eight European countries, including France, the UK, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Germany, and Portugal. Looping was founded in 2011 and is based in Saint-Malo, France.

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Buyer(S) 2

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 19 of 40
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 13
Country: France M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-19 Golden Goose

Milan, Italy

Golden Goose is a designer of contemporary luxury casual wear and accessories, mostly known globally for its Golden Goose sneakers brand. Golden Goose Deluxe Brand develops total look collections for both men and women and caters to the needs of quality-conscious sophisticated customers in search of a lifestyle brand that offers distinctiveness and differentiation from the mainstream global luxury brands. Golden Goose was founded in 2000 and is based in Milan, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-28 opseo

Kelsterbach, Germany

opseo is an ambulant care provider offering intensive care services to more than 800 patients across Germany, operating at best-in-class standards. The Company consolidates the highly attractive outpatient intensive care market. opseo is based in Kelsterbach, Germany.

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Buyer

Bpifrance Investissement

Category Private Equity Firm
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 115
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 26
Country: France M&A 11 of 114
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-01 Baobag

Floirac, France

Baobag is a pure distributor of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (“FIBC”), commonly known as big bags. The company operates throughout the value chain, including design, sourcing, transportation, and storage. Baobag was formed in 2007 and is based in Floirac, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-18 Neotec

Bressols, France

Neotec specializes in design and manufacture of sub-assemblies, equipment, chassis and vehicle transmission components for industrial applications, particularly railway applications. Neotec was founded in 1991 and is based in Bressols, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

H.I.G. Private Equity

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1993
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

HIG Private Equity is the private equity arm of HIG Capital. The Firm focuses on management buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations of mid-sized to large companies valued between $50 million and $1 billion. HIG will also consider industry consolidations, going-privates, and corporate divestitures. Sectors of interest include aerospace, building materials, business services, consumer products, distribution, healthcare, infrastructure, contracting, manufacturing, media, oil & gas services, IT, and transportation. HIG was formed in 1993 is based in Miami, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 72 of 181
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 27 of 75
Country: France M&A 2 of 8
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-05 Infogix

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Infogix is a developer and marketer proprietary suite of unique, automated, end-to-end software solutions to help corporate customers control and monitor, analyze and improve their data accuracy. Infogix was founded in 1982 and is based in Naperville, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-04 Media Properties Holdings

New York, New York, United States

Media Properties Holdings, Inc. (dba MPH) manages and owns an array of media companies that provide automated and programmatic buying, lead generation and pay-for-performance advertising.

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