M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2006-01-01 |
| Target | Artefact |
| Sector | Marketing |
| Buyer(s) |
Truffle Capital
Ardian |
| Deal Type | Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| PE ASSETS | 700M EUR |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Truffle Capital is a French private equity firm focused on majority investments in life science and information technology companies. Within IT, Truffle seeks businesses dealing in mobile content and connectivity, internet, technical software, IT security, and VOIP. Within the life science sector, the Firm looks at opportunities in therapeutic drugs and vaccines, medical devices, as well as other breakthrough technologies. Truffle Capital was formed in 2001 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 13 of 45 |
| Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) | 5 of 18 |
| Country (France) | 11 of 33 |
| Year (2006) | 6 of 9 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-01 |
Velcan Holdings
Luxembourg, Luxembourg Velcan Holdings offers solutions to fight global warming by producing electricity at a low cost in emerging countries and selling carbon credits that comply with the Kyoto Protocol. Velcan Holdings was founded in 2005 and is based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-25 |
RF-iT Solutions
Graz, Austria RFID is rapidly becoming a mainstream technology in the logistics, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, garment rental, and asset tracking markets. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 125.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €150 million per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 39 of 418 |
| Sector (Marketing) | 1 of 11 |
| Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) | 19 of 108 |
| Country (France) | 27 of 185 |
| Year (2006) | 2 of 36 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-01 |
FDS Group
Paris, France FDS Group consolidates its position more and more every day as a leader in high-technology sealing solutions in critical environments. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-04 |
Ebuyclub.com
France Founded in 2000, eBuyClub is a company positioned as a purchasing social network and offers various Internet services to facilitate on-line purchases and create savings. eBuyClub develops and offers services to achieve cash-savings with a cash back website, a price comparison website, codes and promotional services in physical stores. |
Buy | - |
