Investment Summary

Ardian Invests In Uptoo

On May 31, 2019, private equity firm Ardian invested in staffing company Uptoo

Investment Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 6th transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 161st transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-05-31
Target Uptoo
Sector Staffing
Investor(s) Ardian
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Uptoo

Paris, France
Uptoo is an operator of recruiting platform for sales representatives and sales managers. Uptoo powered by an integrated and collaborative digital platform, provides evaluation, recruitment, and training for the best talent in the B2B sector. Uptoo was founded in 2005 and is based in Paris, France.

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Investor

Ardian

Paris, France

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

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 €1 billion 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 354 of 464
Sector: Staffing M&A 6 of 7
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 31 of 53
Country: France M&A 161 of 206
Year: 2019 M&A 19 of 32
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-23 Sintetica

Mendrisio, Switzerland

Sintetica is a pharmaceutical company delivering injectable anaesthetics and analgesics to patients worldwide, through innovative science and excellence in development, production, and marketing. Sintetica was founded in 1921 and is based in Mendrisio, Switzerland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-01 4NEW

Italy

4NEW is a holding company devoted to investing in wind farms and solar energy projects in Italy and Spain. The total energy capacity is 157MW. 4NEW is based in Italy.

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