Investment Summary

Atwater Capital and KKR Invest In Mediawan

On January 1, 2020, private equity firms Atwater Capital and KKR invested in media company Mediawan

Investment Highlights
  • This is Atwater Capital’s 5th and KKR’s 9th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Atwater Capital’s 1st and KKR’s 11th transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2020-01-01
Target Mediawan
Sector Media
Investor(s) Atwater Capital
KKR
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Mediawan

Paris, France
Mediawan is an operator of an independent European audiovisual content platform. Mediawan is based in Paris, France.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Atwater Capital


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2017
PE ASSETS 30M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Atwater Capital is a private investment firm focused exclusively on the media and entertainment sectors. Atwater Capital was formed in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 8
Sector (Media) 5 of 6
Type (Growth Capital) 3 of 4
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-22 Free Association

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Free Association is an American production company developed in order to extend their entrepreneurial roots in the realms of film, television, digital and live content. Free Association is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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2020-03-27 Wiip Productions

Los Angeles, California, United States

Wiip Productions is an independent studio that generates franchise-defining content and is known for projects such as Apple TV+’s Dickinson series, Amazon Prime Video's “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” and HBO Max's “The Uninhabitable Earth,” an Emmy award-winning Mare of Easttown. Wiip Productions is based in Los Angeles, California.

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Investor

KKR

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 330 of 484
Sector (Media) 9 of 11
Type (Growth Capital) 57 of 79
Country (France) 11 of 17
Year (2020) 2 of 40
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-01 Graduation Alliance

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Graduation Alliance works with students of all ages through partnerships with schools, districts, community colleges, workforce development agencies, employers and others dedicated to providing alternative pathways to high school graduation and career training. By supporting former high school dropouts to obtain a high school diploma and improving employment outcomes post-graduation, Graduation Alliance contributes to SDG 4 (Quality Education) and to SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).Graduation Alliance is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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2020-01-17 Groundworks

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Groundworks is a vertically integrated foundation services company that serves primarily the single-family residential market, providing a critical suite of services to homeowners that preserve home value, integrity, and safety, including foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repair and encapsulation, and concrete lifting. Groundworks is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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