Investment Summary

Australis Partners Invests In Alianza

On November 6, 2018, private equity firm Australis Partners invested in financial services company Alianza from Advent International

Investment Highlights
  • This is Australis Partners’ 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Australis Partners’ 2nd transaction in Colombia.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-11-06
Target Alianza
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Australis Partners
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Alianza

Bogota, Colombia
Alianza is a diversified financial services platform. Alianza provides asset management services to institutional, corporate and individual clients. The company has an open architecture and its own portfolio of mutual funds and a voluntary pension fund as well third-party international funds managed by global recognized assets managers. Alianza was founded in 1986 and is based in Bogota, Colombia.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Australis Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Australis Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investment opportunities throughout Latin America, with an emphasis on investing in companies throughout Mexico, Columbia, Peru, and Chile. The Firm looks for businesses that benefit from increasing consumer demand, improved educations, and as well as enhanced and expanded local infrastructure. Australis Partners was formed in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Colombia M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-30 Reve Group

Colombia

Reve Group is a company engaged in the grocery retail and consumer foodservice segments. The company’s operations comprised two main business units: a hard-discount supermarket chain (“Justo & Bueno”) that provides quality consumer staples at the lowest prices; and a specialty coffee chain (“Tostao”) that offers low-priced, high-quality coffee, baked goods, and cold beverages. Reve Group was founded in 2015 and is based in Colombia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-29 Galenica

Santiago, Chile

Galenica specializes in the vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry in Chile, focusing on the Clinical Laboratory, Molecular Biology, Quality Control, Blood Banking, Biotechnology, Medicine, and Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) segments. Galenica was founded in 1985 and is based in Santiago, Chile.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 182 of 233
Sector: Financial Services M&A 20 of 25
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 8 of 9
Country: Colombia M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 9 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-30 noosa

Bellvue, Colorado, United States

noosa is a manufacturer and marketer of premium whole-milk, Australian-style yogurt products, known for its rich, creamy texture and unique flavors. noosa was founded in 2009 and is based in Bellvue, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-27 KMD A/S

Ballerup, Denmark

KMD A/S is a provider of IT software solutions and services to the Danish municipalities and central government. KMD was formed in 1972 and is based in Ballerup, Denmark.

Sell kr.8.0B