M&A Deal Summary

BB Capital Investments and Kartesia Acquire Cosmetique Totale

On January 1, 2020, private equity firm BB Capital Investments and lender Kartesia acquired consumer products company Cosmetique Totale

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BB Capital Investments’ 1st and Kartesia’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is BB Capital Investments’ 3rd and Kartesia’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-01-01
Target Cosmetique Totale
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) BB Capital Investments
Kartesia
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Cosmetique Totale

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Cosmetique Totale is specialised in the field of skin therapy, laser treatments and medical peels. Cosmetique Totale was founded in 2004 and is based in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

BB Capital Investments

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 110M EUR
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BB Capital Investments is a private equity firm focused on small and mid-sized Dutch companies. The Firm seeks a majority stake in growing companies in strong or niche markets with at least €2 million EBITDA. BB Capital primarily invests in the business services, software, communications, consumer products, and healthcare sectors. BB Capital Investments was established in 2007 and is based in The Hague, the Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 2 of 5
Country (Netherlands) 3 of 6
Year (2020) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-30 Sparkling Society

Delft, Netherlands

Sparkling Society is ais a developer of games and operator of a mobile video game market with several well-known mobile game titles downloaded over 100 million times. Sparkling Society is based in Delft, Netherlands.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-10 Infradax

Amersfoort, Netherlands

Infradax offers circular IT service and hardware solutions that enables customers to minimize costs and risk during all stages of their IT lifecycle. The company focuses on SMEs and Enterprise data center environments across Europe, with a focus on The Netherlands. It designs, implements, delivers, supports, manages, and buys back complete IT infrastructures. Infradax was formed in 2002 and is based in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

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Buyer

Kartesia

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Lender
Founded 2013
PE ASSETS 5.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kartesia is a private investment group and lender that looks to invest in lower middle-market companies throughout the European Union and Central Europe. The Firm is industry agnostic and seeks to commit €10 to €100 million in profitable companies with at least €5 million of EBITDA. Proceeds are typically invested alongside sponsors to support buyouts, recapitalizations, shareholder liquidity needs, or restructurings. Kartesia was established in 2013 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 30
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 6 of 11
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-02 Ermitage

Maisons-Laffitte, France

Ermitage is a bilingual school located 20km west of Paris. Its students represent over 70 nationalities. Ermitage was founded in 1941 and is based in Maisons-Laffitte, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-03 PlanetHome Group

Munich, Germany

PlanetHome Group is a real estate service provider with a network of highly qualified and permanent real estate consultants who looks after real estate customers personally. The company bridges the gap between experience and the use of innovative tools to guide customers to their goals quickly and individually. PlanetHome Group was founded in 2000 and is based in Munich, Germany.

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