M&A Deal Summary

BlackFin Capital Partners Acquires Groupe CIR

On March 28, 2022, private equity firm BlackFin Capital Partners acquired real estate company Groupe CIR from Bridgepoint

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BlackFin Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is BlackFin Capital Partners’ 22nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-03-28
Target Groupe CIR
Sector Real Estate
Buyer(s) BlackFin Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Bridgepoint
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Groupe CIR

Paris, France
Groupe CIR is an independent specialist in city-center real-estate investment. The Group provides French savers and institutional investors with products based on underlying high-quality city-center real estate through three offers: CIR for direct investment in Malraux products, land deficits, and historic monuments, Urban Premium for indirect investment through housing and yields real estate investment companies and Agarim for bare ownership investment. Groupe CIR was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

BlackFin Capital Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 1.6B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BlackFin Capital Partners is a private equity firm focusing on financial services across continental Europe. The firm strategy focuses primarily on asset-light businesses in the financial services sector. BlackFin looks to invests €10 - €30 million in companies. BlackFin Capital Partners was formed in 2009 and is based in Paris, France additional office in Germany and France, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 36
Sector: Real Estate M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: France M&A 22 of 23
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-06 Buckaroo

Utrecht, Netherlands

Buckaroo is a payment service provider servicing over 5000 merchants. Buckaroo’s main focus is on the e-commerce and online market with a diversified customer base made of 4,100 merchants across a wide range of industries. Buckaroo acts as payment gateway and, depending on the payment schemes, also as a collector for its merchants. It is a licensed Payment Institution regulated by the DNB and is able to operate across Europe. Buckaroo was founded in 2005 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-20 New Access

Geneva, Switzerland

New Access is a provider of agile and scalable Front-to-Back software solutions dedicated to the private banking and wealth management industries. The company's software solutions are designed to meet the specific requirements of the private banking and wealth management industries. In a complex and changing regulatory environment, the company helps bankers connect conveniently and efficiently with their clients anytime and anywhere they need. New Access was formed in 2000 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 75.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 101 of 112
Sector: Real Estate M&A 3 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 61 of 66
Country: France M&A 23 of 25
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-28 Team ITG

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Team ITG is a marketing services and technology business that helps major brands and retailers improve the efficiency, speed, cost and control of their marketing operations. Team ITG was founded in 2009 and is based in Birmingham, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-30 HKA

Warrington, United Kingdom

HKA is a global consultancy in risk mitigation and dispute resolution, using our multi-disciplinary expertise to provide a comprehensive set of specialist services. HKA was formed in 2016 and is based in Warrington, United Kingdom.

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