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Bridgepoint Acquires Sun World

On March 31, 2021, private equity firm Bridgepoint acquired agriculture company Sun World

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 2nd transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bridgepoint’s 5th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-03-31
Target Sun World
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) Bridgepoint
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Sun World

Bakersfield, California, United States
Sun World is one of the world’s largest plant variety breeders and global licensors of premium, proprietary produce. The Company’s fruit varieties currently table grapes and stone fruit are planted on more than 50,000 acres (21,000+ hectares) on six continents. Sun World was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Bakersfield, California.

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Buyer

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 149 of 188
Sector: Agriculture M&A 2 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 50 of 57
State: California M&A 5 of 5
Country: United States M&A 8 of 10
Year: 2021 M&A 5 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-22 Adenza

New York, New York, United States

Adenza provides customers with end-to-end, trading, treasury, risk management, and regulatory compliance platforms which can be delivered on-premise or on-cloud. It enables financial institutions to consolidate and streamline their operations with front-to back solutions integrated with data management and reporting, benefitting from a single source of truth across the business. Adenza is based in New York, New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-18 Fenergo

Dublin, Ireland

Fenergo is a provider of Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for investment banks, capital market firms, and private banks. Fenergo was founded in 2008 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

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