M&A Deal Summary

Catalyst Principal Partners Acquires EFFCO Solutions

On February 26, 2014, private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners acquired machinery company EFFCO Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Catalyst Principal Partners’ 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Catalyst Principal Partners’ 2nd transaction in Tanzania.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-02-26
Target EFFCO Solutions
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Catalyst Principal Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

EFFCO Solutions

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
EFFCO Solutions as a plant hire company whose services comprise of heavy lifting and haulage, logistics services and civil works in mining and industrial businesses. EFFCO Solutions was founded in 2010 and is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer
DESCRIPTION

Catalyst Principal Partners is a privat equity firm focused on investing in emerging and mid-sized companies operating in Eastern Africa. Catalyst looks to invest $5 to $20 million per transaction and typically pursues companies in the consumer goods, retail, financial services, business services, industrials, manufacturing, technology, and communications sectors. Catalyst Principal Partners was formed in 2009 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Tanzania M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-15 Yes Brand Food & Beverages

Ethiopia

Yes Brand Food & Beverages is a beverages business with the bottled water brand in the country. Yes Brand Food & Beverages is based in Ethiopia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-08 Goodlife Pharmacy

Nairobi, Kenya

Goodlife Pharmacy is a Pharmacy & Healthcare solutions provider with a total of 16 stores in the country. With the mission helping the nation look and feel good one person at a time, Goodlife is all about individual customer and patient care. Company put understanding individual needs in providing the right professional pharmacy healthcare solution at the core of daily operations. Goodlife Pharmacy was founded in 2013 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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