Investment Summary

Catalyst Principal Partners Invests In Kensta Group

On April 24, 2017, private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners invested in publishing company Kensta Group

Investment Highlights
  • This is Catalyst Principal Partners’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Catalyst Principal Partners’ 2nd transaction in Kenya.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-04-24
Target Kensta Group
Sector Publishing
Investor(s) Catalyst Principal Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase
Advisor(s) Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews (Legal)

Target

Kensta Group

Nairobi, Kenya
Kensta Group is a provider of printing and packaging services to clients. Kensta Group is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor
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 6 of 9
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Stake Purchase) 4 of 4
Country (Kenya) 2 of 4
Year (2017) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-23 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.

Sell $22M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-08 Britania Foods

Nairobi, Kenya

Britania Foods is a manufacturer of biscuits. Britania Foods is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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