M&A Deal Summary

Cathay Capital Private Equity Acquires Yoloo

On May 1, 2012, private equity firm Cathay Capital Private Equity acquired chemicals company Yoloo

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cathay Capital Private Equity’s 1st transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Cathay Capital Private Equity’s 4th transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-05-01
Target Yoloo
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Cathay Capital Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Yoloo

Beijing, China
Yoloo is a specialist in chemical preparation of environmentally-friendly insecticides. Yoloo was founded in 2001 and is based in Beijing, China.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Cathay Capital Private Equity

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 5.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS is a French Chinese private equity firm focused on acquiring businesses in France, Hong Kong, and China. Cathay looks to help Western companies leverage opportunities in China and help Chinese companies leverage Western best practices and partnerships. The Firm looks to invest in businesses generating €5 to €150 million in revenues. Areas of interest include retail, consumer goods, electrical equipment, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, animal healthcare, translation, food, consumer services, and software. Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS was formed in 2007 and is based in Paris. The firm has additional offices in New York and Shanghai.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 100
Sector: Chemicals M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 21
Country: China M&A 4 of 39
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-25 Amplitude Laser Group

Pessac, France

Amplitude Laser Group is a producer of ultrafast lasers for scientific, medical and industrial applications. To its scientific customers, Amplitude offers ultra-high power, PetaWatt class ultrafast lasers for fundamental physics, as well as medical research in the field of radiography and cancer treatment by protontherapy. Amplitude also provides industrial ultrafast lasers for ophthalmology, semi-conductor and microelectronics, medical device manufacturing, among other industrial and medical applications. Amplitude Laser Group is based in Pessac, France.

Buy €30M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-01 Bandweaver

Shanghai, China

Bandweaver is a fiber optic sensing company focused on providing advanced monitoring solutions for energy companies (oil & gas, hydroelectric etc.), fire detection systems and processing industries, offering complementary services in installation and maintenance. Bandweaver was founded in 2002 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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