M&A Deal Summary

DJI Acquires Hasselblad

On January 6, 2017, DJI acquired electronics company Hasselblad from VM Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DJI’s 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is DJI’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-01-06
Target Hasselblad
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) DJI
Sellers(s) VM Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Hasselblad

Gothenburg, Sweden
Hasselblad produces first-class camera equipment for professional photographers, photo artists, and high-end consumers. Formed in 1941, Hasselblad is a global brand with offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Paris, Copenhagen and Hamburg with distributors throughout the world.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DJI

Shenzhen, China

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Electronics
DESCRIPTION

DJI is a Chinese technology company that manufactures commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for aerial photography and videography. It also designs and manufactures camera gimbals, action cameras, camera stabilizers, flight platforms, propulsion systems, and flight control systems. DJI was formed in 2006 and is based in Shenzhen.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

VM Capital

Dusseldorf, Germany

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 400M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

VM Capital (formerly known as Ventizz Capital Partners) is a private equity firm that targets investments in growth-oriented technology businesses operating throughout Europe. VM Capital will consider investing in individual companies as well as acquisitions of secondary private equity transactions. Specific sectors of interest include renewable energy/clean technology, semiconductors, electronics, photonics, materials applicaton, industrial automation, medical technology, IT, and communications. Vorndran looks for control stakes when making investments. The Firm's investment horizon is 3 to 6 years. VM Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in Dusseldorf.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 19
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 6
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-14 Sovello

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany

Sovello is an integrated producer of solar wafers, solar cells, and solar modules. By means of the so-called photovoltaic effect solar modules transform sunlight into electricity. One of the key differentiators of its high-performance quality products vs. traditional multi-crystalline modules is the resource-friendly production process and short energy pay-back time. Sovello was formed in 2005 and is based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-01 SSP Technology AS

Stenstrup, Denmark

SSP Technology AS is a developer, producer and distributor of rotor blade technology products for wind turbines as well as molds for the production of rotor blade components.

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