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Emefin SA Acquires Kiwoko

On December 19, 2019, Emefin SA acquired consumer services company Kiwoko from TA Associates and Meridia Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emefin SA’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Emefin SA’s 1st transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-12-19
Target Kiwoko
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) Emefin SA
Sellers(s) TA Associates
Meridia Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kiwoko

Madrid, Spain
Kiwoko is an integrated pet care specialist in Spain and Portugal with a growing network of over 125 specialized pet stores, 75 veterinary clinics, and eight veterinary hospitals.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emefin SA

Lima, Switzerland
Category Company
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

Emefin SA owns and manages pet retailer Superpet. Emefin is based in Lima, Switzerland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-22 TiendAnimal S.L.

Malaga, Spain

TiendAnimal S.L. is a retailer specialized in pet care products, pet food, hygiene products, and other accessories both on the online channel and through its network of stores. TiendAnimal was founded in 2006 and is based in Malaga, Spain.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

TA Associates

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA will consider control or minority investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $70 and $500 million per transaction. TA proactively reaches out to companies directly in sourcing potential investment opportunities. Prospective businesses are generally valued between $100 million and $3 billion. Areas of interest include technology, software, communications, financial services, healthcare, business services, semiconductors/electronics, and consumer products/services. In addition to investing equity capital, TA also makes subordinated debt investments. TA's geographic preference is North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. TA Associates was formed in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 222 of 260
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 120 of 133
Country: Spain M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-05 Solarity

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Solarity is a provider of automated unstructured data indexing solutions for healthcare providers. The Company’s Solarity software, through its natural language processing capabilities and patented recognition engine, enables the automated transformation of unstructured data into clinically relevant patient information for electronic health record (“EHR”) systems. Solarity is based in St Louis, Missouri.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-08 Netrisk Group

Budapest, Hungary

Netrisk Group is an independent online insurance brokerage company that became the first Hungarian company offering a platform for comparing and distributing insurance products via the internet. Today, Netrisk distributes several types of non-life insurance products, including MTPL, casco, home, and travel insurance policies.

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SELLER

Meridia Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 1.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Meridia Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on making real estate and direct private equity investments throughout Spain. Meridia's real estate group targets a variety of assets across all real estate segments with a particular focus on properties in Madrid and Barcelona. Meridia's private equity group looks to acquire majority or minority positions in companies with proven business models and strong growth prospects. Meridia Capital Partners was formed in 2006 and is headquartered in Barcelona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: Spain M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-07 Volotea

Barcelona, Spain

Volotea is an airline that offers 293 point-to-point routes between 78 mid-small-sized cities throughout Europe at very competitive prices. Volotea was founded in 2009 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-24 Zummo

Valencia, Spain

Zummo is a designer, manufacturer, and commercialization of automatic fresh fruit juice extraction machines, mainly aimed at the food service and food retail segments. Zummo was founded in 1992 and is based in Valencia, Spain.

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