Investment Summary

EQT Invests In Artwall

On November 9, 2018, private equity firm EQT invested in consumer products company Artwall

Investment Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 6th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is EQT’s 10th transaction in China.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-11-09
Target Artwall
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) EQT
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Artwall

Shanghai , China
Artwall produces a full range of wallcovering products including wallpaper, mural, wall cloth, and curtains, and has a well-diversified distribution network consisting of self-branded retail stores and dealers. Artwall was founded in 2005 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 194 of 318
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 6 of 7
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 11 of 25
Country: China M&A 10 of 13
Year: 2018 M&A 14 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-13 Broadnet

Fornebu, Norway

Broadnet is the largest alternative datacom provider in Norway. The company controls one of two optical fiber networks in Norway in addition to a substantial regional and local network. The group consists of two brands: Broadnet, serving the business and wholesale market, and HomeNet, serving the consumer market. Broadnet was founded in 2003 and is based in Fornebu, Norway.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-30 TOP-TOY

Tune, Denmark

TOP-TOY operates toy stores under two banners, namely BR and TOYS"R”US. BR is a high street and mall concept with ~250 stores, focusing on convenient toy shopping across the Nordics and Germany, in addition to a full omnichannel offering. TOYS"R”US is an out-of-town concept with ~50 stores and omnichannel offerings across the Nordics.

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