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Investment Summary

EQT Invests In internetstore

On May 1, 2012, private equity firm EQT invested in e-commerce company internetstore

Investment Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is EQT’s 18th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • internetstore was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

Investment Summary
Date 2012-05-01
Target internetstore
Sector E-Commerce
Investor(s) EQT
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

internetstore

Stuttgart, Germany
internetstore is an e-commerce company in bike and outdoor. The group runs numerous online shops across 14 European countries: Bikester, Addnature, CAMPZ, fahrrad.de, and Brügelmann. With its broad assortment, the shops attract enthusiasts as well as newcomers to the bike and outdoor experience. internetstore was founded in 2003 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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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 99 of 319
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 4 of 22
Country: Germany M&A 18 of 44
Year: 2012 M&A 5 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-02 Anticimex

Stockholm, Sweden

Anticimex is a global specialist in preventive pest control with operations in 18 countries across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the US. Anticimex serves around 3 million customers across the globe and offers a broad range of preventive pest control solutions, including the digital solution Anticimex SMART and pest insurance. Anticimex was founded in 1934 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-11 Leybold Optics

Alzenau, Germany

Leybold Optics GmbH is a world leader in vacuum thin film technology and develops and manufactures deposition equipment for a broad range of applications including optics, architectural glass and solar.

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