Investment Summary

EQT Invests In VFS Global

On May 30, 2017, private equity firm EQT invested in business services company VFS Global

Investment Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 9th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is EQT’s 2nd transaction in United Arab Emirates.
Investment Fate
  • VFS Global was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2021.

Investment Summary

Date 2017-05-30
Target VFS Global
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) EQT
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

VFS Global

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
VFS Global is an industry pioneer and the global number one provider of visa process outsourcing services for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. The company also provides passport, consular, and other citizen services to governments. VFS Global was founded in 2001 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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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 167 of 318
Sector: Business Services M&A 9 of 11
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 9 of 22
Country: United Arab Emirates M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 6 of 19
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-30 Kuoni Reisen Holding AG

Zurich, Switzerland

Kuoni Reisen Holding AG is a service provider to the global travel industry with three divisions, Global Travel Distribution (GTD), Global Travel Services (GTS) and VFS Global.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-01 DGC

Stockholm, Sweden

DGC is a managed service provider that develops and delivers customized IT services to customers who demand high security, availability, and innovation. DGC was founded in 1991 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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