Investment Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2019-06-10 |
| Target | TymeBank |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Investor(s) |
Ethos Private Equity
Apis Partners |
| Deal Type | Growth Capital |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| PE ASSETS | 1.2B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ethos Private Equity is a private equity investor that targets opportunities in South Africa. Ethos looks for stable businesses valued between $15 and $100 million US. Target transactions include divestitures of non-core assets, sector consolidations, development of family owned businesses, growth financings, and turnarounds. Ethos was formed in 1984 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 47 of 48 |
| Sector: Financial Services M&A | 4 of 4 |
| Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals | 6 of 7 |
| Country: South Africa M&A | 42 of 42 |
| Year: 2019 M&A | 1 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-30 |
Eaton Towers
London, United Kingdom Eaton Towers is a high-growth pan-African telecom tower management company that provides the shared site and tower services for telecom network operators by acquiring, building, and maintaining passive telecommunications infrastructure assets. Eaton Towers was founded in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |
Sell | $1.9B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-23 |
Optasia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Optasia is a FinTech and data analytics company that works together with over 27 mobile network operators in over 30 countries globally. It serves over 650 million people globally and lends more than US$5 million daily to its customers. Optasia was founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. |
Buy | - |
Apis Partners is an investment group focused on investing in financial services companies operating in emerging markets. Specific areas of interest include payments, insurance, credit/savings, capital markets, and tech-enabled service providers. Apis looks to back companies benefiting from increased mobile adoption and access to financial products and services. Apis Partners was established in 2014 and is headquartered in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 9 of 30 |
| Sector: Financial Services M&A | 5 of 10 |
| Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals | 7 of 17 |
| Country: South Africa M&A | 3 of 5 |
| Year: 2019 M&A | 2 of 8 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-15 |
SecureNow
Gurgaon, India SecureNow is an independent B2B insurtech distributors in India. It distributes competitive commercial insurance products (e.g. group health insurance, property insurance, motor and liability insurance) to SMEs in a sustainable and scalable manner by leveraging its optimized on/offline network which includes insurance and channel partners. SecureNow is based in Gurgaon, Haryana. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-01 |
DocDoc
Singapore, Singapore DocDoc is a data-enabled digital-first health insurance ecosystem with its doctor discovery engine and digital claims processing engine. DocDoc’s patient intelligence and knowledge graph-based doctor discovery engine matches end-users with the most appropriate doctors across Asia and the Middle East. DocDoc is based in Singapore. |
Buy | - |
