M&A Deal Summary

Explorer Investments Acquires Starfoods

On January 1, 2008, private equity firm Explorer Investments acquired restaurant Starfoods

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Explorer Investments’ 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Explorer Investments’ 7th transaction in Portugal.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-01-01
Target Starfoods
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Explorer Investments
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Starfoods

Cruz Quebrada, Portugal
Starfoods engages in food retailing within the fast-food segment. The company serves sandwiches in stores, as well as beautiful salads, soups, toasts, wraps and piadinas. Starfoods was founded in 1993 and is based in Cruz Quebrada, Portugal.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Explorer Investments

Lisbon, Portugal

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2003
PE ASSETS 1.4B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Explorer Investments is a private investment firm that looks to fund buyouts, as well as provide expansion and replacement capital to middle-market Portuguese companies. Explorer looks to invest a minimum of €15 million in transactions valued up to €150 million. Explorer does not have any sector preferences and typically holds investments for three to six years. Explorer Investments was formed in 2003 and is based in Lisbon.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 65
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 8 of 35
Country (Portugal) 7 of 61
Year (2008) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-01 Strong Charon

Maia, Portugal

Strong Charon is a security solutions company that represents the largest and most differentiating offer of private security services on the market, focusing on the design of integrated human surveillance solutions and cutting-edge technology. Strong Charon was founded in 1986 and is based in Maia, Portugal.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-06-24 CFO

Pedroso, Portugal

CFO specialises in transformation and preparation of ferrous scrap- metal for recycling. CFO was founded in 1965 and is based in Pedroso, Portugal.

Buy -