Investment Summary

GEF Capital Partners Invests In Unicoba

On August 7, 2019, private equity firm GEF Capital Partners invested in consumer products company Unicoba from One Equity Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is GEF Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is GEF Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Brazil.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-08-07
Target Unicoba
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) GEF Capital Partners
Sellers(s) One Equity Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Unicoba

São Paulo, Brazil
Unicoba is a provider of consumer electronics, industrial batteries and LED lighting solutions. Unicoba was founded in 1973 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Investor(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

GEF Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in growth-oriented 'sustainable' businesses. This includes operating companies that enable clean energy or improve energy efficiency, that are reducing the amount of waste, that build products using fewer or more efficient materials, or that take action to improve the quality and conservation of land. GEF Capital Partners was formed in 2018 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 19
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: Brazil M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-11 Bluesource

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Bluesource engages in climate change and environmental products and services creating emission reductions from over 20 different technologies in over 90 locations across 46 states and 4 Canadian provinces. Blue Source has deep expertise in carbon capture and storage, forestry, transportation, energy efficiency, waste, and food processing and maintains significant market positions in RINs, carbon offsets, RNG, renewable energy production, and other commodities. Bluesource was founded in 2001 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-01 Prince Pipes And Fittings

Mumbai, India

Prince Pipes And Fittings is a manufacturer and distributor of water pipes & fittings in India. Prince Pipes has a diverse product portfolio of UPVC, CPVC, PPR pipes and fittings and has recently added HDPE pipes to its product line. Prince Pipes’s products are used for plumbing, irrigation and sewage works. Prince Pipes And Fittings was founded in 1987 and is based in Mumbai, India.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

One Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

One Equity Partners (OEP) is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth capital investments in North America, Europe, and Asia. OEP prefers to be the lead investor and typically commits $30 to $150 million per transaction. Sectors of interest include industrial products/services, consumer, retail, chemicals, media, communications, and healthcare. One Equity Partners was formed in 2001 and spun out of JP Morgan Chase in 2015. One Equity Partners is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 41 of 64
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Brazil M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2019 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-11 Portal de Documentos

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Portal de Documentos is a Brazilian IT services company that develops web-based software solutions to automate, expedite and improve the collection of delinquent consumer loans. Portal licenses these solutions to large financial institutions and other customers to connect them electronically with key constituents in the credit process. Portal de Documentos was founded in 2007 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-17 ORS MEDCO

Deerfield, Illinois, United States

ORS MEDCO distributes safety and security products, tools, body shop & repair products, welding, paint, chemicals, and abrasives operating through its ORS Nasco, Medco, and Nestor distribution networks. ORS MEDCO is based in Deerfield, Illinois.

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