M&A Deal Summary

Geia Acquires Lupa Foods

On January 8, 2025, Geia acquired food company Lupa Foods from Beringea

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Geia’s 2nd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Geia’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-01-08
Target Lupa Foods
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Geia
Sellers(s) Beringea
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Lupa Foods

Borehamwood, United Kingdom
Lupa Foods is a specialist supplier, importer, and distributor of high-quality commodity ingredients for the Food Manufacturing and Food Service sector. It deliver a wide range of high-quality products, along with exceptional customer service, to all clients. Lupa Foods was founded in 1902 and is based in Borehamwood, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Geia

Aalborg, Denmark

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Food
Employees120
Revenue 1.7B NOK (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Geia is a provider of food concepts and products to Nordic grocery retail. Geia offers customers products that differentiate them from competitors and traditional brands and offers its 200+ global food-producing suppliers an effective sales channel to all the major grocery retailers in the Nordics. Geia was founded in 2014 and is based in Aalborg, Denmark.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Food M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-27 Food Partners World

København K, Denmark

Food Partners World innovate, develop and deliver high-quality convenience food and beverage products to retailers around the world. Food Partners World is based in København K, Denmark.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Beringea

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 715M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Beringea LLP is a private equity firm focused on growth-oriented company investments in the Midwest US and the UK. Beringea looks to invest $2 to $10 million of equity or junior capital in profitable companies with 5 million and higher in revenue. Funds are used to support business expansions and growth, ownership transitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalization, and refinancings. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally seeks businesses with proven business models and defensible market positions. Beringea was formed in 1988 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 46
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 28 of 30
Country: United Kingdom M&A 26 of 27
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-19 Sovato

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Sovato is a healthcare technology company offering surgical care by enabling and orchestrating safe, scalable, and profitable remote surgery and procedure programs. Sovato was formed in 2022 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-22 Commonplace

Manchester, United Kingdom

Commonplace is a provider of cloud-based digital platforms for community engagement. Commonplace was founded in 2013 and is based in Manchester, England.

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