Investment Summary

GIMV Invests In Biotalys

On January 10, 2013, private equity firm GIMV invested in chemicals company Biotalys

Investment Highlights
  • This is GIMV’s 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is GIMV’s 25th transaction in Belgium.

Investment Summary

Date 2013-01-10
Target Biotalys
Sector Chemicals
Investor(s) GIMV
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Biotalys

Ghent, Belgium
Biotalys is a transformative food and crop protection biotech company developing biocontrol-based solutions for proteins. Biotalys was founded in 2013 and is based in Ghent, Belgium.

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Investor

GIMV

Antwerp, Belgium

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIMV is a Belgium based public investment company focused on private equity and venture capital investments in tech-based businesses. GIMV's private equity practice operates through its Corporate Investment unit and targets management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings of companies with annual sales between EUR15 and EUR150 million. For buyout opportunities GIMV generally takes a majority stake in businesses and for growth capital needs, GIMV takes a minority position. GIMV does not invest in publicly held companies or turnaround situations. GIMV's geographic focus is within Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France. GIMV also invests in Russia through Eagle Capital Partners, a partnership with KBC Private Equity. GIMV was formed in 1980 and is headquartered in Antwerp with additional offices in The Hague, Frankfurt, Munich, and Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 77 of 170
Sector: Chemicals M&A 3 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 6 of 34
Country: Belgium M&A 25 of 50
Year: 2013 M&A 3 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-07 ProxiAD

Paris, France

ProxiAD is a French software engineering services company specialising in new object technologies and business intelligence systems. ProxiAD was founded in 1997 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-01 Lintor/Verbinnen

Olen, Belgium

Lintor-Verbinnen is a chicken processor in Belgium. The group consists of a chicken slaughterhouse (Lintor) and a processor and packer of a wide range of fresh chicken products (Verbinnen). The company is unique in being vertically integrated, with slaughtering, preparation, packaging as well as processing of the slaughter waste on a single site. Lintor/Verbinnen was founded in 1958 and is based in Olen, Belgium.

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