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Groupe Vabel Acquires Cottage

On March 31, 2025, Groupe Vabel acquired consumer products company Cottage from Ixo Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Groupe Vabel’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Groupe Vabel’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-03-31
Target Cottage
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Groupe Vabel
Sellers(s) Ixo Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cottage

Paris, France
Cottage specializes in creation and distribution of hygiene and beauty products under the Cottage and Institut Arnaud brands. Cottage was founded in 2000 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Groupe Vabel

Neuville-en-Ferrain, France
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Consumer Products
DESCRIPTION

Groupe Vabel designs, manufactures, packages, and markets technical products in the fields of cosmetics, perfumery, makeup, health, and impregnated wipes to meet everyone's needs across three distribution channels: mass market, pharmacy, and luxury. Groupe Vabel was founded in 1969 and is based in Neuville-en-Ferrain, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ixo Private Equity

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 970M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ixo Private Equity is a private investment firm focused on acquiring and investing in companies at all stages, including venture, growth, and buyout. The Firm's buyout group does not have any sector preferences and looks to invest €2 to €30 million. Ixo's geographic preference is for opportunities throughout Western Europe. Ixo Private Equity was formed in 2002 and is based in Toulouse, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 30
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: France M&A 27 of 28
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-19 Magellium

Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France

Magellium is a provider in the development of software for geographic based information systems (GIS), cartography, vision-based solution for robotics applications for defense and security, aerospace and energy sectors. Magellium was founded in 2003 and is based in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-29 Fleuret

Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, France

Fleuret designs and manufactures tailor-made technological containers for the industrial environment, in particular aeronautics and space. Fleuret was founded in 1987 and is based in Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, France.

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