M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2010-12-01 |
| Target | InterSwitch |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Buyer(s) |
Helios Investment Partners
Adlevo Capital |
| Deal Type | Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| PE ASSETS | 3.6B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Helios Investment Partners is a pan-African private equity firm. Helios looks to commit $15 to $200 million per transaction and will consider a broad range of investment situations. These include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, joint ventures, seed-stage venture capital, restructurings, and strategic public equity investments. Helios is a generalist investor however the firm has particular interest in communications, financial services, power, travel/leisure, distribution/logistics, and agriculture. Helios was formed in 2004 and is based in London.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7 of 22 |
| Sector: Financial Services M&A | 3 of 5 |
| Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals | 2 of 5 |
| Country: Nigeria M&A | 3 of 5 |
| Year: 2010 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-01 |
Continental Outdoor Media
Bryanston, South Africa Continental Outdoor Media is Africa’s largest outdoor advertising company. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-01 |
Eland Oil & Gas
Aberdeen, United Kingdom Eland Oil & Gas' principal business objective is identifying and acquiring interests in oil and gas assets in West Africa, focused on Nigeria including the prolific Niger Delta, and to develop and bring acquired oil and gas assets into production. The Company has, to date, established offices in Nigeria (Abuja), Scotland (Aberdeen) and U.A.E. (Sharjah). |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Size | Small |
| Type | Sector Focused |
Adlevo Capital is a private equity firm focused on growth-oriented companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adlevo generally looks to make equity and equity-linked investments in rapidly growing private companies at various stages of development. Prospective companies typically benefit from technology or technology-driven processes. Adlevo Capital was formed in 2007 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 4 |
| Sector: Financial Services M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Nigeria M&A | 1 of 3 |
| Year: 2010 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-06-26 |
Paga
Lagos, Nigeria Paga is a provider of mobile payments services. Paga is underpinned by a secure payments platform that is built with the flexibility to operate in any environment and on the most basic mobile phone and internet enabled device. To maximize the network effects critical for the long-term success, Paga has taken a multi-stakeholder approach and works with strong local banks and microfinance institutions and on all mobile networks. Paga was founded in 2009 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. |
Buy | - |
