M&A Deal Summary

IK Partners Acquires IZIUM

On June 5, 2016, private equity firm IK Partners acquired business services company IZIUM

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IK Partners’ 10th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is IK Partners’ 17th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • IZIUM was sold to a strategic buyer in 2017.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-06-05
Target IZIUM
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) IK Partners
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

IZIUM

Paris, France
IZIUM offers an extensive portfolio of customer experience services, including consulting, telesales, customer services, debt collection and technical assistance, to a large client base. The Group operates 14 contact centres in France, Morocco and Madagascar. IZIUM is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer

IK Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 14.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

IK Partners is a private equity firm that targets control investments in lower middle-market to large-sized companies throughout Europe. IK focuses on growth businesses located in the Benelux region, as well as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and Sweden. The Firm looks to commit €10 to €300 million of equity capital per transaction and targets companies with strong cash-flows. IK Investment Partners was formerly known as Industry Kapital. IK Partners was formed in 1989 and is based in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 101 of 191
Sector: Business Services M&A 10 of 24
Type: Consolidation M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: France M&A 17 of 46
Year: 2016 M&A 5 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-03 NeTel Group

Stockholm, Sweden

NeTel Group is an infranet service provider to telecom operators, utilities and municipalities. NeTel Group was founded in 2000 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-14 OPEN

Gothenburg, Sweden

OPEN is a payment solution provider. By controlling the development of unique and innovative payment software OPEN is a preferred full service partner to numerous leading actors within the Nordic markets. OPEN was founded in 2005 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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