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Innova Capital Acquires Optiplaza

On July 23, 2019, private equity firm Innova Capital acquired retailer Optiplaza

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Innova Capital’s 4th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Innova Capital’s 5th transaction in Romania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-07-23
Target Optiplaza
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Innova Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Optiplaza

Brasov, Romania
Optiplaza owns two retail chains of eyewear with 42 stores nationwide, i.e. Optiplaza and Optica Express, offering a wide range of products and brands. Most company’s sales come from the prescription glasses, contact lenses and eye care products followed by sunglasses. Optiplaza also sells optical products through its website. Optiplaza was founded in 2004 and is based in Brasov, Romania.

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Buyer

Innova Capital

Warsaw, Poland

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.6B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Innova Capital is a private equity firm focused on investment opportunities in Central Europe. Innova generally looks to invest in businesses operating in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, however the firm will also consider companies operating in bordering areas, such as the Nordic Countries, as well as Germany and Austria. Target sectors include business services, specialist media, financial services, and telecom. Innova seeks to commit between €25 to €40 million of equity capital per transaction. The Firm's investment horizon is three to five years. Innova Capital was formed in 1994 and is based in Warsaw, Poland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 70
Sector: Retail M&A 4 of 4
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 41 of 46
Country: Romania M&A 5 of 8
Year: 2019 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-06 WeNet

Warszawa, Poland

WeNet specializes in the provision of active online marketing services and web presence management for customers in the small and medium enterprises sector. An extensive product range, tailored to the needs of customers, helps entrepreneurs promote their businesses and products in the digital world and reach new customers via numerous channels, such as marketing in Google search engine (SEO and SEM), creating and optimizing websites, presence in internet search engines, social media, video, and mailing. WeNet is based in Warszawa, Poland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-03-11 Polskie ePłatności S.A.

Warszawa, Poland

Polish ePayment company involved in processing cashless payment and delivery of innovative business services, providing support for payment transactions using payment cards and performing other services through POS terminals.

Sell €405M
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