M&A Deal Summary

IVC Evidensia Acquires Evidensia

On May 1, 2017, IVC Evidensia acquired consumer services company Evidensia from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IVC Evidensia’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is IVC Evidensia’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-05-01
Target Evidensia
Sector Consumer Services
Buyer(s) IVC Evidensia
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Merger

Target

Evidensia

Stockholm, Sweden
Evidensia is a companion pet care group in Northern Europe with a complete offering of base and specialist care for dogs, cats, horses, and exotic pets. Evidensia was formed in 2012 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IVC Evidensia

Bristol , United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Consumer Services
Employees22,000
DESCRIPTION

IVC Evidensia is a diversified vet services platform, an extensive network of clinics/hospitals, and comprehensive pet e-commerce and telemedicine offerings. IVC Evidensia was founded in 2011 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 3
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
Country (Sweden) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-01 White Cross Vets

Guiseley, United Kingdom

White Cross Vets is a fast growing chain of veterinary practices based in the Midlands and North of England. White Cross Vets was founded in 1937 and is based in Guiseley, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 90 of 188
Sector (Consumer Services) 1 of 3
Type (Merger) 2 of 11
Country (Sweden) 27 of 33
Year (2017) 2 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-03-23 GPA Global

Shenzhen, China

GPA Global is an one-stop-shop premium packaging and displays solutions provider which sources from a wide network of more than 100 vendors across China. GPA Global was founded in 2009 and is based in Shenzhen, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-15 Bureau van Dijk

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bureau van Dijk is a global provider of business intelligence and company information. Bureau van Dijk, operating from its Amsterdam headquarters, aggregates, standardizes and distributes one of the world’s most extensive private company datasets, with coverage exceeding 220 million companies. Over 30 years, the company has built partnerships with more than 160 independent information providers, creating a platform that connects customers with data that addresses a wide range of business challenges. Bureau van Dijk’s solutions support the credit analysis, investment research, tax risk, transfer pricing, compliance and third-party due diligence needs of financial institutions, corporations, professional services firms and governmental authorities worldwide.

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