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J-STAR Co. Acquires Sun Smile

On September 1, 2017, asset manager J-STAR Co. acquired consumer products company Sun Smile

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is J-STAR Co.’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is J-STAR Co.’s 12th transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-09-01
Target Sun Smile
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) J-STAR Co.
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Sun Smile

Tokyo, Japan
Sun Smile provides a wide range of in-house brands from skin care to beauty goods, product planning, wholesale/retail/EC/overseas exports, sales advertising strategies, and distribution, and provides products globally. Sun Smile manufactures original products as OEM/ODM, not only for cosmetics such as skin care, colored products, and hair care, but also for miscellaneous goods. Sun Smile was founded in 1997 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Buyer

J-STAR Co.

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 300M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

J-STAR is a private equity and asset management firm focused on acquisitions of small to mid-sized Japanese companies. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally looks to commit JPY 1 to JPY 3 billion per transaction. J-STAR was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 37
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 2
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 18
Country: Japan M&A 12 of 37
Year: 2017 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-15 Alpha - Tutoring Businesses

Japan

Alpha Corporation's Tutoring Businesses is a tutoring service company. Company operates 16 private tutoring schools in Sapporo, and also operates tutor staff services nationwide to send teachers to home.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-18 Echigoya

Tokyo, Japan

Echigoya is a charcoal-grilled dried-fish izakaya-restaurant and developed various unique restaurants brands. Echigoya was founded in 2005 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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