Investment Summary

Jakala Invests In Clever Age

On April 5, 2022, Jakala invested in information technology company Clever Age from Ardian

Investment Highlights
  • This is Jakala’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Jakala’s 2nd transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2022-04-05
Target Clever Age
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Jakala
Sellers(s) Ardian
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Clever Age

Paris, France
Clever Age is a digital expert in interactive communication, technical architecture, and production infrastructure. Clever Age helps its clients identify and set up their digital and mobile strategies. With four offices in France and a presence in Switzerland and Hong Kong, its clients are SMEs and large organizations. Clever Age was founded in 2001 and is based in Paris, France.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Jakala

Milan, Italy

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Marketing
Employees1,000
DESCRIPTION

Jakala offers an integrated set of solutions that empower enterprises to better utilize technology and data to meet modern marketing and sales requirements across a variety of international markets, including the US, Brazil, and Poland. Jakala was founded in 2000 and is based in Milan, Italy.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: France M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-16 GeoUniq

Paris, France

GeoUniq is a location tech and data company that builds cutting-edge location analytics tech to collect and turn the finest-quality location data into valuable information for the market. GeoUniq was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 211 of 247
Sector: Information Technology M&A 9 of 10
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 12 of 16
Country: France M&A 102 of 116
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-14 Alixio

Paris, France

Alixio is an advisory and operational services for transformations with high human stakes. Its offer, which is based on a unique model combining consulting and services, covers five areas of expertise: restructuring and social strategy, HR performance and skills development, training, change management, and health at work and quality of working life. Alixio was founded in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-17 Taxually

Budapest, Hungary

Taxually delivers VAT compliance solutions that cater for all business types, from online retailers to those with complex tax requirements. Taxually was founded in 2018 and is based in Budapest, Hungary.

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