M&A Deal Summary

Keensight Capital Acquires Buckaroo

On December 6, 2021, private equity firm Keensight Capital acquired financial services company Buckaroo from BlackFin Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Keensight Capital’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Keensight Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-12-06
Target Buckaroo
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Keensight Capital
Sellers(s) BlackFin Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Buckaroo

Utrecht, Netherlands
Buckaroo is a payment service provider servicing over 5000 merchants. Buckaroo’s main focus is on the e-commerce and online market with a diversified customer base made of 4,100 merchants across a wide range of industries. Buckaroo acts as payment gateway and, depending on the payment schemes, also as a collector for its merchants. It is a licensed Payment Institution regulated by the DNB and is able to operate across Europe. Buckaroo was founded in 2005 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Buyer

Keensight Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 5.5B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Keensight Capital is a private equity investment firm focused on majority and minority growth capital investments in Western European companies. Keensight makes equity investments in a number of situations including the provision of capital to finance growth, either organically or through acquisitions, or the buying out of existing shareholders. The Firm looks to invest €10 to €600 million and will consider business with up to €400 million in revenue. Keensight Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 50
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 7 of 11
Country (Netherlands) 3 of 5
Year (2021) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-06 Demetra

Sommacampagna, Italy

Demetra develops, manufactures, and distributes products used in orthopaedic implant surgeries and spine interventions. The company is a supplier of bone cement, a product used for the fixation of orthopaedic implants and for the filling of vertebral compression fractures. Demetra’s preformed spacers are the industry standard and allow to better treat infections, to reduce surgery time and to improve patient mobility compared to previous generation products. The Company serves all the major players in the orthopaedic industry and has highly diversified sales in terms of geography and product mix. Demetra has four facilities in Europe, the US, and China. Demetra was founded in 2016 and is based in Sommacampagna, Italy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-20 SFA Romani

Saint Cezaire sur Siagne, France

SFA Romani is a supplier both for its creativity and its excellent service of fine fragrance compounds. Its products are used to manufacture perfumes, personal care, cosmetic products and home fragrances. SFA Romani was founded in 1963 and is based in Saint Cezaire sur Siagne, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

BlackFin Capital Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 1.6B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

BlackFin Capital Partners is a private equity firm focusing on financial services across continental Europe. The firm strategy focuses primarily on asset-light businesses in the financial services sector. BlackFin looks to invests €10 - €30 million in companies. BlackFin Capital Partners was formed in 2009 and is based in Paris, France additional office in Germany and France, Belgium.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 11
Sector (Financial Services) 3 of 3
Type (Secondary Buyout) 4 of 5
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 2
Year (2021) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-25 Blauwtrust

Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands

Blauwtrust connects the housing-related supply and demand for residential mortgage funding in the Netherlands through it's entities De Hypothekers Associatie, Quion, Dutch Mortgage Portfolio Management (DMPM) and ROMEO Financiële Diensten. Blauwtrust was formed in 1985 and is headquartered in Capelle aan den IJssel, the Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-28 Groupe CIR

Paris, France

Groupe CIR is an independent specialist in city-center real-estate investment. The Group provides French savers and institutional investors with products based on underlying high-quality city-center real estate through three offers: CIR for direct investment in Malraux products, land deficits, and historic monuments, Urban Premium for indirect investment through housing and yields real estate investment companies and Agarim for bare ownership investment. Groupe CIR was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

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