M&A Deal Summary

Kirk Kapital A/S Acquires Ellepot

On April 26, 2021, family office Kirk Kapital A/S acquired business services company Ellepot from Capidea Management

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Kirk Kapital A/S’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Kirk Kapital A/S’s 2nd transaction in Denmark.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-04-26
Target Ellepot
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Kirk Kapital A/S
Sellers(s) Capidea Management
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Ellepot

Esbjerg, Denmark
Ellepot develops, produces, and sells propagation systems to young plant growers within the pot and bedding, vegetables, and forest industries. Ellepot's own system, Ellepot, secures a faster, more powerful, and uniform sprouting, while the growers achieve significantly more efficient and flexible production. Ellepot was founded in 1993 and is based in Esbjerg, Denmark.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Kirk Kapital A/S is family backed investment firm established by the descendants of Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the founder of the LEGO toy company. Kirk Capital was formed in 2007 and is headquartered in Vejle, Denmark.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Denmark M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-09 Tacton Systems

Stockholm, Sweden

Tacton Systems is a provider of intelligent, customer-based solutions, designed to bring together sales engineers and operations in manufacturing. We enable manufacturers to accurately address customer's needs while ensuring efficacy and profitability. Company intelligent sales and product configurator (CPQ) with built-in design automation and 3D visualization seamlessly connect to CRM, ERP & PLM systems. Tacton Systems was founded in 1998 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-28 Promon

Oslo, Norway

Promon offers unparalleled next-gen application protection and shielding technology safeguarding applications used on +300m devices globally from malware attacks and application tampering. Promon SHIELDTM extends security beyond the downloaded application and proactively detects and blocks potential security threats at rest and at runtime. Promon was founded in 2006 and is based in Oslo, Norway.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Capidea Management

København, Denmark

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 2.3B DKK
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Capidea Management ApS is a Danish private equity firm that targets small and mid-sized market companies located in Denmark. The Firm targets potential for growth businesses with attractive market positions, proven products and technologies led by experienced management team. It looks to invests in companies with an enterprise value of DKK 400 million. Capidea seeks to hold both majority and minority equity interest in well established portfolio companies. Specific areas of interest include manufacturing, distribution, software, retail, and services. The Firm does not looks to invests in real estate, financial companies, venture capital and start-up companies. Capidea Management ApS was formed in 2006 and is based in København.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 12
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 6
Country: Denmark M&A 8 of 12
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-08 Obsidian Digital

Copenhagen, Denmark

Obsidian Digital is a data-driven business consultancy. The company develops proven digital strategies for danish companies and helps execute these through marketing channels like Google, Social Media Marketing, and E-mail Marketing. It specializes in providing search engine optimization (SEO), Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and conversion optimization (CRO). Obsidian Digital was founded in 2016 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-22 Dancover

Hellebaek, Denmark

Dancover offer a wide selection of marquees, pop-up gazebos, storage shelters, portable garages, work tents, boat shelters, garden gazebos, tarpaulins, and containers. Dancover was founded in 2003 and is based in Hellebaek, Denmark.

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