Investment Summary

Kleimar Invests In EBT

On November 28, 2014, Kleimar invested in infrastructure company EBT from GIMV

Investment Highlights
  • This is Kleimar’s 1st transaction in the Infrastructure sector.
  • This is Kleimar’s 1st transaction in Belgium.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-11-28
Target EBT
Sector Infrastructure
Investor(s) Kleimar
Sellers(s) GIMV
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

EBT

Ghent, Belgium
EBT operates bulk terminals (coal, iron ore etc.) and is active in fruit handling via Universal Fruit Operators (UFO). EBT is based in Ghent, Belgium.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Kleimar

Antwerp, Belgium

Category Company
Sector Transportation
DESCRIPTION

Kleimar is part of the Sea-Invest group, situated in Antwerp (Belgium). The company specialises in bulk sea transport of coal and iron ore. Gimv owned 24% of Kleimar and sold its entire stake to Navios. Navios Maritime Holdings is a shipping company listed on Nasdaq, specialized in worldwide bulk transport across the sea.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Belgium M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GIMV

Antwerp, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIMV is a Belgium based public investment company focused on private equity and venture capital investments in tech-based businesses. GIMV's private equity practice operates through its Corporate Investment unit and targets management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings of companies with annual sales between EUR15 and EUR150 million. For buyout opportunities GIMV generally takes a majority stake in businesses and for growth capital needs, GIMV takes a minority position. GIMV does not invest in publicly held companies or turnaround situations. GIMV's geographic focus is within Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France. GIMV also invests in Russia through Eagle Capital Partners, a partnership with KBC Private Equity. GIMV was formed in 1980 and is headquartered in Antwerp with additional offices in The Hague, Frankfurt, Munich, and Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 111
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 2 of 6
Country: Belgium M&A 19 of 35
Year: 2014 M&A 9 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-25 Melijoe

Paris, France

Melijoe is a an online children's fashion store. Melijoe was founded in 2007 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-05 Mackevision Medien Design

Stuttgart, Germany

Mackevision Medien Design GmbH is a global producer of 3D-enabled and immersive product content. Mackevision’s creation, visualization and production services are used for online product configurators, digital and print catalogues, virtual showrooms, point-of-sale kiosks, augmented and virtual reality experiences, as well as broadcast video and feature films. Mackevision has developed a differentiated ability to leverage engineering data to construct ‘digital twins’ of complex physical products. Mackevision Medien Design was founded in 1994 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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