Investment Summary

L Catterton Partners Invests In IAFSTORE

On July 17, 2020, growth capital firm L Catterton Partners invested in e-commerce company IAFSTORE

Investment Highlights
  • This is L Catterton Partners’ 3rd transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is L Catterton Partners’ 8th transaction in Italy.

Investment Summary

Date 2020-07-17
Target IAFSTORE
Sector E-Commerce
Investor(s) L Catterton Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Ethica Corporate Finance (Financial)
A&O Shearman (Legal)

Target

IAFSTORE

Brescia, Italy
IAFSTORE is an online supplement store and one of the major European players in this space. With four key sectors (drugstore, herbalist's shop, organic foods, and sports nutrition), IAFSTORE is an online platform specializing in high-quality sports nutrition, food supplements, over-the-counter, and healthy products, which relies on a database of approximately 700,000 profiled customers across its websites. IAFSTORE was founded in 2007 and is based in Brescia, Italy.

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Investor

L Catterton Partners

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 37.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

L Catterton is a private equity firm that targets investments in consumer-related companies located throughout North America. L Catterton looks for businesses with identifiable brands and operating in 'defensible and extensible' positions within growth industry segments. Specific sectors of interest include branded consumables, food/beverages, consumer services, restaurants, media and marketing, household durables, specialty retail, mass merchant retail, and luxury/apparel. Prospective transactions include management buyouts, recapitalizations, turnarounds, and growth financings. L Catterton was formed in 1990 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 170 of 223
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 3 of 8
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 71 of 91
Country: Italy M&A 8 of 11
Year: 2020 M&A 7 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-18 Petlove

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Petlove is an online pet shop with a portfolio of more than 15,000 pet products, including its own and exclusive brands, and also offers a complete pet retail platform. Petlove has a subscription service for pet products that, among other benefits, offers a 10% discount on all products, online service with veterinarians, and deliveries. The Company also acts as a technology provider for the Brazilian pet market, with more than 2,000 partners, including doctors, veterinary clinics, hospitals, and petshops. With technologies such as the pet profile, petlove fulfills its mission of making its customers' lives more convenient by bringing together in one place specialists, products, and tips to take care of what really matters the happiness of pets. Petlove was founded in 1999 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-12 Public Goods

New York, New York, United States

Public Goods offers members access to a line of thoroughly researched, high-quality essential products that are well-designed, eco-friendly, and at competitive price points. Public Goods was formed in 2015 and is based in New York City.

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