Investment Summary

Latour Capital, Bridgepoint and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Invest In Primonial

On July 9, 2014, private equity firm Latour Capital, private equity firm Bridgepoint and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa invested in financial services company Primonial from Naxicap Partners

Investment Highlights
  • This is Latour Capital’s 1st, Bridgepoint’s 2nd and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Latour Capital’s 6th, Bridgepoint’s 22nd and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa’s 2nd transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-07-09
Target Primonial
Sector Financial Services
Investor(s) Latour Capital
Bridgepoint
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
Sellers(s) Naxicap Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Primonial

Paris, France
Primonial is a wealth management consulting group. Primonial provides design, selection, management, and sale of financial solutions for real estate, asset management, and life insurance. Primonial was founded in 1989 and is based in Paris, France.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

Latour Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 3.1B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Latour Capital is a French private equity firm focused on buyouts, divestitures, and growth capital investments in Western Europe. Latour pursues companies valued between €50 and €300 million where it can invest €15 to €45 million. Latour Capital is sector agnostic, but the Firm has a preference for business services companies. Latour Capital was formed in 2011 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 24
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 6 of 22
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 Nextpool

Ecully, France

Nextpool provides design, manufacturing, and delivery of bespoke swimming pool equipment. The company’s product positioning is mid/high-end, and its clientele is entirely B2B. Its products include swimming pool safety covers, swimming pool liners, water treatment products, and sun protection equipment. Nextpool was formed in 2004 and is based in Ecully, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-09 YellowKorner

Paris, France

YellowKorner is specializing in the distribution of limited edition photographs using a click & mortar approach. YellowKorner was founded in 2006 and is based in Paris, France.

Buy -
Investor

Bridgepoint

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 75.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bridgepoint is a large European private equity firm that invests in middle-market companies across a broad range of industries with an enterprise value of €200 - €1000 million. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, buy-ins, growth financings, consolidations, and take privates. The firms invest in the range of €75 - €400 million transaction. Bridgepoint Development Capital specializes in investments in businesses valued up to a €150 million, taking equity stakes of between €10 million and €75 million. General sectors of interest include consumer products and services, retail, financial services, healthcare, media, technology, industrials, and business services. Bridgepoint was formed in 1984 and has offices in London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 94 of 188
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 6 of 14
Country: France M&A 22 of 43
Year: 2014 M&A 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-07 SPTS Technologies

Newport, United Kingdom

SPTS Technologies is a global manufacturer of etch, deposition and thermal processing equipment for the microelectronic industry.

Sell $365M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-14 Phlexglobal

Chesham, United Kingdom

Phlexglobal is a provider of technology enabled document management solutions and other support services to the global clinical research market. Phlexglobal was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Chesham, United Kingdom.

Buy £42M
Investor

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa

Le Relecq-Kerhuon, France

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Financial Services
Employees8,494
DESCRIPTION

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, a regional cooperative bank, provides banking services and products for individuals and commercials.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-18 Monext SAS

Paris, France

Monext SAS manages more than 2 million bank cards, 3 million transport cards and 5 million private-label (petrol and retail) cards on a day-to-day basis, and handles more than 550 million transactions per year, making it a major player in the French electronic payment market.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-22 Leetchi

Paris, France

Leetchi is a donation-based crowdfunding platform that allows easily collect and organization of money for group payments for birthdays, farewell presents, weekends away with friends, charity associations, stag parties, hen nights, and splitting bills. Leetchi was founded in 2009 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Naxicap Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 6.7B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Naxicap Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in small to medium-sized businesses in France, the Benelux, Spain, and Germany. Naxicap invests in a variety of sectors including business services, technology, healthcare, food, real estate, and consumer products. Naxicap Partners was established in 2005 and is headquartered in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 65
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 5
Country: France M&A 6 of 63
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-01 Lacroix Emballage

Bois-d'Amont, France

Lacroix Emballage is a manufacturer of industrial package series, offers packaging made of wood, cardboard and plastic for the agri-food and non-food industries. Lacroix Emballage was founded in 1946 and is based in Bois-d'Amont, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-10 Ateme SA

Vélizy-Villacoublay, France

Ateme SA provider of HEVC / H.265, MPEG-4 / H.264, and MPEG-2 bandwidth-efficient compression technology. ATEME encoding solutions are deployed widely for broadcast contribution links, distribution, multi-screen live streaming, OTT and VOD applications. Ateme was founded in 1991 and is based in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France.

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