M&A Deal Summary

Leo’s Lekland Acquires HopLop

On January 23, 2023, Leo’s Lekland acquired leisure company HopLop from CapMan

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Leo’s Lekland’s 1st transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Leo’s Lekland’s 1st transaction in Finland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-01-23
Target HopLop
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Leo’s Lekland
Sellers(s) CapMan
Deal Type Merger

Target

HopLop

Vantaa, Finland
HopLop is an indoor playground chain in Europe that operates a chain of adventure parks and playgrounds for children. HopLop was founded in 2006 is based in Vantaa, Finland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Leo’s Lekland

Lulea, Sweden

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Leisure
Employees250
Revenue 260M SEK (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Leo’s Lekland is an operator of children's indoor playcentre in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Leo’s Lekland was founded in 2006 and is based in Lulea, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Leisure M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Finland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-20 Andy’s Lekland

Skogås, Sweden

Andy’s Lekland is the first player in Sweden to run a larger playland. Ever since its inception, the goal has been to create qualitative experiences for children and adults, thereby inspiring more play, learning and movement - in short, to More play in life!

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

CapMan

Helsinki, Finland

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 4.9B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

CapMan is a private equity group focused on a variety of investments in Scandinavia and Russia. CapMan's buyout group looks to invest €20 to €70 million (€10 to €20 for mezzanine) of capital in unlisted companies generating €50 to €500 million in revenues. CapMan seeks control positions and does not have any sector preferences. CapMan was established in 1989 and has offices in Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Luxembourg, and Moscow.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 41 of 44
Sector: Leisure M&A 2 of 2
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Finland M&A 22 of 24
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-28 KDL Test

Moscow, Russia

KDL Test is a chain of private laboratories for medical testing which operates in one of the fastest-growing health sector segments. KDL operates a chain of nine laboratories providing medical diagnostic testing in Moscow, Kazan, Omsk, Perm, Astrakhan, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Saratov and Rostov-on-Don, as well as a chain of blood collection points. KDL Test was established in 2003 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-02-06 Napier

Bomlo, Norway

Napier is a salmon harvest vessel operator and a leading harvest vessel specialist globally. The company has a fleet of six vessels and serves the world’s largest aquaculture companies. Napier was founded in 1995 and is based in Bomlo, Norway.

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