Investment Summary

Facebook Invests In EssilorLuxottica

On July 8, 2025, Facebook invested in consumer products company EssilorLuxottica

Investment Highlights
  • This is Facebook’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Facebook’s 1st transaction in France.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-07-08
Target EssilorLuxottica
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) Facebook
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

EssilorLuxottica

Paris, France
EssilorLuxottica is a provider of vision solutions and design to manufacture, the group develops a wide range of lenses to correct and protect eyesight. EssilorLuxottica was founded in 1849 and is based in Paris, France.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Facebook

Menlo Park, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees74,067
Revenue 164.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook is a social utility company that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family, and coworkers. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Facebook was founded in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 86 of 87
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-05-23 GIPHY

New York, New York, United States

GIPHY is a search engine that allows users to search, share and discover animated graphics on the internet. The content on GIPHY's website, app, and API includes the most popular GIFs on the web, along with content created by talented GIF artists and world-class brands. GIPHY was founded in 2013 and is based in New York City.

Sell $53M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-30 Rivos

Santa Clara, California, United States

Rivos makes high-performance data center solutions more accessible and energy-efficient. Its innovative platform is built on a scalable System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture that supports the entire AI pipeline, from Training to Reasoning, with the quality enhancements of data analytics, on a single, unified solution. Rivos was formed in 2021 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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