Investment Summary

Mid Europa Partners Invests In Diagnostyka

On February 16, 2011, private equity firm Mid Europa Partners invested in healthcare services company Diagnostyka

Investment Highlights
  • This is Mid Europa Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Mid Europa Partners’ 4th transaction in Poland.

Investment Summary

Date 2011-02-16
Target Diagnostyka
Sector Healthcare Services
Investor(s) Mid Europa Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Diagnostyka

Krakow, Poland
Diagnostyka offers diagnostic equipment and software to hospitals, corporate, and individual customers. Diagnostyka specialize in the implementation of professional services from the collection and transport of biological material, through the performance of the test, to the delivery of the results of medical analyzes in the shortest possible time. Diagnostyka was founded in 1998 and is based in Krakow, Poland.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Mid Europa Partners

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 6.2B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in Central and Eastern Europe. Mid Europa prefers control based investments in market leading companies operating in industries with high barriers to entry. Sectors of interest include telecom, media, utilities, transportation, natural resources, industrial, healthcare, building materials, manufacturing, and agriculture. The Firm looks to commit €50 to €300 million of equity capital per transaction in businesses valued up to €500 million. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, take-privates, divestitures, turnarounds, and large scale expansions. Mid Europa Partners is the successor entity to EMP Europe Ltd, which was formed in 1999. Mid Europa has offices in Budapest, Warsaw, and London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 44
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 3 of 7
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Poland M&A 4 of 12
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-31 Falcon Group

Praha, Czech Republic

Mid Europa acquired a stake in Falcon in November 2006 in a consortium with Lehman Brothers and the United Arabs Emirates based Al Bateen Investment, and subsequently bought out the Lehman Brothers stake through Fund III in November 2008, thus gaining full control of the asset. CRa is the dominant analogue TV and radio broadcaster company, holding approximately 97% of the market share. The company owns one of the three digital multiplexes covering the largest area of the country, and operates three further multiplexes, having launched digital broadcasting in 2006.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-02-25 Zabka Polska

Poznañ, Poland

Zabka Polska is a Polish convenience retailer. The company is among the fastest-growing grocery retail chains in Poland. Żabka has grown from a single convenience store in Poznań to a country wide network of over 5,000 stores. Zabka Polska was founded in 1998 and is based in Poznañ, Poland.

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