M&A Deal Summary

Oakley Capital Acquires EliteMedianet

On June 8, 2015, private equity firm Oakley Capital acquired internet software and services company EliteMedianet from HolidayCheck Group for 22M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 7th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 5th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • EliteMedianet was sold to a strategic buyer in 2015.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-06-08
Target EliteMedianet
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Oakley Capital
Sellers(s) HolidayCheck Group
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 22M EUR

Target

EliteMedianet

Hamburg, Germany
EliteMedianet is a premium online dating site. EliteMedianet was founded in 2004 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Oakley Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 15.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Oakley Capital is a mid-market, generalist private equity firm focused on investing in opportunities across Europe. Oakley targets a variety of investment situations, including traditional buyouts, take privates, growth capital financings, secondary buyouts, and turnarounds. Oakley prefers controlling situations and seeks businesses valued between €100 million and €1 billion. Oakley Capital was formed in 2002 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 56
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 7 of 16
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 6
Country: Germany M&A 5 of 16
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-08 Parship

Hamburg, Germany

Parship is an online dating platform with strong market positions in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Parship was founded in 2001 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-26 Verivox

Heidelberg, Germany

Verivox Holdings Limited is Germany’s largest energy price comparison website.

Sell €170M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

HolidayCheck Group

Munich, Germany

Category Company
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees343
Revenue 14M EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

HolidayCheck Group is an exchange-listed Internet group. HolidayCheck Group is based in Munich, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 3
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-04 WebAssets B.V.

Zeist, Netherlands

WebAssets B.V. is an online portal that provides hotel and holiday destination ratings information.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-10 MeteoVista B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

MeteoVista B.V. operates a number of weather portals in the Benelux region.

Sell -