M&A Deal Summary

Oakley Capital Acquires Horizons Optical

On March 18, 2024, private equity firm Oakley Capital acquired consumer products company Horizons Optical from Sherpa Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 5th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Oakley Capital’s 8th transaction in Spain.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-03-18
Target Horizons Optical
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Oakley Capital
Sellers(s) Sherpa Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Horizons Optical

Barcelona, Spain
Horizons Optical develops and delivers innovation and technology to ophthalmic laboratories, optical chains with production capacity and other industries in the optical field. Horizons Optical is based in Barcelona, Spain.

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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 53 of 56
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 5 of 5
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 9 of 9
Country: Spain M&A 8 of 8
Year: 2024 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-22 Kat Maconie

London, United Kingdom

Kat Maconie is a designer of footwear for women. Kat Maconie is based in London, United Kingdom.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-05-14 Vitroconnect

Gutersloh, Germany

Vitroconnect connects broadband providers with resellers through a proprietary, single interface software platform. The company works with most of Germany’s leading telco players, offering process automation, network operations, brokerage and white-label services through its Carrier Aggregation Platform (‘CAP’). Vitroconnect is based in Gutersloh, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sherpa Capital

Madrid, Spain

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
PE ASSETS 250M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sherpa Capital Management is a Spanish private equity firm focused on medium-sized company acquisitions in Western Europe. Sherpa targets acquisitions of businesses with €20 to €300 million in revenue and has a special interest in consolidation opportunities and special situations. Sherpa Capital was formed in 2011 and is based in Madrid.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Spain M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-19 Logistica Carosan

Talavera de la Reina, Spain

Logistica Carosan is an integrated logistics operator specialized in the transport of palletized goods. Logistica Carosan is based in Talavera de la Reina, Spain.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-01 IronLock Sistemas

Madrid, Spain

IronLock Sistemas is a security company specializing in providing advanced, comprehensive solutions for strategic industries such as data centers, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, and other highly sensitive sectors. IronLock Sistemas was founded in 1994 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

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