Growth Capital • Oil/Gas Exploration

Onex Partners Invests In Viridien

On September 2, 2004, private equity firm Onex Partners invested in oil/gas exploration company Viridien

Investment Context
  • This is Onex Partners’ 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Onex Partners’ 1st transaction in France.

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Investment Summary

Date September 2, 2004
Target Viridien
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Investor(s) Onex Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target Company

Viridien

Massy, France
Viridien is a fully integrated Geoscience company providing geological, geophysical and reservoir capabilities to its broad base of customers primarily from the global oil and gas industry. Through its three complementary business divisions of Equipment, Acquisition and Geology, Geophysics & Reservoir (GGR), Viridien brings value across all aspects of natural resource exploration and exploitation. Viridien was founded in 1931 and is based in Massy, France.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Onex Partners

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 21.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Onex Partners is the private equity investment arm of Onex Corp., a Canadian based public investment and asset management firm that also invests in real estate and credit securities. Onex Partners targets investments in large companies, and ONCAP which invests in smaller middle-market companies. Both groups consider North American businesses in a wide range of industries with a special interest in aerospace, healthcare, and industrial companies. Prospective transaction situations include corporate carve-outs where the firm can leverage restructuring capabilities. Onex Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in Toronto with an additional office in New York City.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 5 of 63
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital 1 of 8
Country: France 1 of 1
Year: 2004 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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