M&A Deal Summary

Paragon Partners Acquires Asic Robotics

On July 12, 2018, private equity firm Paragon Partners acquired machinery company Asic Robotics from Defi Gestion

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Paragon Partners’ 1st transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Paragon Partners’ 4th transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-07-12
Target Asic Robotics
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Paragon Partners
Sellers(s) Defi Gestion
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Asic Robotics

Burgdorf, Switzerland
Asic Robotics is a developer and manufacturer of custom-built machines for production, assembly and testing processes for a wide variety of industries. Asic Robotics was founded in 1995 and is based in Burgdorf, Switzerland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Paragon Partners

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Paragon Partners is an independent private equity group focused on investments within German speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The Firm does not have any sector preferences, generally targeting profitable companies (EBIT of €5 to €70 million) with attractive business models and 'outstanding' management. Paragon Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Munich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 33
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 9
Country: Switzerland M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2018 M&A 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-17 inprotec

Heitersheim, Germany

inprotec is a contract manufacturer for industrial drying and granulation services using fluidised-bed spray granulation, coating, matrix encapsulation, and spray drying technologies. inprotec was established in 1999 and is based in Heitersheim, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-30 APONTIS

Monheim am Rhein, Germany

APONTIS is a supplier of pharmaceuticals for chronically ill patients. Next to co-marketing activities, the company focuses on the development and promotion of single pills and has established itself as a pioneer in this segment. Single pills are a combination of two to three ingredients in one single pill, which has proven to significantly increase adherence and thus patient prognoses compared to the conventional therapy with 2-3 separate pills. APONTIS was founded in 2016 and is based in Monheim, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Defi Gestion

Lausanne, Switzerland

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 200M CHF
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Defi Gestion SA is a Swiss private investment firm that targets venture capital as well as later stage private equity investment opportunities. The Firm's buyout group looks to invest between 3 and 7 million CHF in growing businesses with at least €10 million in annual revenue. Areas of interest include consumer products, industrial, energy, manufacturing, and business services. Defi Gestion will consider both minority and majority investment situations and prefers businesses located in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux. Defi Gestion SA was formed in 1990 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 8
Sector: Machinery M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-08 Asic Robotics

Burgdorf, Switzerland

Asic Robotics is a developer and manufacturer of custom-built machines for production, assembly and testing processes for a wide variety of industries. Asic Robotics was founded in 1995 and is based in Burgdorf, Switzerland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-13 Captain Tortue

Aix-en-Provence, France

Captain Tortue is a provider of direct selling women's ready-to-wear clothing. It designs around 330 models through its four brands: Trend (trendy collection, urban chic), Miss (classic and casual collection), Little Miss (children's collections, teenagers and small sizes) and Java (home wear comfort-casual). Captain Tortue was founded in 1993 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France.

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