M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2023-03-22 |
| Target | Massmedian |
| Sector | Staffing |
| Buyer(s) | Polaris Capital Group |
| Deal Type | Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Size | Middle-Market |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Polaris Capital Group is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized opportunities throughout Japan. Polaris generally seeks manufacturing companies with competitive technologies/processes, but the Firm will also consider consumer goods, retail, logistics and other service based businesses possessing strong brands or unique business models with potential to expand. Prospective transaction situations of interest include business successions and corporate carve-outs. Polaris Capital Group was formed in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 35 of 38 |
| Sector: Staffing M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals | 16 of 17 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 35 of 38 |
| Year: 2023 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-22 |
Sendenkaigi
Tokyo, Japan Sendenkaigi publishes monthly magazines and books in the advertising, sales promotion, publicity, and creative fields, including a monthly magazine called “Sendenkaigi”. In addition, the company operates a news and information platform for the advertising community in a web media format called “AdverTimes.”. It also manages an event and awards business that organizes lectures and exhibitions in the marketing and communications fields and holds public contests in the creative and planning fields, as well as an education business that plans and conducts public courses and training/seminars for corporates in the marketing and communications fields. Sendenkaigi was founded in 1954 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-25 |
Hitowa
Tokyo, Japan Hitowa is a corporate group with a nursing care business that operates nursing care homes for the elderly under the Irise brand, a franchise business that mainly provides house cleaning services under the Osoji Honpo brand, and a childcare business that operates licensed nurseries under the Taiyono-ko brand. Hitowa was founded in 1997 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. |
Sell | ¥90.0B |
