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Polaris Capital Group Acquires Sendenkaigi

On March 22, 2023, private equity firm Polaris Capital Group acquired publishing company Sendenkaigi

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Polaris Capital Group’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Polaris Capital Group’s 35th transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-03-22
Target Sendenkaigi
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Polaris Capital Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

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.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Polaris Capital Group

Tokyo, Japan

Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

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 (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 16 of 17
Country (Japan) 35 of 38
Year (2023) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-22 Massmedian

Tokyo, Japan

Massmedian operates a recruitment agency and temporary staffing business focusing on the marketing and creative fields. Massmedian was founded in 2001 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
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 is based in Tokyo.

Sell ¥90.0B
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