Add-on Acquisition • Internet Software and Services

Recruit Holdings Acquires TrustYou

On June 14, 2017, Recruit Holdings acquired internet software and services company TrustYou from Omnes Capital

Acquisition Context
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 4th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 2nd transaction in Germany.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date June 14, 2017
Target TrustYou
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Recruit Holdings
Sellers(s) Omnes Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

TrustYou

Munich, Germany
TrustYou GmbH is a provider of data widgets and software services to the hospitality industry to analyse reputation and social content (online reviews, posts and tweets) through an innovative technology based on semantics. TrustYou GmbH was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Recruit Holdings

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Business Services
Employees49,480
Revenue 3.56T JPY (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Recruit Holdings is a global human resources and information services company. Recruit's HR services include temporary staffing, permanent placement, recruitment advertising, consulting, assessment and training. Recruit Holdings was formed in 1960 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 14 of 16
Sector: Internet Software and Services 4 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition 14 of 15
Country: Germany 2 of 2
Year: 2017 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-01 Simply Hired

Mountain View, California, United States

Simply Hired, Inc. is a job search engine on the Web provides postings from the job boards, newspapers, content sites, associations, and organization career sites.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-08 Glassdoor

Mill Valley, California, United States

Glassdoor, Inc. is a provider of online career and workplace community. Glassdoor combines all the latest jobs with millions of reviews and insights to make it easy for people to find a job that is uniquely right for them. As a result, Glassdoor helps employers hire truly informed candidates at scale through effective recruiting solutions like job advertising and employer branding products. Launched in 2008, Glassdoor now has reviews and insights for 770,000 companies located in more than 190 countries.

Buy $1.2B

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Omnes Capital

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 5.7B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Omnes Capital formerly known as Credit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) is the investment arm of financial services group Credit Agricole. Omnes Capital looks to invest in a range of investment stages and transaction types, including LBO/expansion, venture capital, mezzanine, renewable energy, co-investment, infrastructure, and special situations. The Firm's LBO/expansion group looks to invest €25 to €80 million to support growth initiatives and buyouts of small and mid-cap businesses operating in a variety of industries. Omnes Capital generally invests in businesses operating in France and Italy. Omnes Capital's mezzanine area was formed in 2002 and looks to provide €5 to €30 million of junior capital to similar sized established businesses. In addition to Omnes Capital's traditional equity and subordinated debt investment arm, the Firm also invests in infrastructure projects as well as provides capital for distressed businesses with €10 to €150 million in revenue. Omnes Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 91 of 118
Sector: Internet Software and Services 4 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition 40 of 53
Country: Germany 5 of 6
Year: 2017 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-02 Batiweb

Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

Batiweb is a BtoB web portal focusing on the housing and construction sectors. The company has grown based on a directory/ search engine business model focusing on construction products and is now one of the established leaders on its market. Batiweb was founded in 1996 and is based in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-26 Tiama

Vourles, France

The group is TIAMA, through its principal subsidiaries MSC and SGCC, the world leader in in-line inspection in the glass manufacturing industry

Sell -