M&A Deal Summary

Rivean Capital Acquires Oysershell

On June 14, 2017, private equity firm Rivean Capital acquired life science company Oysershell

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rivean Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Rivean Capital’s 4th transaction in Belgium.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-06-14
Target Oysershell
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Rivean Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Oysershell

Merelbeke, Belgium
Oysershell is a developer of innovative consumer healthcare products and is especially acknowledged for its capabilities in the anti-lice and insects category, its new skin treatments such as for warts, and several other important contributions to OTC pharma. Oysershell was founded in 1979 and is based in Merelbeke, Belgium.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rivean Capital

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 5.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gilde Buy Out Partners (GBO) is unit of Gilde Investment Management, a Dutch private equity group. Gilde Buy Out Partners (GBO) targets investments in larger businesses valued from €75 and €600 million with at least €8 million in cash flow. Broad sectors of interest include services, consumer goods, manufacturing, and industrial products. GBO looks for investments across Western Europe, with an emphasis on opportunities in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Gilde was formed in 1982 and has offices in Utrecht, Paris, Brussels, and Zurich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 46 of 77
Sector: Life Science M&A 2 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 19 of 28
Country: Belgium M&A 4 of 6
Year: 2017 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-23 De Boer Structures Holding BV

Alkmaar, Netherlands

De Boer Structures Holding BV is an international supplier of temporary and semi-permanent (aluminium and PVC) structures. The company specialises in the creation of temporary event venues, hospitality units, storage halls, supermarkets, offices, retail outlets, emergency shelters and structures for numerous other uses.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-26 Storio group

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Storio group produces and supplies photo books and other related photo print products including wall décor, cards, calendars and prints. The company has strong market positions across the Benelux, Scandinavia as well as other European countries where it has highly recognized local brands (including albelli, bonusprint, monalbumphoto, fotoknudsen and önskefoto) and supplies high-quality photo products to millions of customers across Europe. The company operates a vertically integrated business model, combining e-commerce with in-house printing as well as proprietary developed photo creation software. Storio group was founded in 2003 and is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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