Investment Summary

Satya Capital Exit Ison Xperiences

On November 26, 2018, growth capital firm Africinvest and asset manager Gulf Capital invested in business services company Ison Xperiences from Satya Capital

Investment Highlights
  • This is Africinvest’s 3rd and Gulf Capital’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Africinvest’s 4th and Gulf Capital’s 1st transaction in Kenya.
Investment Fate
  • Ison Xperiences was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2023.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-11-26
Target Ison Xperiences
Sector Business Services
Investor(s) Africinvest
Gulf Capital
Sellers(s) Satya Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Ison Xperiences

Nairobi, Kenya
iSON Xperiences provides a flexible enablement platform for businesses that need help scaling up their workforce, daily business operations, or debt collection solutions, or that want to expand their footprint in Africa. The company's expertise spans telecoms, BFSi, energy, media, government, retail, aviation, and e-commerce, partnering with brands and startups. Ison Xperiences was founded in 2011 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Africinvest

Tunis, Tunisia

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Africinvest is a private equity firm focused on growth investments in African companies. The Firm generally targets minority investments in small to medium-sized companies, but Africinvest will consider select majority situations. Africinvest does not have any sector preferences and looks to hold for 4 to 6 years. Africinvest was formed in 1994 and is headquartered in Tunis, Tunisia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 57
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 6
Country: Kenya M&A 4 of 7
Year: 2018 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-26 Les Centaures Routiers

Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

Les Centaures Routiers is an independent transportation company provides freight transport and logistics. Les Centaures Routiers transports different kind of goods such as Oil & Gas products, palm oil, Sugar, soft drinks, containers etc.. Les Centaures Routiers is based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-12 Mathevon

Saint-Etienne, France

Mathevon is a manufacturer of superalloy (particularly Inconel) and stainless steel safety parts exposed to harsh environments. Mathevon was founded in 1970 and is based in Saint-Etienne, France.

Buy -
Investor

Gulf Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 2.2B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gulf Capital is a leading alternative asset management company focusing primarily on late-stage control buy-outs, growth capital, real estate development and private debt in the Middle East. Gulf Capital's private equity group looks to acquire and invest in companies where it can offer help with operational improvements and expertise. Broad areas of interest include energy, oil and gas, water, healthcare, education, and logistics. Gulf Capital was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 13
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Kenya M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-05 Destinations Of The World

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Destinations Of The World (DOTW) is a state of the art user-friendly online system developed exclusively for the Travel Trade. Obtain access to net wholesale rates and real-time inventory for over 160,000 hotels & apartments in more than 10,000 destinations worldwide.

Sell $173M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-23 CHO Group

Sfax, Tunisia

CHO Group is a fully-integrated global producer and exporter of organic and natural olive oil. CHO Group was founded in 1996 and is based in Sfax, Tunisia.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER
DESCRIPTION

Satya Capital is a private investment firm focused on providing long-term growth capital to companies throughout Africa. The Firm targets investments from $20 to $100 million dollars and invests in a broad range of sectors including consumer, retail, healthcare, technology, media, telecommunications, and financial services. Satya works in partnership with TPG Growth, the middle-market and growth equity investment platform of TPG Capital. Satya Capital is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Kenya M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-12 Wilderness Holdings

Gaborone, Botswana

Wilderness Holdings is an ecotourism group with operations in seven African countries and a mission to conserve and restore African wilderness and wildlife. Wilderness Safaris and the Governors’ Camp Collection operate camps and safaris in some of Africa’s best wildlife and wilderness areas across seven different countries: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Wilderness Holdings was founded in 1983 and is based in Gaborone, Botswana.

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