M&A Deal Summary |
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| Date | 2025-02-18 |
| Target | Global Blue |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Buyer(s) | Shift4 |
| Sellers(s) | Tencent Holdings |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 2.5B USD |
| Advisor(s) | J.P. Morgan Securities Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking Oppenheimer & Co. PJT Partners UBS Investment Bank (Financial) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Niederer Kraft & Frey (Legal) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Employees | 3,030 |
| Revenue | 2.6B USD (2023) |
Shift4 is a provider of secure payment processing solutions, powering the top point-of-sale and software providers across numerous verticals, including Food & Beverage, Hospitality, Lodging, Gaming, Retail, and e-Commerce. This includes the company’s Harbortouch, Restaurant Manager, POSitouch, and Future POS brands, as well as over 300 additional software integrations in virtually every industry. With eight offices across the U.S. and Europe, 7,000 sales partners, and three state-of-the-art data centers, the company securely processes over 1 billion transactions annually for nearly 200,000 businesses, representing over $100 billion in payments each year. Shift4 was formed in 1999 and is based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4 of 4 |
| Sector (Financial Services) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 4 of 4 |
| Country (Switzerland) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2025) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-14 |
Vectron
Münster, Germany Vectronis a provider of point-of-sale (POS) systems to the restaurant and hospitality verticals. Vectron was formed in 1990 and is headquartered in Münster, Germany. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Employees | 104,787 |
| Revenue | 609.0B CNY (2023) |
Tencent is a provider of a comprehensive range of Internet and wireless value-added services. Through its various online platforms, including Instant Messaging QQ, web portal QQ.com, the QQ Game platform under Tencent Games, multi-media social networking service Qzone and wireless portal, Tencent services the largest online community in China and fulfills the user's needs for communication, information, entertainment and e-Commerce on the Internet. Tencent has three main streams of revenues: Internet value-added services, mobile and telecommunications value-added services and online advertising. Tencent Holdings was founded in 1998 and is based in Shenzhen, China.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4 of 4 |
| Sector (Financial Services) | 1 of 1 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 1 of 1 |
| Country (Switzerland) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2025) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-16 |
Global Blue
Signy-Avenex, Switzerland Global Blue is an international provider of travel-related financial services. The company offers a seamless shopping and payment journey for tourists. Also, it provides a wide range of added-value payment solutions for all the stakeholders involved, including retailers and international shoppers. Global Blue was founded in 1980 and is based in Signy-Avenex, Switzerland. |
Buy | - |
