M&A Deal Summary

SIGNA Sports United Acquires internetstore

On November 8, 2016, SIGNA Sports United acquired e-commerce company internetstore from EQT

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SIGNA Sports United’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is SIGNA Sports United’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-11-08
Target internetstore
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) SIGNA Sports United
Sellers(s) EQT
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

internetstore

Stuttgart, Germany
internetstore is an e-commerce company in bike and outdoor. The group runs numerous online shops across 14 European countries: Bikester, Addnature, CAMPZ, fahrrad.de, and Brügelmann. With its broad assortment, the shops attract enthusiasts as well as newcomers to the bike and outdoor experience. internetstore was founded in 2003 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SIGNA Sports United

Berlin, Germany

Category Company
Founded 2018
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

SIGNA Sports United is an operator of European sports commerce and tech platform in the categories Bike, Tennis, Outdoor and Team Sports with more than 4m active customers and over 300m visitors annually. SIGNA Sports United brings together brands such as Fahrrad.de, Bikester, Probikeshop, Camps, Addnature, Tennis-Point, Outfitter, and Stylefile. More than 1,000 brand partners, 500+ independent offline retailers, and more than 10m digital sports community members are connected to its platform. SIGNA Sports United was founded in 2018 and is based in Berlin, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (E-Commerce) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 4
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-11 Midwest Sports

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Midwest Sports is an operator of online tennis retailers. Midwest Sports had over 3m unique website visitors and served more than 300k customers. The company is the official retail sponsor of the Western & Southern Open, also known as the Cincinnati Masters, and has the exclusive rights to all retail tennis gear and apparel. Midwest Sports is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 85 of 187
Sector (E-Commerce) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 37 of 73
Country (Germany) 15 of 34
Year (2016) 9 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-11-16 Portgås Fastighets AB

Roslags Näsby, Sweden

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