Add-on Acquisition • Chemicals

Symrise Acquires SFA Romani

On April 20, 2022, Symrise acquired chemicals company SFA Romani from Keensight Capital

Acquisition Context
  • This is Symrise’s 4th transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Symrise’s 2nd transaction in France.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date April 20, 2022
Target SFA Romani
Sector Chemicals
Buyer(s) Symrise
Sellers(s) Keensight Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

SFA Romani

Saint Cezaire sur Siagne, France
SFA Romani is a supplier both for its creativity and its excellent service of fine fragrance compounds. Its products are used to manufacture perfumes, personal care, cosmetic products and home fragrances. SFA Romani was founded in 1963 and is based in Saint Cezaire sur Siagne, France.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Symrise

Holzminden, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1874
Sector Chemicals
Employees12,984
Revenue 5.0B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Symrise is a producer of flavours, fragrances, cosmetic ingredients and aroma chemicals in the world. Symrise was founded in 1874 and is based in Holzminden, Germany.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 12 of 15
Sector: Chemicals 4 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition 10 of 10
Country: France 2 of 2
Year: 2022 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-23 Wing Pet Food

Shanghai, China

Wing Pet Food focuses on developing and providing pet food palatability solutions. Wing Pet Food was founded in 2007 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-23 EvodiaBio

Copenhagen, Denmark

EvodiaBio is a commercial company in rooted in research to reinventing the production of natural aromas for a more sustainable world. It has developed a ground-breaking technology platform that uses precision fermentation to produce sustainable taste for the food and beverage industry, with the potential to go beyond this market. EvodiaBio was formed in 2021 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Keensight Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 5.5B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Keensight Capital is a private equity investment firm focused on majority and minority growth capital investments in Western European companies. Keensight makes equity investments in a number of situations including the provision of capital to finance growth, either organically or through acquisitions, or the buying out of existing shareholders. The Firm looks to invest €10 to €600 million and will consider business with up to €400 million in revenue. Keensight Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in Paris.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 19 of 24
Sector: Chemicals 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 9 of 11
Country: France 13 of 15
Year: 2022 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-06 Buckaroo

Utrecht, Netherlands

Buckaroo is a payment service provider servicing over 5000 merchants. Buckaroo’s main focus is on the e-commerce and online market with a diversified customer base made of 4,100 merchants across a wide range of industries. Buckaroo acts as payment gateway and, depending on the payment schemes, also as a collector for its merchants. It is a licensed Payment Institution regulated by the DNB and is able to operate across Europe. Buckaroo was founded in 2005 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-27 Valiantys

Toulouse, France

Valiantys is a global consulting and services firm dedicated to Atlassian. The company accelerates business transformation by digitizing processes and modernizing teamwork, using the best agile methods and tools. Valiantys was founded in 2006 and is based in Toulouse, France.

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