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Terlos Acquires Casa Optima

On May 27, 2025, private equity firm Terlos acquired food company Casa Optima from Charterhouse Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Terlos’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Terlos’ 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-05-27
Target Casa Optima
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Terlos
Sellers(s) Charterhouse Capital Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Casa Optima

Rimini, Italy
Casa Optima is a multibrand group that serves over 30,000 gelato shops and 6,000 pastry shops in more than 150 countries worldwide. The company, with five production sites and over 1,000 employees (approximately 700 in Italy), offers a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality ingredients for artisanal gelato, pastry, and beverages. Casa Optima is based in Rimini, Italy.

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Buyer

Terlos

Category Private Equity Firm
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Terlos is an investment firm focused on acquiring and investing in middle-market consumer-oriented businesses throughout the UK. Terlos is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Charterhouse Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1934
PE ASSETS 5.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Charterhouse Capital Partners is a large private equity firm specializing in buyouts of European industrial and commercial service companies. The Firm primarily seeks opportunities in Western Europe and the UK. Charterhouse focuses on profitable companies led by experienced management valued from €200 million to €1.5 billion. Specific areas of interest include business services, chemicals, engineering, leisure, transport and logistics. Charterhouse Capital Partners was formed in 1934 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 35
Sector: Food M&A 3 of 3
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 14 of 15
Country: Italy M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-03-11 Estya

Ivry-sur-Seine, France

Estya is a French services provider specializing in electronic fire safety and security systems with a comprehensive offering across electronic fire detection, smoke extraction and compartmentation, gas detection, and electric security. Estya was formed in 1974 and is headquartered in Paris.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-29 BARTEC

Bad Mergentheim, Germany

BARTEC is a provider of industrial safety technology for use in hazardous environments. Its clients are primarily in the oil and gas, energy, mining chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries. BARTEC was founded in 1975 and is based in Bad Mergentheim, Germany.

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