M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2024-02-27 |
| Target | Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan |
| Sector | Restaurants |
| Buyer(s) |
The Carlyle Group
CDIB Capital Group |
| Sellers(s) | Mitsubishi |
| Deal Type | Divestiture |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 435.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 742 of 749 |
| Sector: Restaurants M&A | 12 of 12 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 71 of 74 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 29 of 30 |
| Year: 2024 M&A | 1 of 4 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-15 |
KB
Seoul, South Korea KB engaged in banking business, investment & securities, equity and derivatives brokerage services , life insurance and asset management. KB was founded in 2008 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-21 |
SER Group
Bonn, Germany SER Group is a European enterprise content management solutions (ECM) software company. SER began as a provider of electronic archiving and has grown into a supplier of state-of-the-art ECM solutions to companies throughout Europe. SER Group was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| PE ASSETS | 2.7B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
CDIB Capital International Corp. is the overseas investment arm of China Development Financial. CDIB makes direct investments in Asian private equity, private debt and special situations opportunities. The Firm's private equity group looks to invest $20 to $75 million in companies serving large markets, with proven management focused on 'sustainable growth' and profitability. CDIB primarily makes growth investments, but will also consider middle-market buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, and mid-to-late stage venture capital transactions. CDIB is based in Hong Kong with additional offices in Taipei, Shanghai, Seoul and San Francisco.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 20 of 20 |
| Sector: Restaurants M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 1 of 1 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2024 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-24 |
World Gym
Taichung, Taiwan World Gym is the owner and operator of the fitness center chain. World Gym has become the industry by offering affordable, monthly dues memberships in state-of-the-art, full service health clubs averaging 45,000 square feet in size. World Gym was founded in 2001 and is based in Taichung, Taiwan. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1950 |
| Sector | Diversified |
| Employees | 62,062 |
| Revenue | 18.62T JPY (2025) |
Mitsubishi is a diversified holding company that engages in global environmental & infrastructure, business service, industrial finance, logistics & development, energy business, metals, machinery, chemicals, and living essentials business. Mitsubishi was founded in 1950 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 7 of 7 |
| Sector: Restaurants M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Type: Divestiture M&A Deals | 6 of 6 |
| Country: Japan M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Year: 2024 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-17 |
Kyoto Fusioneering
Tokyo, Japan Kyoto Fusioneering is a technology startup that specializes in developing state-of-the-art technologies for commercial fusion reactors, including gyrotron systems, tritium fuel cycle technologies, and breeding blankets for tritium production and power generation. It collaborates with public and private fusion developers globally, striving to establish fusion as the ultimate energy source for humanity. Kyoto Fusioneering was formed in 2019 and is based in Tokya. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 |
Copper World
Arizona, United States Copper World owns the fully-permitted Copper World project and is based in Arizona. |
Buy | - |
