M&A Deal Summary

Vitruvian Partners Acquires Smava

On December 20, 2017, private equity firm Vitruvian Partners acquired financial services company Smava

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vitruvian Partners’ 4th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Vitruvian Partners’ 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-20
Target Smava
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Vitruvian Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Smava

Berlin, Germany
Smava is a consumer lending marketplace that connects borrowers with personal loan offerings from over 25 partner banks. Smava was formed in 2007 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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Buyer

Vitruvian Partners

London, United Kingdom

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 20.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Vitruvian Partners is an independent private equity firm that specializes in middle-market buyouts, growth buyouts and growth capital investments in the UK and elsewhere in Northern Europe. Vitruvian looks for companies that are 'operating in dynamic situations, where there is an opportunity to build strategic value'. The Group's target investment size is €40 to €600 million in transactions valued between €75m to €4bn. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer services, financial services, life science, healthcare services, media, technology, communications, and internet software. Vitruvian Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 69
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 9
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 7 of 12
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2017 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-01 Bitdefender

Bucharest, Romania

Bitdefender is a security technology company that provides cutting-edge end-to-end cyber security solutions and advanced threat protection to more than 500 million users in more than 150 countries. The Company offers an extensive portfolio of award-winning security solutions for both consumers and corporate users, recognized for their superior protection capabilities by amongst others Gartner, Frost&Sullivan and AV-Comparatives. Bitdefender was formed in 2001 and is based in Bucharest, Romania. Bucharest, Sector 6, Șos. Orchids, no. 15A, Orhideea Towers Building, floors 9-12,

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-01 Travel Counsellors

Manchester, United Kingdom

Travel Counsellors is a travel marketplace for self-employed travel agents. Travel Counsellors was founded in 1994 and is based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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