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Webedia SAS Acquires Easyvoyage

On January 1, 2015, Webedia SAS acquired information services company Easyvoyage from GIMV

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Webedia SAS’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Webedia SAS’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-01-01
Target Easyvoyage
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Webedia SAS
Sellers(s) GIMV
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Easyvoyage

Paris, France
Easyvoyage is a French information and comparison site on travelling . Easyvoyage with a group of web sites combine comparison engines with several filters (flights, all-in, hotels,…), and extensive, mainly proprietary, content provided by about 20 in-house journalists. Easyvoyage forms a vital link between internet users and online shops (travel agencies, tour operators,…). Easyvoyage was founded in 2000 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Webedia SAS

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Webedia SAS is an online editor of purepeople.com dedicated to gossip news. Webedia was founded in 2007 and is based in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 6
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-03 West World Media

Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States

West World Media LLC is a provider of global movie showtimes, information and other services for the media and information industries.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

GIMV

Antwerp, Belgium

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 2.0B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

GIMV is a Belgium based public investment company focused on private equity and venture capital investments in tech-based businesses. GIMV's private equity practice operates through its Corporate Investment unit and targets management buyouts, buy-ins, and growth capital financings of companies with annual sales between EUR15 and EUR150 million. For buyout opportunities GIMV generally takes a majority stake in businesses and for growth capital needs, GIMV takes a minority position. GIMV does not invest in publicly held companies or turnaround situations. GIMV's geographic focus is within Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France. GIMV also invests in Russia through Eagle Capital Partners, a partnership with KBC Private Equity. GIMV was formed in 1980 and is headquartered in Antwerp with additional offices in The Hague, Frankfurt, Munich, and Paris.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 58 of 111
Sector: Information Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 27 of 58
Country: France M&A 10 of 21
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-01 Numac

Venray, Netherlands

Numac is specialized in machinery maintenance, process optimization, industrial automation and trading in technical equipment. Numac was founded in 2007 and is based in Venray, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-13 ActoGeniX NV

Zwijnaarde, Belgium

ActoGenix develops therapies, based on its patented TopAct™ technology platform, which address major diseases requiring intensive medical care, including gastrointestinal problems, auto-immunity diseases, allergies and metabolic disorders. TopAct™ uses micro-organisms for the oral administration of proteins. ActoGeniX’s first product – for treating Crohn’s disease - has already been successfully tested on patients.

Sell $60M
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