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Growth
PC Soft
France
SoftwareSoftwarePC SOFT is a software publisher specialising in professional development tools for Internet, Intranet, Windows, Linux, Unix. Its best seller WINDEV, a development workshop for Windows, is the no. 1 in France. The company is the leader in the French market and competes with the big international publishers (MSN Visual Studio.net, Borland with Delphi).
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Co-Investment
Innovation group
United-KIngdom
Business servicesExited
Business servicesHeadquartered in the UK, Innovation Group is a global provider of Business Process Outsourcing Services (“BPO”) and claims management software solutions primarily to the property / motor insurance and fleet industries. Its core capabilities include case management (i.e. running call centers to handle claims, validate the claims) and management of the repair supply chain (build a network of suppliers, negotiate rebates, track the repair process etc.).
IG operates in the UK, Germany, France, US, South Africa and Australia and employs ~3,000 people.
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Buyout
ESIM Chemicals
Austria
IndustrialsExited
IndustrialsESIM Chemicals is a leading global provider of high-quality agricultural and crop protection chemicals, intermediates and maleic anhydride tree chemicals. The company focuses on partnering with companies in the custom synthesis of their unique compounds and offers a portfolio of fine chemical products critical to multiple industries. ESIM Chemicals is a growing enterprise headquartered in Linz (Austria) with approximately 400 employees. The company has more than 75 years of experience in transforming innovative ideas into scalable supplies of advanced fine chemical products and intermediates using state of the art facilities in Linz.
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Buyout
IRCA
Italy
IndustrialsExited
IndustrialsFounded in 1919 by Nobili family, IRCA is a leading Italian and European B2B manufacturer of semi-finished products for the pastry, bakery and horeca market. Thanks to their portfolio products, it is composed by more than 700 SKUs offered to industrial clients, internal bakeries of hypermarkets and pastry and bakery shops. The range of IRCA's products includes any basic ingredients, from powder products to chocolate through creams and jams. In 2014, IRCA entered into the ice-cream ingredient market through the brand Joy Gelato developing more than 200 references.
The Group operates with three state of the art production sites located close to Varese (Lombardy) with about 250 employees recording a turnover of more than €200 million.Deal team
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Expansion
Chal-Tec (BBG)
Germany
Consumer goods and servicesExited
Consumer goods and servicesSince its foundation in 2005, Chal-Tec combines product innovation with online-branding expertise to create a broad product portfolio for the modern lifestyle. From its headquarters in Berlin, the owner-managed e-commerce company operates product development, brand building and online distribution in 18 European countries. Together with his team of 300 employees, CEO Peter Chaljawski is currently developing 12 own brands in the Home & Living, Consumer Electronics and Sound & Light sectors. Chal-Tec covers the entire value chain from product development to online distribution, however, except for production which is supplied by third party manufacturers and coordinated through the company’s Hong Kong office. In fiscal year 2014, the company generated a turnover of around €70 million.
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Growth
Brainsonic
France
Business servicesExited
Business servicesBrainsonic is one of the European leaders in the production of Rich Media and Internet TV content for communication, marketing and training purposes. Brainsonic’s procedures, staff and systems make it possible to deliver content combining Internet media with audio/video for businesses with flexibility.
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