Lyceum's Briefing Media acquires GDS

The acquisition is Briefing Media's first since being purchased by Lyceum in July 2015 from previous backers Kester Capital.

The deal was financed with addition capital provided by Lyceum as well as debt provided by RBS 

Company
GDS publishes intelligence platforms FeedInfo, which focuses on the meat, biotechnology and animal feed sectors; and FlexNews, which is aimed at senior executives in the global food industry.

Established in 1999, GDS is headquartered in Toulouse.

People
Briefing Media – Neil Thackray (CEO).
Lyceum Capital – Daniel Adler (partner).

Advisers
Equity – PwC (financial due diligence); TLT Solicitors (legal); Plural Strategy (commercial due diligence). 

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• Topics
• Expansion
• UK / Ireland
• France
• Media
• Horizon Capital (formerly Lyceum Capital)
• Build-up