Bryan Garnier & Co merges with Cartagena Capital

Following the bolt-on, Cartagena will be renamed Bryan Garnier & Co GmbH. Cartagena's team of 28 will be fully integrated into Bryan Garnier's 120-strong team. Falk Müller-Veerse, founder and managing partner of Cartagena, will become a partner and member of Bryan Garnier's corporate finance executive committee as well as head of its German and Nordic operations.

Bryan Garnier's co-founder and managing partner, Greg Revenu, said in an official statement that his firm hopes to deepen its technology footprint, expand its existing coverage and gain better access to the venture capital community following the merger.

Both firms stated that the combined entity will feature one of the largest technology, media and telecommunications investment banking teams in Europe.

Bryan Garnier stated that, put together, the firms worked on 60 transactions over the past 24 months, including 16 growth capital private placements and PIPEs for companies such as Intersec ($23m), Innov8 ($26m) and Tado ($30m). They were also involved in around 20 IPOs, for example McPhy's $28m flotation on Euronext and Celyad's $100m IPO on Nasdaq. On the M&A front, the firms worked on the acquisition of French performance management software business Talentia Software by Argos Soditic from previous backers Fondations Capital and Women Equity Partners.

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