21 Centrale Partners
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 11 November 2022
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21 Invest France closes fifth fund on €230m
Fund comes short of target but LPs agree to commit an extra €70m via co-investment programme
21 Centrale Partners hires Cathay's Chatain as principal
In her new role, Chatain will work on the sourcing and investment of 21 Centrale's portfolio
21 Centrale Partners V reaches first close on €200m
Announced in Q3 2015, 21 Centrale Partners V should close in Q3 2018 on around €300m
21 Centrale's DL Software bolts-on Futurosoft
21 Centrale Partners-backed DL Software acquires French software publisher Futurosoft
21 Centrale's Synerlab secures €160m refinancing
Group raises €160m of fresh debt from current backer ICG and new partner Goldman Sachs
Terra Firma in €15m refinancing for 21 Centrale's Cleor
Transaction is the second refinancing backed by Terra Firma in recent weeks, following Sportgroup
EdRip, AccorHotels to acquire Potel & Chabot from 21 Centrale
21 Centrale backed the group's management buyout in 2007, acquiring Bongrain's gastronomy subsidiary
21 Centrale Partners to acquire DL Software
French branch of pan-European GP 21 Partners intends to take the company private upon the deal's completion
21 Centrale-backed DGF bolts on Val de Seine, refinances debt
Permira provides a €62m unitranche to the French food manufacturer as it bolts on a competitor
French PE: dealing with rising transaction costs and valuations
Extensive due diligence and increased valuations reflect the country's increasingly complex and competitive deal-making environment
21 Centrale promotes Voituron and Vigneron to partners
Paris-based 21 Centrale has promoted Fabrice Voituron and Antoine Vigneron to partner
21 Centrale reaps 8.5x return in Digital Virgo exit
Digital Virgo was created in 2008, when the GP re-invested in Jet Multimedia group
Siparex buys Ligier Group from 21 Partners
21 Partners had acquired a 75% stake in the recreational vehicles group in 2008
LFPI acquires CMG Sports Club from 21 Partners
French fitness group CMG spent eight years under 21 CP's ownership
21 Partners-backed Forno d'Asolo acquires La Donatella
Deal marks the first acquisition for Forno d’Asolo since 21 Partners' investment in 2014
21 Partners backs MBO for Impact
Closing investment for GP’s €380m fourth fund
21 Concordia holds €100m final close
Poland-focused vehicle closes shy of €150m target
Gri appointed to 21 Partners' supervisory board
Firm recently sold Vacalians to Permira in €400m SBO
Permira buys Vacalians from 21 Partners
Purchase follows Permira's €600m acquisition of GFKL last week
21 Partners invests in EGB
Firm acquires 58.8% stake in listed business
Qualium to sell DGF to 21 Centrale Partners
21 Centrale set to take majority stake in secondary MBO
Eurazeo's Vignal bolts on 21 Partners' ABL Lights
Eurazeo provides additional €15m to finance the deal
Gimv, UI Gestion acquire Almaviva
Gimv and UI Gestion have acquired French operator of private clinics Almaviva Santé from 21 Partners, with each of the firms contributing €40m towards the buyout.