Cet article <strong>ROUVY</strong> is sold to Zwift est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Refectory, a company based in northern France, has revolutionized workplace dining by delivering high-quality meals to employees on the outskirts of major cities at an affordable price. With its innovative corporate catering model, Refectory aspires to become a leader in the sector across France.

Cet article <strong>Carrefour</strong> sold Refectory to Michel Razou est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>myClubs</strong> is acquired by Urban Sports Club, the European leader in online fitness and corporate wellness est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Quitoque</strong> is sold to Terence Capital est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Thriving as a bootstrapped founder-led company, Wikiloc was established in 2006 by Jordi Ramot and Montserrat Jordi out of Girona, Spain. Over the past 17 years, the application has gathered over 12 million outdoor enthusiasts and assembled a database of 43 million authentic outdoor trails.

Wikiloc is set to accelerate its global expansion, strengthen its team, and amplify its service offering focused on inclusivity, accessibility, and eco-friendly outdoor activities.

Cet article <strong>Wikiloc</strong> receives an investment from Miura Partners est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

In line with its ambition to better serve the strategy of addressing luxury brands and to support this growth, the ARLETTIE Group welcomes the CAPZA Transition investment fund to its capital, joining the existing investor BNPP Développement.

This LBO transaction highlights Clipperton’s execution skills and its deal, as well as debt structuring capabilities.

Cet article <strong>ARLETTIE</strong> welcomes the CAPZA Transition investment fund to its capital est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Lunii offers educative audio fiction for children inspired by ancestral oral traditions and the essence of tales, designed for cognitive development. The company offers over 380 interactive audiobooks, and 4600 stories, with 70 authors and 8 languages available in its catalog. Founded in 2014, the company expanded its international presence in 2020 by opening an office in New York. Committed to a responsible approach, Lunii relocated its production site back to France.

This investment by Unique Heritage Media, a media and publishing group dedicated to children and their relatives, will enable Lunii to become the global reference player of audio fiction creation for children. The company further wants to reach a new age group, pre-teens, by giving them access to audio guides, particularly in the context of cultural mediation with museums. Historical investors also participated in this new funding.

Clipperton acted as sole financial advisor to Lunii on this transaction.

Cet article <strong>Lunii</strong> received an investment led by Unique Heritage Media est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Clipperton acted as sole financial advisor to eatclever, the virtual delivery brand market leader in the DACH region, on its sale to Peckwater Brands, Europe’s largest operator of virtual food brands.

eatclever was founded in 2015 by Marco Langhoff, Robin Himmels, and Mohamed Chahin, providing virtual food delivery brands to German, Austria,n and Swiss markets, and operates a team of 30 people out of its head office in Hamburg.

Peckwater will add eatclever’s food brands to its portfolio, including taste&soul, Chicos, and KoChi (Korean Fried Chicken).

Cet article <strong>Eatclever</strong> is sold to Peckwater Brands est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The merger of PSS and SportPursuit forms Sportscape Group, creating Europe’s most attractive digital sports equipment offering for millions of sports enthusiasts looking for sporting goods at exceptional prices. Its aim is to become the leading destination in Europe and beyond for the sports and outdoor communities. Both Private Sport Shop and SportPursuit brands will continue to operate in their original markets, relying on their strong consumer recognition and loyalty built up over more than 10 years.

Cet article <strong>Private Sport Shop</strong> merges with SportPursuit to become Sportscape Group est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Launched only 14 months ago by Henri Capoul, Guillaume Luscan, and Jérémy Gotteland, Cajoo pioneered the Q-Commerce boom in France. Cajoo is transforming everyday groceries with a full-stack model, offering a wide & highly-curated range of products delivered at home within 15-min click to door.

The acquisition of Cajoo will help Flink boost its national expansion, assortment and customer base in the key French market and further consolidate its leading position in Europe.

Carrefour, early investor and exclusive retail partner of Cajoo, will become the exclusive partner for the French market for Flink and a direct shareholder in the company.

Cet article <strong>Cajoo</strong>, the French Q-Commerce pioneer, joins forces with Berlin-based unicorn Flink est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction is a landmark deal in the sport tech industry and marks the creation of the leading European player in the corporate sports segment. This is testament of Clipperton’s fast growing track record in the digital health and consumer subscription space. Notable recent transactions in the segment include advising 8fit on its sale to Withings, Merieux’ on the $150m financing round of Dental Monitoring at a $1bn valuation, Inova on its $70m investment by Carlyle and a large fundraise for a leading mindfulness platform (confidential).

Cet article <strong>Gymlib</strong> is joining forces with EGYM est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Fruitz is a dating platform founded in 2017 which enables users to meet people that are looking for the same kind of relationship.

With this acquisition, Bumble Inc. will strengthen its foothold in Europe as well as combine Fruitz’s dynamic Gen Z oriented product with its industry-leading machine learning, marketing, localization, and safety platforms.

Cet article <strong>Fruitz</strong>, one of the fastest-growing dating apps in Europe, is sold to Bumble Inc. [NASDAQ: BMBL] est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

8fit has firmly established itself as one of the leaders in healthy lifestyle consumer subscription, offering a balanced programme of fitness, mindfulness and nutrition to more than 30 million users worldwide.

The acquisition of 8fit will allow Withings to strengthen its capabilities to provide value-added support to users, expand its global user footprint, develop cross-sell synergies and substantially enrich its digital platform with a vast library of valuable content.

Cet article <strong>8fit</strong>, a globally leading digital wellness platform, is sold to Withings est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction highlights Clipperton’s extensive expertise in the eCommerce, Consumer Tech, and DNVB sectors (notable transactions including Bonne Gueule’s fundraising, Courbet’s Series B round, the sale of a majority stake of PremiumXL to Verdane or Vestiaire Collective ($40m capital raised)).

Cet article <strong>Les Raffineurs</strong> receives an investment from Generis Capital Partners est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction showcases Clipperton’s expertise in the e-commerce field (with previous transactions such as Cubyn’s €35m fundraising or the sale of Potager City to Carrefour) and ability to complete cross-border M&A transactions (preceding transactions including the sale of innosabi to Questel Group and Gastrofix to Lightspeed POS).

Cet article <strong>PremiumXL</strong> sold a majority stake to Verdane est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Click&Boat’s unique, technology-enabled platform matches boating enthusiasts with over 40,000 boats in more than 600 destinations globally, enabling them to rent a boat easily and efficiently.

This transaction confirms Clipperton’s expertise in the consumer internet tech sector (notable transactions including Aramis Auto (strategic alliance with PSA), Musement (partnership with TUI Group), Cheerz (sold to Cewe) or Vestiaire Collective ($40m capital raised)).

Cet article <strong>Click&Boat</strong> receives a significant investment from Permira and Boats Group est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction showcases Clipperton’s know-how in the Foodtech and e-commerce field (previous transactions including Carrefour’s (ENXTPA:CA) sale of Rue du Commerce, Potager City’s and Quitoque’s sale to Carrefour, Glovo’s €30M fundraising, etc.).

Cet article <strong>La Ruche Qui Dit Oui!</strong> receives an investment from Cipio Partners est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The transaction highlights Clipperton’s expertise on the Mobility and Consumer Internet sector, strong understanding of multi-local expansion models and capacity to serve as the adviser of choice for growth equity transactions for European tech companies

Cet article <strong>Stych (formerly named Auto-école.net)</strong> raises a Series B round est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

It is the third transaction advised by Clipperton after an investment in 2012 of $30 million led by BPI France, Idinvest Partners and 360 Capital Partners and a M&A deal in 2018 when Eric Careel chose to acquire Withings back from Nokia Health, having sold the business in 2017.

Cet article <strong>Withings</strong> reaches a major milestone with a $60m financing round led by healthcare specialist fund Gilde Healthcare, Idinvest Partners and Bpifrance est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this transaction, Clipperton further confirms its expertise in the Consumer Internet ecosystem (PotagerCity, Quitoque, Welcome To The Jungle, etc.) and further demonstrates its ability to manage transactions involving online retail players (Vide-dressing, Vestiaire Collective, etc.) as well as Digital Native Vertical Brands (Bonne Gueule, Foodchéri,…).

Cet article <strong>Courbet</strong> raises a Series B of more than €8 million est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction highlights Clipperton’s expertise in the e-commerce and Consumer Tech sector, successfully advising a leading Digital Native Vertical Brand as well as understanding of clients’ business to efficiently support their strategy in the long term and craft a solid equity story to convince investors.

Cet article <strong>Bonne Gueule</strong> raises €6.5m from Generis Capital Partners and BPI France est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The two transactions are in line with Carrefour’s strategy to disengage from non-food e-Commerce and allow Rue du Commerce and Topachat to leverage their well-established brand under new ownership.

The deal highlights Clipperton’s ability to advise large corporate clients on structuring complex transactions with carve-out considerations, and further illustrates its expertise in the e-Commerce space.

Cet article <strong>Carrefour (ENXTPA:CA)</strong> sold Rue du Commerce to Shopinvest est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The two transactions are in line with Carrefour’s strategy to disengage from non-food e-Commerce and allow Rue du Commerce and Topachat to leverage their well-established brand under new ownership.

The deal highlights Clipperton’s ability to advise large corporate clients on structuring complex transactions with carve-out considerations, and further illustrates its expertise in the e-Commerce space.

Cet article <strong>Carrefour (ENXTPA:CA)</strong> sold Top Achat to Groupe LDLC (ENXTPA:ALLDL) est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The investment will fund further growth of BI’s online wine trading platform, LiveTrade, in addition to providing access to SJB’s decades of industry expertise. SJB will benefit from increased exposure to BI’s unique knowledge and understanding of the global fine wine market.

Cet article <strong>Société Jacques Bollinger</strong> acquires a minority stake in Bordeaux Index est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The acquisition is part of Carrefour’s “Act For Food” strategy and clearly shows its commitment to becoming a global leader in the food transition.

With this transaction, Clipperton further confirms its expertise in the foodtech space (Foodles, Quitoque, Foodchéri, etc.) and ability to run M&A deals involving large international corporate acquirers (Gastrofix / Lightspeed, Sculpteo / BASF, Matooma / Wireless Logic, etc.).

Cet article <strong>Potager City</strong>, the online leader in extra-fresh fruit & vegetable delivery, is sold to Carrefour est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The funding will help Foodles speed up its commercial development and deploy its solution beyond Paris and its surroundings. Part of the proceeds were also used to acquire all the shares of existing investor Elior.

This transaction highlights Clipperton’s unparalleled expertise in the foodservice industry following a series of landmark transactions for companies such as Quitoque, FoodChéri, Glovo, Gastrofix, etc…

Cet article <strong>Foodles</strong>, the first connected canteen service, raises €9 million to fuel growth est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this strategic move, ACCESS Europe GmbH. will be able to deploy best-in-class solutions spanning the entire connected entertainment portfolio inside the home, on the go and in connected vehicles worldwide.

The transaction highlights Clipperton’s expertise in cross-border M&A transactions after a series of completed deals in 2018.

Cet article <strong>NetRange</strong>, the leading provider of cloud-based infotainment solutions for connected cars & smart TV’s sold to ACCESS Europe GmbH est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Team Vitality will leverage Rewired GG’s expertise and global network to strengthen its position as a major organization on the global Esport scene.

Clipperton confirms its commitment to bring its corporate finance advisory expertise to clients at the forefront of innovative trends.

Cet article <strong>Team Vitality</strong>, a leading European Esport organization announces a €20m private placement led by Rewired GG est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this strategic move, leboncoin positions itself as major player in the online fashion market in France and will be able to capitalize on Videdressing’s brand, transactional expertise and technology.

The transaction highlights Clipperton’s expertise in digital marketplaces following the sale of online travel platform Musement to TUI Group [TUI.AG] announced last month.

Cet article Second-hand fashion & luxury marketplace <strong>Videdressing</strong> sold to Leboncoin Groupe est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Clipperton previously advised Withings in a $30 million Series-B round closed in 2013 with Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance, 360 Capital Partners and Ventech.

Clipperton announces yet another M&A cross-border transaction in 2018 following the acquisitions of Cardoen and Cheerz by Aramisauto and Cewe [DB:CWC] respectively.

Cet article Nokia Health sells Withings to its original founder <strong>Eric Carreel</strong> est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this transaction, Clipperton demonstrates once again the capabilities of its European advisory platform and its capacity to accompany its clients in their cross-border operations.

The transaction follows a series of transforming M&A deals announced by Clipperton since January 2018 including the acquisition of Cheers by CEWE [CWC.F], the sale of Foodcheri to Sodexo [SW.PA] and the sale of Quitoque to Carrefour Group [CA.PA].

Cet article <strong>Aramisauto</strong> acquires Cardoen est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Clipperton advises a blue-chip German client on a French acquisition, leveraging his pan-European footprint. Consumer Internet is more than ever a key focus for Clipperton and this transaction strengthens its expertise in the field.

This acquisition is the third deal for Clipperton in the space of online photo printing, following the sale of Photoweb to Exacompta-Clairefontaine and the subsequent acquisition of Lalalab by Photoweb.

Cet article <strong>Cewe</strong> acquires leading French photo app specialist Cheerz est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Carrefour, one of the global leaders in food retail, acquired a majority stake in the start-up to take position in the Foodtech Industry. Following the transaction, effective today, Quitoque will remain managed by its co-founders who will continue to develop the company alongside Carrefour.

Cet article French meal-kit leader <strong>Quitoque</strong> sold to Carrefour est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The funds will be used to further boost Wildmoka‘s global commercial expansion and build a fully integrated digital media production and distribution platform.

Cet article <strong>Wildmoka</strong> raises $8 million from Alven est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The transaction marks the first large-scale FoodTech acquisition by a corporate in Europe.

Sodexo’s investment will enable FoodChéri to consolidate its strategic positioning as a ‘virtual restaurant’, while pursuing national expansion.

The partnership with FoodChéri will help Sodexo adapt its corporate catering offer to today’s changing work environment.

Cet article <strong>Foodchéri</strong> gets acquired by Sodexo est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Currently present in more than 10 cities (Spain, Italy, France), Glovo aims at expanding its “anything-on-demand” delivery marketplace internationally, to lead the last-mile delivery sector.

Cet article Cathay Innovation boosts <strong>Glovo’s</strong> expansion by leading a 30M€ round est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

As part of its global expansion and with the support of Red River West, Le Collectionist will accelerate its establishment in the United States.

Le Collectionist also announces the acquisition of Bonder & Co, the leading provider of online rental services in Ibiza for the last 11 years.

Cet article <strong>Le Collectionist</strong> raises $10M in a round led by Red River West and acquires Bonder & Co in Spain est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Xee (Eliocity)</strong> raises €12 million from Bridgestone, Total & Cofip est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this transaction, Clipperton demonstrates once again the capabilities of its European advisory platform and its capacity to accompany its clients in their cross-border operations.

The transaction follows a series of transforming M&A deals recently announced by Clipperton such as the sale of leading biostore Greenweez to Carrefour [CA.PA], the sale of German Marketplace Hitmeister to Real from the METRO AG Group [B4B:Xetra] or the strategic investment of Veepee (fka Ventes Privées) into mobile RTB company A.mob.

Cet article <strong>Aramisauto</strong> acquires Clicars est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>MeilleursAgents</strong> raises €7m to fuel its growth est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The leading online retailer of used cars in Europe (€360m revenue) announced it entered into exclusive negotiations with Stellantis with respect to a strategic capital alliance aiming at accelerating its growth and expanding internationally.

Cet article <strong>Stellantis</strong> enters into strategic alliance with Aramisauto est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article Carrefour acquires the leading French online bio store <strong>Greenweez</strong> est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Real, belonging to the Dusseldorf Metro Group, is acquiring Hitmeister to pursue its digitisation efforts and to strengthen the online business growth. With over 200,000 and a turnover of around EUR 59 billion , Metro is currently the biggest German retail company and is also one of the major large companies internationally.

Cet article <strong>Hitmeister</strong> sold to Real (Metro Group) est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Vivendi [EPA:VIV] acquires a majority stake in Radionomy Group – one of the major global player in the digital radio industry.

Clipperton Finance, a leading European corporate finance firm focused on the Technology and Media industries, announced the closing of the sale of a 64% stake in Radionomy Group, a major global player in the digital radio industry, to the Vivendi Group, the integrated media and content group. The Vivendi Group has become Radionomy’s majority shareholder alongside its founder Alexandre Saboundjian, its employees and Union Square Ventures.

Cet article <strong>Radionomy</strong> sold to Vivendi est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Melty Group</strong> receives €10.5m est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.