France

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of financing solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce that it has provided a Unitranche financing package to support Vidi Capital, the holding company of Vidi Imagerie Group (or “the Group”) in its ambitious growth strategy. 

With the support of its majority shareholder Kartesia, Babcock Wanson Group (“Babcock Wanson” or “the Group”) reaffirms its commitment to becoming the pan-European leader in solutions for the energy transition of Europe’s manufacturing industry. The integration of Parat and PBS Power Equipment at the end of the year mean the Group has made three acquisitions in 2022 alone, following the acquisition of Donau Carbon technologies in October.

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce it has provided a new financing solution to support investment firm, Groupe Baelen, in the refinancing of Groupe Factoria’s indebtedness and its active buy and build strategy. 

Kartesia, le spécialiste européen des solutions de dette et capital pour les petites et moyennes entreprises, a le plaisir d'annoncer la mise en place d’un financement unitranche pour soutenir le FCDE dans l’acquisition de Cobham Microwave (ou le « Groupe »), une filiale française de Cobham, aux côtés de l’équipe dirigeante menée par Pierre Rapharel.

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce it has provided a credit facility to support FCDE (“Fonds de Consolidation et de Développement des Entreprises”) with its acquisition of Bertin Technologies (“Bertin” or “the Group”), a specialist player in the development and integration of scientific instrumentation systems.

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce it has entered into exclusive discussions regarding the contemplated acquisition of the majority of Groupe Thoiry’s share capital. Following the completion of the transaction, Kartesia would become the new majority shareholder of the renowned operator of three wildlife parks, taking over from current majority shareholder Ekkio Capital, and minority stakeholders BNP Paribas and IDF Capital. Reinvesting alongside Kartesia as minority stakeholders would be Ekkio Capital, the management team, and the de La Panouse family, which founded the business in 1967. Kartesia would be investing from its KCO strategy and would be acting as sole lender. 

Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, is pleased to announce it has provided a Unitranche financing facility to support Andera Expansion (“Andera”) and the Management Team in the development strategy of financial services business Groupe Patrimmofi (“the Group”).  

Kartesia is pleased to announce the provision of a senior unitranche financing to support Groupe Baelen in the acquisition of Groupe Factoria.

Kartesia is pleased to announce that it has participated in the aquisition of International Cookware Group and its subsidiaries (“The Group”) alongside its management team, from Aurora Resurgence. Kartesia is providing the entire unitranche financing as well as the majority of the equity and will therefore become the new reference shareholder of The Group.