| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.09.2021 | This change in identity dovetails with the company’s plans for ambitious growth aimed at strengthening the specialisation it has developed Europe-wide in information technologies. | 14/09/2021 – Press release
– Sword France, which became independent a year ago after 20 years as a member of the Sword Group, is now Coexya. This change in identity dovetails with the company’s plans for ambitious growth aimed at strengthe... |
| 16.08.2021 | Their common objective is for Schenk to play an important role in the creation of a sustainable and future-proof logistics network by building on its leading ESG position in the Western European trans... | 16/08/2021 – Press release
Papendrecht (The Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium) – 16
of August 2021 – Argos Wityu, a pan-European private equity fund has reached an agreement with Harry and Arjan Schenk to acquire a majority stake in the com... |
| 16.08.2021 | Olinn, a European professional equipment management group backed by Argos Wityu, announces the acquisition of Rentys, a specialist in operational leasing based in Belgium. | 18/01/2021 – Press release
– Olinn, a specialist in equipment management and financing solutions (sourcing, operational leasing, stock management, fleet management, refurbishment, recycling) in the IT, mobile telephony, vehicle, medical eq... |
| 22.07.2021 | Mid-market Argos Index® 2nd quarter 2021 | 22/07/2021 – Press release |
| 20.07.2021 | The world’s leading saxophone maker recruits a specialist in premium brands to pursue its development. | 20/07/2021 – Press release
– Thierry Oriez succeeds Jérôme Selmer as President of the Henri Selmer Paris group, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium-quality saxophones and a key player in the production of clarinets and mouthpieces.... |
| 19.05.2021 | Mid-market Argos Index® First quarter 2021 | 19/05/2021 – Press release
– Argos Wityu, an independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of unlisted M&A transactions, today published the Argos Mid-market Index® for the first qua... |
| 04.05.2021 | Cohedron, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires Newpublic. | 04/05/2021 – Press release
Cohedron, full-service provider in the social domain for municipalities in the Netherlands, acquires Newpublic, specialist in young talent recruiting. Supported by Argos Wityu since 2017, Cohedron is an investmen... |
| 30.04.2021 | Zodiac Milpro, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires Vectis Marine Design. | 30/04/2021 – Press release
Zodiac Milpro, the world leader in high-performance inflatable and rigid inflatable boats, has announced the acquisition of Vectis Marine Design, specialist in the engineering and design of specialist vessels. Su... |
| 26.04.2021 | Cohedron, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires Even Werkt! | 15/04/2021 – Press release
Argos Wityu team: Gilles Mougenot, Maarten Meijssen, and Roel van Ark
Legal: BOLT Advocaten (Bart Bendel, Louise de Gier, Régine de Wit)
M&A: Quore Capital (Chris Franken, Laurens de Ridder)
Due Diligence ... |
| 08.03.2021 | Cohedron, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires Oreon. | 08/03/2021 – Press release
– Cohedron, full-service provider in the social domain for municipalities in the Netherlands, acquires Oreon, a specialist in social medical consultancy. Supported by Argos Wityu since 2017, Cohedron is an invest... |
| 02.03.2021 | Acquisition prices of unlisted European SMEs climbed to a record high 11.1x EBITDA amid a low overall transaction volume. | 01/03/2021 – Press release
– Argos Wityu, the independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of non-quoted M&A transactions, today published the Mid-market Argos Index® for the fourth... |
| 14.12.2020 | Sasa Demarle, specialist in non-stick cooking products, is acquiring the start-up Mokaya, specialist in customised baking moulds, with the help of Argos Wityu. | 14/12/2020 – Press release
– Sasa Demarle, specialist in non-stick cooking products for baking, pastry making and all catering trades, has acquired Mokaya, specialist in customised pastry moulds. Argos Wityu has been supporting the Sasa De... |
| - | Latteria and Caseificio Moro accelerates its development both in Italy and abroad with Argos Wityu. | 23/10/2019 – Italy – Press Release
Latteria and Caseificio Moro, company boasting more than 90 years in the production and sale of fresh milk derivatives, today announced it welcomed Argos Wityu, European independent investment fund with a... |
| - | Lineas, the largest private rail freight operator in Europe supported by Argos Wityu, acquires the Dutch operator Independent Rail Partner (IRP). | 03/05/2021 – Press release
Lineas, the largest private rail freight company in Europe, is strengthening its presence in the Port of Rotterdam and The Netherlands with the acquisition of Independent Rail Partner (IRP). Over the past years, ... |
| - | Argos Wityu has finalized the acquisition of Zodiac Milpro from Oaktree | 03/06/2018 – Press Release
Paris – Tuesday, 6th March, 2018 – The European private equity group Argos Wityu announces the acquisition of Zodiac Milpro from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”). All needed governmen... |
| - | Argos Wityu congratulates Geert Pauwels, CEO of Lineas, who won the prestigious European Railway Award | 19/02/2020 – Belgium – Press Release
– Argos Wityu, independent European investment fund, with a local team in Brussels, is proud to congratulate Geert Pauwels and his team for having won the European Railway Award. It’s the first time tha... |
| - | Argos Wityu announces the signing of a binding agreement for the divestment of its majority stake in Bip (Business Integration Partner) to Apax Partners | – ARGOS WITYU announces its fourth exit, out of 15 investments of Euroknights VI, Argos Wityu’s fund raised in 2011.
The funds managed by Argos Wityu had completed the acquisition of a controlling stake of BIP through a full equity transac... |
| - | Promotions and new Investor Relations organisation within Argos Wityu | 02/03/2020 – France – Press Release
– Argos Wityu, independent European private-equity group, announces the promotions of François Becque, Mario Giannattasio and Emanuele Tomasi as Investment Managers and Antoine Forgeard as Associate. Add... |
| - | Argos Wityu enters into exclusive negotiations with Providence Strategic Growth for the sale of I’Car Systems and DATAFIRST | 10/07/2019 – France – Press Release
Argos Wityu, the European independent private equity group, today announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations with funds advised by Providence Strategic Growth (“PSG”), the growth equity affilia... |
| - | Argos Wityu acquires majority stake in aktivoptik Group as part of a succession and growth plan | 08/27/2018 – Germany – Press Release
Bad Kreuznach/Frankfurt am Main, August 27, 2018 – The independent pan-European investment company Argos Wityu has acquired a majority stake in German aktivoptik Group (aktivoptik) as part of a successi... |
| - | Continental Europe private equity group Argos Wityu is pleased to announce the successful close of Euroknights VII at its cap of €520m | 11/29/2017 – Press Release
Euroknights VII is the successor fund to Euroknights VI, a €400m fund, which made 15 investments, has exited three of those at a 2.7x multiple and 37% IRR and already returned 57 % of invested capital.
The inves... |
| - | Cohedron, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires Argonaut Advies and Zorg-Lokaal. | 14/10/2020 – Press release
Cohedron, full-service provider in the social domain for municipalities in the Netherlands, acquires Argonaut Advies, social medical consultancy firm and Zorg-Lokaal, an innovative care services administrator. Th... |
| - | Acquisition prices of unlisted European SMEs reach new historic high of 10.1x
M&A activity in Europe continues to slow due to sharp decline in number of corporate sellers | 15/11/2019 – France – Press Release
Paris, November, 15, 2019
Argos Wityu, the independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of M&A transactions on unlisted companies, today publish... |
| - | Argos Wityu announces the divestment of the Salvia Group, the French leading provider of full-suite solutions to manage real estate assets, to Total Specific Solutions. | 09/03/2019 – France – Press Release
Paris, (France) 3 September, 2019
Argos Wityu, European independent private equity group, today announced it has divested the Salvia Group to Total Specific Solutions (TSS). The Salvia Group is an Argos... |
| - | New Organization within Argos Wityu - Chief Operations Officer - Chief Financial Officer - Communications Director | 17/10/2019 – Press Release
Argos Wityu, European independent private-equity group, announces the nominations of
. Additionally,
joined as Fund Financial Controller based in Paris.
The investments team was also reinforced in France, Ital... |
| - | Argos Mid-market Index® First quarter 2020 | 12/05/2020 – Press release
– Argos Wityu, an independent European investment fund, and Epson Research, the online platform for the management of unlisted M&A transactions, today published the Argos Mid-market Index® for the first quart... |
| - | Argos Wityu acquires 100% of Fabbri Vignola Group together with the management team | 10/02/2017 – Press Release
Milan – October 2nd, 2017 The European private equity group Argos Wityu has announced the acquisition of Fabbri Vignola Group from private equity funds Lincolnshire Management and IGI and from Stella Group.
Foun... |
| - | Olinn, a European professional equipment management group backed by Argos Wityu, announces the acquisition of Rentys, a specialist in operational leasing based in Belgium. | 18/01/2021 – Press release
– Olinn, a specialist in equipment management and financing solutions (sourcing, operational leasing, stock management, fleet management, refurbishment, recycling) in the IT, mobile telephony, vehicle, medical eq... |
| - | Acquisition prices of non-quoted European SMEs has stabilized on a record high level | 22/05/2019 – France – Press Release
Paris, May, 22, 2019
Argos Wityu, independent pan-European investment company, and
Epsilon Research, online platform for the management of non-quoted M&A transactions,
publish today the Argos Inde... |
| - | Exclusive negotiations between EPC Groupe’s founders and Argos Wityu SAS regarding the conditional acquisition of the entire share capital of E.J. Barbier | 15/11/2019 – France – Press Release
– The shareholders of E.J. Barbier SA (« E.J. Barbier »), a controlling holding company owning 113 603 shares representing approximately 67.46% of the share capital and 82.98% of the voting rights of Soc... |
| - | Argos Wityu becomes the majority shareholder of Future Groep | Brussels and Utrecht, December 22nd, 2017 – In the framework of a MBI transaction, Argos Wityu becomes the new majority shareholder of Future Group, with its four stand-alone business units Talenter, PLANgroep, Human Capital Group and Futur... |
| - | Argos Wityu committed to protect its employees, investors and external counterparties. | 19/03/2020 – Manifesto
March 19th, 2020 – Argos Wityu is mobilized in this period of crisis protect its employees, investors and external counterparties.
Argos Wityu has the organization and technical resources allowing us to remain fully... |
| - | Mid-market Argos Index® Q3 2020
Acquisition prices of unlisted European SMEs climbed to 10.1x EBITDA
The volume of transactions rose in Q3 but declined over the first nine months year-on-year | 18/11/2020 – Press release
Argos Wityu, the independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of non-quoted M&A transactions, today published the mid-market Argos Index® for the third qu... |
| - | Argos Wityu completes the acquisition of Sicura from Rekeep | 28/02/2020 – Italy – Press Release
– Further to the information released on 13 February 2020, Argos Wityu, pan-European Private Equity fund with over thirty years track record, announces the completion of its acquisition of the entire shar... |
| - | Talentia Software acquires Swiss company Addedo | 1/01/2019 – Press Release
Switzerland, Zug-based Addedo is an IT consultancy firm specialized in Corporate Performance Management (CPM) services and applications. Addedo consulting services focus on the implementation of CPM software, cove... |
| - | Guillaume Laurin is appointed CEO of Zodiac Milpro | 02/04/2020 – Press release
– Guillaume Laurin has been chosen to succeed to Marc Lavorata as CEO of Zodiac Milpro. Guillaume will arrive on 6 April 2020, and his appointment will take effect as of 4 May 2020, with the continuing support of... |
| - | Argos Wityu enters into exclusive negotiations to acquire the French activities of Sword Group | 29/07/2020 – France – Press release
–
– Argos Wityu, a pan-European Private Equity firm with over thirty years of track record, announces that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Sword Group in order to acquire its French acti... |
| - | Argos Wityu has Completed the Acquisition of Henri Selmer Paris, from its Founding Family | France, Mantes-la-Ville and Paris – March 22nd, 2018 – The growth-oriented private equity funds managed by Argos Wityu have announced the acquisition of the majority of shares of Henri Selmer Paris, a family-owned company founded in 1885, w... |
| - | Ardian enters into exclusive negotiations to support Revima, a major player in the aerospace MRO sector, in its development alongside ARGOS WITYU | 01/16/2019 – France – Press Release
Paris, January, 16, 2019
Ardian, a world leading private investment house announces that it is in exclusive talks to acquire a majority stake in Revima, a leading MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul... |
| - | Acquisition prices of non-listed European SMEs remain stable at a historic high (10.0x EBITDA) | 24/07/2019 – France – Press Release
Paris, July, 24, 2019
Argos Wityu,
However, this stability conceals three differences:
Source: InFront Analytics
The EURO STOXX® TMI Small Index rose by 1.7% in Q2 2019
In the first half of 2019, mi... |
| - | Factum Group, a leading independent leasing solutions broker in France, opens up its capital to Argos Wityu, to become a key player in Europe | Paris, Nancy, June 12th, 2018 – Argos Wityu, the independent European private equity group, announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Factum Group, one of the largest French independent providers of operating leasing services for equ... |
| - | Promotions within Argos Wityu | 10/09/2020 – Belgium – Press Release
Argos Wityu, independent European private-equity group, announces the promotions of Arne Louwagie and Roel van Ark as Investment Managers.
, says: « We are delighted to promote Arne and Roel considered... |
| - | Eurazeo PME becomes new majority shareholder of EFESO Consulting, a global leader in operational excellence consulting, following Argos Wityu | 19/11/2018 – Press Release
Paris, November 19th, 2018 : EFESO Consulting, Eurazeo PME and Argos Wityu announce the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of EFESO Consulting by Eurazeo PME, alongside management – Eurazeo PME will hold... |
| - | Mid-market Argos Index® second quarter 2020 | 23/07/2020 – Press release
– Argos Wityu, an independent European investment fund, and Epson Research, the online platform for the management of unlisted M&A transactions, today published the Mid-market Argos Index® for the second quar... |
| - | Promotions and new Investor Relations organisation within Argos Wityu | 10/02/2021 – Press Release
rgos Wityu, independent European private-equity group, announces that Olivier de La Guéronnière joined as General Secretary in the Luxembourg office. Additionally, investment team members were promoted:
says: « ... |
| - | Argos Wityu becomes majority shareholder of Lampe Berger | 08/30/2017 – Press Release
Bourgtheroulde, France, August 30th 2017 – Acquisition of a majority stake of French home fragrance brand Lampe Berger by the private equity fund Argos Wityu.
This transaction represents a turning point in the d... |
| - | Argos Wityu signed a binding agreement regarding the acquisition of Sicura from Rekeep | 13/02/2020 – Italy – Press Release
– Argos Wityu, pan-European Private Equity fund with over thirty years track record, announces the signing of a contract for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Sicura, leader in the offering o... |
| - | Factum Group, a company backed by Argos Wityu, acquires AGL Services and strengthens its position in the long-term leasing of professional vehicles. | 24/03/2020 – France – Press release
– Factum Group is pursuing its strategic development and has announced the acquisition of 100% of AGL Services. Despite the difficult public health and economic situation, Factum Group is maintaining its... |
| - | Argos Wityu to divest Cohedron after a successful collaboration. | - |
| - | Argos Wityu, the management and the employees of Sword France are investing together to create an independent leader in IT-Digital and Software.
Argos Wityu, the management and the employees of Sword... | 29/09/2020 – Press release
Argos Wityu, independent European private-equity group, announces today it has finalised the acquisition of the French perimeter of the Sword Group, thus creating an independent leader in IT-Digital and Software.... |
| - | Maison Berger Paris, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires Groupe Devineau. With this transaction, Maison Berger Paris will double in size and move closer to becoming a major global player in h... | 04/09/2019 – France – Press Release
Recognized for its made-in-France products and distinguished by the
seal recognizing its heritage value since 2015, Maison Berger Paris embodies unique, internationally protected and patented expertis... |
| - | Argos Wityu invests in the world market leader of inflatable floating waterparks, Wibit Sports | Bocholt/Frankfurt am Main, October 29, 2018
The independent pan-European investment company Argo Wityu is investing in Wibit Sports GmbH (Wibit), the world market leader of inflatable floating waterparks based in Bocholt, Germany. This was... |
| - | Maison Berger Paris, a company supported by Argos Wityu, acquires the Carmin Créations start-up. | 23/06/2021 – Press release
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| - | Mid-market Argos Index® Q4 2019 | 26/02/2020 – France – Press Release
– Argos Wityu, the independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of non-quoted M&A transactions, today published the Mid-market Argos Index® for t... |
| - | Promotions and recruitment within Argos Wityu
Four new Partners
Four new Directors: three promoted and one recruited | 11/09/2019 – Press Release
(39 years-old) joined Argos Wityu in 2016 and has worked in the German office since then.Graduated from International School of Management in Dortmund, Germany, Rainer started his career in 2006 with PWC as a con... |
| - | Toymaker Juratoys, a company supported by Argos Wityu, has acquired the Belgian brand Lilliputiens. | 15/10/2020 – Press release
– The Juratoys group, one of the French leaders in the design and distribution of educational toys and games, has acquired the Belgian brand Lilliputiens, specialised in activity toys for children 0-6 years old. ... |
