Beringea Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

Beringea’s most common sectors for investment areinternet software and services (23%) and information technology (9%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include venture (56%) and growth capital (31%). In total, Beringea has invested in 10 US states and 4 different countries. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2013 when it acquired Young Innovations for $314M.

In the last 3 years, Beringea has exited 7 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (64%). Beringea’s largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2019 when it sold Ranir for $750M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity139
    • M&A Buy Activity101
    • M&A Sell Activity38
  • Total Sectors Invested 28
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 56
  • M&A Advisors 1

Beringea

39 Earlham Street, Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9LT
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 207 845 7820
www.beringea.com
info@beringea.co.uk

Beringea LLP is a private equity firm focused on growth-oriented company investments in the Midwest US and the UK. Beringea looks to invest $2 to $10 million of equity or junior capital in profitable companies with 5 million and higher in revenue. Funds are used to support business expansions and growth, ownership transitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalization, and refinancings. The Firm does not have any sector preferences and generally seeks businesses with proven business models and defensible market positions. Beringea was formed in 1988 and is based in London.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Automotive, Business Services, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Education, Electrical Equipment, Electronics, Energy Services and Equipment, Forest Products, Healthcare Services, Information Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Life Science, Machinery, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Medical Products, Renewable Energy, Restaurants, Retail, Software, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Venture

Geographic Preferences: Midwest US, United Kingdom

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 5 -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 2 10
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 100 1 - - - - 101
vol $455M $455M
Sell (2.4/yr) # 26 5 5 2 - - 38
vol $1.7B $1.7B
  139

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Aistemos Ltd. 2023-02-07 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.cipher.ai
Arctic Shores 2023-01-16 - Secondary Buyout
Manchester, United Kingdom · www.arcticshores.com
Complion, Inc. 2022-12-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Cleveland, Ohio · www.complion.com
Thread Online Ltd. 2022-11-30 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.thread.com
Blis Media Ltd. 2022-06-21 - Secondary Buyout
London, United Kingdom · www.blis.com
Popular Pays, Inc. 2022-03-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.popularpays.com
Exonar Ltd. 2022-03-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Reading, United Kingdom · www.exonar.com
Inskin Media Ltd. 2021-10-21 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.inskinmedia.com
Akadeum Life Science, Inc. 2021-10-13 - Venture
Ann Arbor, Michigan · www.akadeum.com
D3O 2021-09-20 - Secondary Buyout
London, United Kingdom · www.d3o.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Lupa Foods Ltd. 2018-12-19 Donatantonio Ltd. 2018-12-19 1
Berkshire , United Kingdom · www.lupafoods.com Borehamwood, United Kingdom · www.donatantonio.com
IMD Media Ltd. 2016-09-20 Honeycomb TV 2017-12-21 3
London, United Kingdom · www.peach.me London , United Kingdom · www.honeycomb.tv

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Internet Software and Services 12 (33%) - 23 (23%) -
Information Technology 3 (8%) - 9 (9%) -
Software 1 (3%) - 8 (8%) -
Medical Products 1 (3%) - 7 (7%) 314M (69%)
Marketing 3 (8%) - 7 (7%) -
Electrical Equipment - - 5 (5%) -
Consumer Products 2 (6%) - 4 (4%) -
Healthcare Services - - 4 (4%) -
Life Science 1 (3%) - 4 (4%) -
Media 2 (6%) - 4 (4%) -
Consumer Services 1 (3%) - 3 (3%) 10M (2%)
Business Services - - 3 (3%) -
E-Commerce 2 (6%) - 3 (3%) -
Retail - - 2 (2%) 131M (29%)
Furniture 2 (6%) - 2 (2%) -
Apparel/Textiles 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Automotive - - 1 (1%) -
Chemicals - - 1 (1%) -
Distribution - - 1 (1%) -
Education 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Electronics - - 1 (1%) -
Energy Services and Equipment - - 1 (1%) -
Food 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Forest Products 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Information Services - - 1 (1%) -
Machinery 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Restaurants - - 1 (1%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Total 36 - 101 $455M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United Kingdom 20 (56%) - 61 (60%) 131M (29%)
United States 15 (42%) - 38 (38%) 324M (71%)
  Michigan 7 (19%) - 19 (19%) 10M (2%)
  Illinois 4 (11%) - 7 (7%) 314M (69%)
  California 1 (3%) - 2 (2%) -
  Wisconsin 1 (3%) - 2 (2%) -
  New York - - 2 (2%) -
  Massachusetts 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
  Pennsylvania - - 1 (1%) -
  Ohio - - 1 (1%) -
  Georgia - - 1 (1%) -
Germany 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Canada - - 1 (1%) -
  Ontario - - 1 (1%) -
Total 36 - 101 $455M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Venture 29 (81%) - 56 (55%) -
Growth Capital 4 (11%) - 31 (31%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (3%) - 5 (5%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (3%) - 4 (4%) 141M (31%)
Going Private - - 1 (1%) 314M (69%)
Consolidation 1 (3%) - 1 (1%) -
Divestiture - - 1 (1%) -
Recapitalization - - 1 (1%) -
Stake Purchase - - 1 (1%) -
Total 36 - 101 $455M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 15 (39%) 1.6B (95%)
Trade Sale 10 (26%) 90M (5%)
Secondary Sale 9 (24%) -
Merger 3 (8%) -
SPAC 1 (3%) -
Total 38 $1.7B

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Marriott Harrison LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $445M
< $100M 1 $10M
TOTAL $455M
Largest Young Innovations, Inc.
$314M (2013-01-31)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.5B
< $100M 6 $243M
TOTAL $1.7B
Largest Ranir LLC
$750M (2019-05-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
4%
4 (4%)
Strategic(s)
1%
1 (1%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
24%
9 (24%)
Strategic(s)
71%
27 (71%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

715M USD

Established

1988

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Charlie Rothstein

Founder & Senior Managing Director

Malcolm Moss

Founding Partner

Sarah Harding

Head of Corporate Accounting

Vanessa Evanson-Goddard

Head of Legal & Compliance

Michael Gross

Managing Director

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