The Longreach Group Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

The Longreach Group’s most common sectors for investment arerestaurants (23%) and machinery (12%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include divestiture (50%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (23%). In total, The Longreach Group has invested in 3 different countries.

The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (84%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity18
    • M&A Sell Activity6
  • Total Sectors Invested 14
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 16

The Longreach Group

Sumitomo Fudosan Fukuoka Hanzomon Building 3F 1-12-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 102-0083
Japan
+813 3556 6740
www.longreachgroup.com
chiba@longreachgroup.com

The Longreach Group is an independent private equity firm focused on opportunities in Japan and North Asia. The Firm looks to invest as a control or minority investor in businesses operating in the technology, industrial, financial services, business services, and consumer-related sectors. Longreach targets transactions valued from $50 million to $1 billion where the Firm can invest from $30 million to $200 million. The Longreach Group was formed in 2003 and has offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Electrical Equipment, Financial Services, Information Technology, Machinery, Media, Medical Products, Metals/Mining, Restaurants, Technology Hardware, Transportation

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Divestiture, Growth Capital, PIPE, Secondary Buyout, Stake Purchase

Geographic Preferences: Asia/Pacific

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 30 200
Enterprise Value 50 1,000
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 17 1 - - - - 18
Sell (0.2/yr) # 5 1 - - - - 6
  24

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Amazon Papyrus Chemicals Ltd. 2021-07-05 - Secondary Buyout
Kowloon, China · www.amazon-papyrus.com
Via Mechanics Ltd. 2021-04-01 - Secondary Buyout
Kanagawa-ken, Japan · www.viamechanics.com
Japan Systems Co. Ltd. 2020-12-24 - Divestiture
Tokyo, Japan · www.japan-systems.co.jp
Caffè Veloce 2020-01-07 - Divestiture
, Japan
SOL-PLUS Co., Ltd. 2019-08-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Tokyo, Japan · www.sol-plus.co.jp
NOC Outsourcing & Consulting Co., Ltd. 2019-08-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Tokyo, Japan · www.noc-net.co.jp
Quasar 2019-04-02 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Cheung Sha Wan, China · www.quasar-med.com
Fujitsu Component Ltd. 2018-07-26 - Divestiture
Tokyo, Japan
Cyberdo Co., Ltd. 2018-05-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Tokyo, Japan · www.cybird.co.jp
Kohikan Corporation Ltd. 2018-03-07 - Divestiture
Tokyo, Japan · www.kohikan.co.jp
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Wendy's Japan LLC 2016-06-01 First Kitchen Co., Ltd. 2016-06-02 1
Tokyo, Japan · www.wendys.co.jp Tokyo, Japan · www.first-kitchen.co.jp

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Restaurants 3 (30%) - 4 (22%) -
Machinery - - 2 (11%) -
Business Services - - 1 (6%) -
Chemicals 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Consumer Products 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Electrical Equipment - - 1 (6%) -
Financial Services 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Media - - 1 (6%) -
Medical Products 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Metals/Mining 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Plastics - - 1 (6%) -
Software 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Technology Hardware 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Transportation - - 1 (6%) -
Total 10 - 18 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Japan 6 (60%) - 14 (78%) -
China 3 (30%) - 3 (17%) -
Taiwan 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Domestic 6 (60%) - 14 (78%) -
Cross-border 4 (40%) - 4 (22%) -
Total 10 - 18 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Divestiture 5 (50%) - 9 (50%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (10%) - 4 (22%) -
Secondary Buyout 2 (20%) - 2 (11%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (10%) - 2 (11%) -
PIPE 1 (10%) - 1 (6%) -
Total 10 - 18 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 4 (67%) -
Secondary Sale 1 (17%) -
Trade Sale 1 (17%) -
Total 6 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
2 (11%)
Strategic(s)
56%
10 (56%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
17%
1 (17%)
Strategic(s)
83%
5 (83%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

750M USD

Established

2003

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Masamichi Yoshizawa

Co-founder, Representative Director & Partner

Mark Chiba

Group Chairman & Partner

Ken Law

Group CFO

Tomoya Sugimoto

Partner

Keitaro Tsuda

Principal

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