Week 12 (2024) in M&A and Private Equity  • Oakley Capital has acquired Horizons Optical from Sherpa Capital for €50 million. This investment in the progressive lenses software laboratory represents Oakley’s sixth investment in Spain. • Werfen signs an agreement with Palex Medical (Apax, Fremman Capital) for the divestiture of its Medical Devices and Scientific Instrumentation Distribution businesses in Spain and Portugal for c. €100 million. […]

Week 11 (2024) in M&A and Private Equity  • Bain & Company has acquired Spanish AI and ML specialist PiperLab to bolster its services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This acquisition will lead to a new Advanced Analytics and AI hub within Bain’s global Advanced Analytics Group. PiperLab, established in Madrid in 2015, provides data-driven solutions to

Week 10 (2024) in M&A and Private Equity  • CoverManager, a Seville-based startup specializing in restaurant software, has acquired the event management platform Premiumguest. Premiumguest, known for selling tickets for various venues and events, achieved €20 million in revenue in 2023. This move follows CoverManager’s earlier acquisition of French rival Guestonline. • ESP Solutions Global (Avior Capital, Blantyre Capital Limited Capital)

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. With this celebration, the UN aims to raise greater public awareness about the issue and to remind us of the inherent dignity, worth, and valuable contributions of individuals with intellectual disabilities as promoters of well-being and diversity in their communities. We are all unique. We are all different,

Selling a business at maximum value requires more than the standard housekeeping of providing historical financial information and addressing buyer’s due diligence requests. It also requires a focus on the company’s next chapter, showing buyers how company performance can reach the next level with the additional resources that come from an acquisition or partnership. The

Week 9 (2024) in M&A and Private Equity   Week 9 (2024) in M&A and Private Equity 🛰️🇪🇸 • Wallapop has expanded its Series G funding round by €20 million, with AXIS PARTICIPACIONES EMPRESARIALES SGEIC SA SME, reaching a valuation of €806 million. The company reported a 26% revenue increase to €91 million in 2023. Wallapop has 19

On a rare day like February 29th, it is Rare Disease Day. Those who suffer from a Rare Disease (RD) are not rare themselves; they just have the misfortune of having an uncommon condition. They and their families have had to learn that climbing the mountain sometimes brings as many beautiful things as going to

Welcome to our ALBIA ACADEMY. We are thrilled to share with all of you that we are launching our ACADEMY. As experts in the mergers and acquisitions sector, with 20 years of experience and over 140 completed transactions, we want to share all the lessons learned and make our theoretical and practical knowledge in the

We have had the privilege of visiting one of the globally renowned fairs in the ceramic sector: CEVISAMA. It is a recommended and necessary exercise to attend such events and immerse oneself as much as possible (without disturbing the professionals). Despite the challenges the ceramic sector has faced in recent years, we find companies that

Week 8 (2024) in M&A and Private Equity   •Portobello Capital acquired a minority stake of Plexus Tech, a leading Galician company in the IT sector. This will support the growth and financing of the acquisitions that the technology firm is carrying out to expand its activity into new services and countries. • LLYC, a global Corporate Affairs