Week 18 (2025) in M&A and Private Equity:
• FI Group, a Spanish consultancy specializing in innovation funding, has reached an agreement to integrate into the French company EPSA. This strategic move aims to strengthen FI Group’s position in the innovation funding sector, leveraging EPSA’s resources and expertise to enhance service offerings and expand global reach.
• SAMY Alliance (Bridgepoint Group) expands European footprint with aquisition of Intermate. Founded in 2015, Intermate has emerged as a category leader in end-to-end social media marketing.
• Cibus Capital has acquired a majority stake in PSB Producción Vegetal, a Spanish company specializing in stone fruit breeding and genetics. Founded in 1989 and based in Murcia, PSB boasts a portfolio of 74 patented fruit varieties encompassing peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums, and is expanding into table grapes and cherries.
• Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. has acquired real estate financing platform Xenia Capital, in a deal that it said will boost its position in the Iberian real estate market. Xenia finances developments across locations in the Iberian region including Madrid, the Costa del Sol and Barcelona. Its portfolio encompasses a diverse range of assets including build-to-rent, residential, co-living, and five-star hotels in tourist hotspots.
• Prismore Capital (formerly Sonae Capital Industrials), has acquired 100% of Madrid-based Waste Plastic Iberia and 33% of Catalonia’s Greenertis. These companies are developing facilities to convert plastic waste into pyrolytic oil. The first plant, located in Tarragona, has a projected investment of €100 million and is expected to commence operations by the end of 2025.
• Greening has signed a capital increase agreement with the Mexican company Latina Desarrollos Energéticos, which becomes a shareholder. The deal involves a capital injection of up to €45 million.
• Mediterrania Capital Partners, a firm founded and led by Albert Alsina, has completed its full exit from Akdital, Morocco’s leading private healthcare group, through its MC III fund. The private equity firm initially invested in Akdital in March 2020.
• Auren Spain has reached an agreement to integrate V2C Abogados, a multidisciplinary law firm with over 25 years of experience. In March 2025, Waterland Private Equity, a European investment firm, acquired a significant stake in Auren. This investment reflects a broader trend of increased private equity activity in the professional services sector.
• Andbank has reached an agreement to sell its Brazilian fund brokerage to Allfunds. As part of the deal, Andbank will also adopt Allfunds as its global partner for fund distribution.
