The Arena Group Acquires Fexy Studios

The Arena Group Acquires AMG/Parade

January 18, 2022

Media & Entertainment

The Arena Group has acquired AMG/Parade, a premium multimedia content company best known for Parade and related lifestyle and sports brands. The deal (100% of equity) expands Arena's Lifestyle vertical and bolsters its Sports offerings, adding significant digital and print reach and was funded from a recent public offering and equity consideration.

Xerox Acquires Arena Group

January 30, 2020

IT Services

Xerox Holdings Corporation has acquired Arena Group, a U.K.-based provider of office technology, software and managed print services, to expand its presence in the European SMB market. The transaction has received government approval; terms were not disclosed.

Arena Investors Acquires FST Technical Services from Caymus Equity

February 8, 2019

Industrial Services

Arena Investors, L.P. acquired FST Technical Services, Inc. from Caymus Equity Partners; the sale closed on February 8, 2019. FST, headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, is a provider of outsourced technical services — including QA/QC, analytical testing, equipment services and technical staffing — serving semiconductor, microelectronics and biopharmaceutical customers.

Ardian Acquires Majority Stake in Finaxy from Equistone

July 30, 2020

Insurance

Ardian, via its Ardian Expansion team, has acquired a majority stake in Finaxy, a French multi-specialist B2B and B2C insurance broker, from Equistone Partners Europe. Ardian plans to support Finaxy's continued buy-and-build strategy to accelerate organic growth and further consolidate its leading position in the fragmented French insurance-brokerage market.

Cinven to Acquire Finaxy Group from Ardian

September 3, 2024

Financial Services

Private equity firm Cinven has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the Finaxy group from Ardian, with Finaxy management (led by Founder & CEO Erick Berville) set to significantly reinvest alongside Cinven. Headquartered in Paris, Finaxy is a multi-specialist French insurance broker with over 330 employees and more than €700 million in premiums; Cinven will invest from its Strategic Financials Fund and aims to accelerate Finaxy's buy-and-build growth across France and internationally.

Associated British Foods Acquires Fytexia from ArchiMed

February 2, 2022

Food & Beverage

Associated British Foods (ABF) has acquired French health-ingredients developer Fytexia from transatlantic private equity firm ArchiMed (MED I fund). The deal, which will fold Fytexia into ABF’s ABF Ingredients division, follows strong revenue and profit growth under ArchiMed’s ownership and returns MED I roughly four times its investment.