IK Investment Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Eres

Eurazeo to Acquire Eres Group Stake from IK Partners

April 22, 2024

Financial Services

Eurazeo has signed an agreement to acquire the stake in French fintech Eres Group from IK Partners' IK VIII Fund; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Eres, headquartered in Paris, is a leading provider of employee profit-sharing, retirement schemes and asset management with approximately €6.7 billion in assets under management and a distribution network of over 6,600 distributors.

IK Partners (IK IX) Acquires Majority Stake in IG&H

July 12, 2022

IT Services

IK Partners’ IK IX Fund has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch digital transformation consultancy IG&H, with the founding management team reinvesting alongside the fund. IG&H, headquartered in Utrecht with ~350 employees and offices in Lisbon, Porto and Munich, provides consultancy, data analytics, low-code development and proprietary digital solutions for clients in pensions, banking, insurance, retail and healthcare; IK will support international expansion and M&A-driven consolidation.

IK Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Skill & You

February 4, 2021

Education

IK Investment Partners (IK IX Fund) has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire the majority stake in French vocational e-learning provider Skill & You from Andera Partners. Management (led by Eric Petco and Sonia Levy-Odier) will co-invest alongside IK to support accelerated international expansion, strengthen B2G/B2B capabilities and continue product and platform investment; Skill & You reported ~€115m revenue in 2020, ~120,000 students and ~850 employees.

IK Investment Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Kersia from Ardian

October 12, 2020

Manufacturing

IK Investment Partners' IK IX Fund has entered exclusive negotiations and allocated CSR-linked financing to acquire a majority stake in Kersia from Ardian. Kersia is a global leader in biosecurity and food safety with revenues above €300m, operations in 120+ countries and more than 1,500 employees; IK intends to support the company's next stage of growth and sustainability agenda.

IK Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Acture Groep

January 13, 2020

Healthcare Services

IK Investment Partners' Small Cap II Fund has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Acture Groep from the company's founders; financial terms were not disclosed. Acture Groep, led by CEO Maudie Derks who will remain and reinvest, provides specialised outsourced social security, absence-management and insurance advisory services to Dutch employers and temporary staffing agencies; IK said it will support the group's next phase of growth and international expansion.

EQT Acquires Majority Stake in Ellab from IK Investment Partners

August 7, 2019

Medical Devices

EQT Mid Market Europe has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Ellab A/S from the IK VIII Fund (advised by IK Investment Partners). EQT will partner with Ellab's management, which will retain a minority stake, to accelerate global growth by expanding R&D, enhancing the go-to-market model in the US and Europe, and growing the company's as-a-service offerings.