EQT-led Consortium Takes Kakaku.com Private
May 13, 2026
EQT will launch (and later amend) a tender offer through BPEA Private Equity Fund IX to acquire Kakaku.com, offering JPY 3,000 per share and subsequently raising it to JPY 3,450 per share. Kakaku.com’s board and special committee unanimously supported the transaction, with major shareholders Digital Garage and KDDI entering agreements to dispose of their shares via Kakaku.com’s share buyback following the tender offer.
- Buyers
- EQT, BPEA Private Equity Fund IX, Kamgras 1 K.K., Digital Garage, KDDI
- Targets
- Kakaku.com
- Sellers
- Digital Garage, KDDI
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Location
- Japan
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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