Advent International
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Advent International
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| Type | Private Ownership |
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| Industry | Private Equity |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Products | Private equity funds, buyouts |
| Total assets | $26 billion |
| Employees | 300+ |
| Website | www.adventinternational.com |
Advent International is a global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core sectors.
Since its inception in 1984, Advent has raised $26 billion (€19.4 billion) in private equity capital and, through its buyout programs, has completed more than 250 transactions in 35 countries.
Advent operates from offices in 16 countries, with affiliates in a further eight countries and employs over 170 investment professionals.
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Advent was originally founded in Boston, Massachusetts as a spin-out from TA Associates by Peter Brooke. Brooke had founded TA Associates in 1968 after having expanded the venture capital operations of TA's parent Tucker Anthony & R.L. Day. In 1985, Advent raised its first fund a $14m corporate venture capital program for Nabisco. In 1987, the firm raised the $225 million International Network Fund, its first institutional private equity fund. The firm raised its first European fund in 1989, the $231 million European Special Situations Fund and opened its London office.
Advent continued its expansion in the 1990s, opening offices in Frankfurt and Milan and merging with UK-based Trinity Capital Partners. In 1994, Advent completed fundraising for the first of its flagship series of funds Advent Global Private Equity (GPE) II with $415 million. In 1996, Advent expanded into Latin America raising a dedicated Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund and opening offices in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo.
Advent crossed the billion dollar mark in 1997, with the raising of the $1.2 billion Advent Global Private Equity (GPE) III and in the last few years of the 1990s, Advent raised additional sector funds focused on media and communications as well as healthcare & life sciences. Advent's founder, Peter Brooke, stepped down as the firm's CEO in 1996.
Through the 2000s, Advent's expansion accelerated as the firm raised additional funds for its various fund families and opening new offices in Europe and Asia. Advent's sixth Global Private Equity fund, raised in 2008 closed with €6.6 billion of investor commitments and the firm raised an additiona €1 billion for investments in central Europe.[1][2]
Investments
Advent acquired the British variety store chain Poundland in 2002 and has investments in the Fat Face clothing brand and extended warranty firm Domestic & General.[3]
In 2004, Advent-owned fund Viva Ventures bought the Bulgarian state-owned telecoms monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (now Vivacom). The company was sold to AIG in 2007.
Advent bought a majority ownership of Bradco Supply, a leading distributor of building products in 2008.[4]
Advent has acquired a number of companies in Central and Eastern Europe through its dedicated regional funds. These include Romanian Ceramica IASI, one of Romania’s leading ceramic bricks and clay roof tiles producers, Bolix, a leading Polish producer of building chemistry, Dufa Deutek, Romania’s largest decorative paints producer, and LaborMed Pharma, which manufactures and distributes generic pharmaceuticals primarily for cardiovascular and central nervous system aliments.[5]
In 2007, Advent's Asia affiliate led the restructuring of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, one of China's largest privately-owned shipbuilder, and successfully listed the company on the Singapore Stock Exchange; making it one of the largest IPO by a foreign company in Singapore.[6]
In March 2009, Advent announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in Fifth Third Processing Solutions, the payment processing business of Fifth Third Bank in a $2.35 billion transaction. The transaction represented one of the largest private equity transactions completed in 2009 amidst the Financial crisis of 2007–2010.[7] The deal was completed in June 2009. For information on Advent International's additional investments visit >Advent International's Investments. In August 2010, Advent International was credited with spawing the takeover of Mexicana Airlines by an outside investor group. Advent International has no equity investment stakes in the takeover according to published sources.[2]
In 2011, Advent acquired Mondo Minerals Holding B.V., the second largest global talc producer[8] and British mental heathcare provider, Priory Group,[9] best known for providing mental health treatments to celebrities[10] such as Eric Clapton[11] and Johnny Depp.[12]
References
- ^ Advent closes €6.6bn upper mid-market buy-out fund. AltAssets, Apr 7, 2008.
- ^ Advent closes fourth CEE fund on €1bn hard cap. AltAssets, Apr 17, 2008
- ^ Julia Finch, 'How one-price-fits-all is making this man Britain's most cheerful retailer' (6.12.2008) The Guardian
- ^ Venture Capital Firm Buys Bradco Supply. PROSALES Information Service Publication date: July 15, 2008
- ^ "Advent International investments in Central and Eastern Europe". Investment Intelligence s.r.o. http://invest-iq.net/tag/advent-international. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ Yangzijiang shares soar up to 45 pct in S'pore debut. Reuters News, April 17, 2007
- ^ Fifth Third to Sell 51% Stake in Its Payment Unit to Advent. Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2009
- ^ [1].Reuters News, July 06, 2011
- ^ "Advent buys The Priory for £925m". The Daily Telegraph. 18 Jan 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/8266597/Advent-buys-The-Priory-for-925m.html. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "The Priory offers counselling to pupils". The Daily Telegraph. 11 September 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6173765/The-Priory-offers-counselling-to-pupils.html. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "The Priory: facts and figures". The Observer. 15 April 2007. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/15/healthandwellbeing.features4. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ^ "The celebrity guide to detox: Pass out, check in, and dry out". The Independent. 6 January 2007. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-celebrity-guide-to-detox-pass-out-check-in-and-dry-out-431006.html. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- Advent International closes €2.5bn buy-out fund. AltAssets, April 25, 2005
External links
- Advent International (company website)
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