The group Minafin now has a new pool of financial investors in the minority with Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Siparex, CM-CIC Investment and Growth in North-Pas-de-Calais.
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Founded in 2004 by Frédéric Gauchet, Minafin is an international group, active in fine chemicals and associated services. The Group is primarily present in the development and manufacturing of active principles and key components at the destination of the life sciences and high technologies. With a broad range of skills and proprietary technologies that is organized around 5 brands dedicated, Minafin imposes itself today as a specialist of the chemistry on each of their trades. The Group has since its inception a strong growth, both organic but also external. Today located in Europe and the United States, Minafin realized a consolidated turnover of 159 million Euros in 2016.
This restructuring of the capital can provide liquidity to the financial shareholders minority current : Matignon Investissement, CM-CIC Investissement, Croissance Nord-Pas de Calais and Cathay Capital, and to renew the shareholder base of the financial group.
Frédéric Gauchet, as President of the group Minafin said : “I am glad of the interest in the Group Minafin by new investor, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners and Siparex, who bring complementary experience to the further development of the Group. On behalf of the management, I would also like to thank the prime minister’s office Investment and Cathay Capital who have supported us with belief in the industrial project as well as CM-CIC Investment and Growth in the Nord-Pas de Calais, which we renew their confidence in participating in this new round table”
About Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is a benchmark of the investment is not rated. Its strategies are of benefit to the companies in which it invests, investors who put their trust in him, and his collaborators, who share its values of respect and commitment. Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners manages more than 1.8 billion around life sciences (BioDiscovery), capital development and transmission (Winch Capital in mid cap and Capstan Capital in small cap) and mezzanine debt (ActoMezz).
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is continuing its fundraising on its segments today with the lifting of BioDiscovery 5 and ActoMezz3 bearing soon, its assets under management to more than 2 billion. The Paris-based Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is a company composed of 58 persons, including 40 investment professionals, 51% – owned by the Edmond de Rothschild Group and 49% by the partners and employees of the management company.
For more information : www.edrip.fr
About Siparex
The Siparex Group, created 40 years ago, is the independent French specialist in capital investment in SMES and ETI. The Group has capital under management of 1.6 billion, distributed among activities Midmarket (SMES/ETIS), Mezzanine, Small Caps (SMES) and Innovation under the brand XAnge (SMES technological growth). Siparex operates in this operation through its fund Siparex ETI 4, of which this is the second investment. Siparex covers all of the national territory from Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Besançon, and Lille, Strasbourg, Dijon and Toulouse, and is located also in Madrid, Milan and Munich.
For more information : www.siparex.com
About CM-CIC Investissement
Capital-risk, capital-development capital-transmission, consulting in mergers and acquisitions. CM-CIC Investissement, a subsidiary of the Crédit Mutuel group, exercised all the trades of the balance sheet to meet the financing needs in the equity of companies. Beyond the professionalism, vision, resolutely human of the trade and the proximity with the entrepreneurs, it is also the cover in the length which characterizes the success of this approach. CM-CIC Investissement invests its own capital (over 2.4 billion) in around 410 companies comprising its portfolio of participations.
CM-CIC Investissement has extended its activities to the international under the trademark CIC Capital, Already developed in Canada (Montreal), this offer is extended to the United States (New York and Boston) and Europe (Frankfurt, London, Geneva and Zurich).
For more information : www.cmcic-investissement.com
About A Growth North-Pas-de-Calais
A subsidiary of the Group IRD, Growth in the Nord-Pas de Calais is positioned on the equity finance of development projects, transmission and reclassification of minorities. Active partner in business Growth, North-Pas-de-Calais acts as the minority shareholder on the ideal period of time of 5 to 7 years for equity investments up to 1.5 M. Since 1991, Growth in the Nord-Pas de Calais has assisted more than 300 companies and today has 67 active participations.
For more information : www.groupeird.fr
Stakeholders in the operation
Shareholders-financial outbound :
Matignon Investment : Philippe Dhamelincourt
CM-CIC Investment : Philippe Traisnel, Xavier Blain
Cathay Capital : Edouard Moinet, Charles Bonassieux
Growth of Nord-Pas de Calais : Thierry Dujardin, David Leprêtre
Financial advice : Hottinguer Corporate Finance (Pierre de Bousingen, Philippe Bonhomme, Djilali Bou Abdallah, Daniel Rahal)
Legal advice : Agilys (Pierre Jouglard)
VDD financial : PwC (Eric Douheret)
VDD legal : BCTG (Séverin Kullmann, Paul-Henri Dubois)
Company :
Management : Frédéric Gauchet, Frédéric Marmousez, Patrick Lescure, Agathe Lecyk
Legal advice : BCTG (Séverin Kullmann, Paul-Henri Dubois) ; Laga (Benoît Féron, Anne Tilleux)
Shareholders financial incoming :
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (Winch Capital 3) : Sylvain Charignon, Sophie Nordmann Caetano, François-Xavier Mauron, Aurélie Denieuil
Siparex (Siparex ETI 4) : Benoît Métais, Anthony Krug, Stephanie Malysse, Quentin Brias
CM-CIC Investment : Philippe Traisnel, Xavier Blain
Growth of Nord-Pas de Calais : Thierry Dujardin, David Leprêtre
Legal counsel : Paul Hastings (Olivier Deren, Charlotte Dupont) Liedekerke (Damien Conem)
Council tax : Paul Hastings (Allard de Waal, Thomas Pulcini)
Financial Due Diligence : Deloitte (Frédérique Chenevoy, Lisa Lauv)
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