Europe’s consumer industry saw a drop of 43.75% in deal activity during August 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Entain’s $944.32m acquisition of 75% stake in SuperSport, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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A total of 54 consumer industry deals worth $2.1bn were announced for the region in August 2022, against the 12-month average of 96 deals.
Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in August 2022 with 26 transactions, representing a 48.2% share for the region.
In second place was venture financing with 18 deals, followed by private equity deals with ten transactions, respectively capturing a 33.3% and 18.5% share of the overall deal activity for the month.
In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s consumer industry with $1.1bn, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $900m and $46.89m, respectively.
Europe consumer industry deals in August 2022: Top deals
The top five consumer deals accounted for 98.3% of the overall value during August 2022.
The combined value of the top five consumer deals stood at $2.02bn, against the overall value of $2.1bn recorded for the month.
The top five consumer industry deals of August 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Entain’s $944.32m acquisition deal for 75% stake in SuperSport
2) The $900m private equity of Aman Group by Cain International and The Saudi Public Investment Fund
3) IOI Corp’s $104.51m acquisition deal with Bunge Loders Croklaan Group
4) The $45.85m acquisition of ESM Effervescent Sodas Management by CC Beverages Holdings II and Coca-Cola HBC
5) Octopus Ventures, Perwyn and Verlinvest’s $22m venture financing deal with KatKin
