Frank\u00adfurt am Main \/ Colo\u00adgne \u2014 VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner sells the e\u2011commerce sani\u00adtary specia\u00adlist MEGABAD to the invest\u00adment company FSN Capi\u00adtal. Toge\u00adther with the foun\u00adding family Stil\u00adler, VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner remains a mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder and supports the further expan\u00adsion of MEGABAD.<\/p>\n
The tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal Colo\u00adgne-based company Gott\u00adfried Stil\u00adler, foun\u00added in 1973 as a sani\u00adtary trade specia\u00adlist, has been selling via its own webshop MEGABAD.com since 2003, making it the first sani\u00adtary retailer in Germany with an online sales chan\u00adnel. Toge\u00adther with VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, the company succes\u00adsion was initia\u00adted in 2019 and, in paral\u00adlel, the company\u2019s growth course was streng\u00adthe\u00adned and consis\u00adt\u00adently continued.<\/p>\n
FSN Capi\u00adtal, with its e\u2011commerce exper\u00adtise as the new majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder, will build on the company\u2019s strong market posi\u00adtion in its core markets and drive inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is still subject to anti\u00adtrust clearance. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 1932, the Gott\u00adfried Stil\u00adler Group is conside\u00adred the largest sani\u00adta\u00adry\u00adware retailer in Colo\u00adgne and, in addi\u00adtion to two specia\u00adlist stores, opera\u00adtes the webshop MEGABAD.com, a pioneer in its segment and one of the leading German sani\u00adta\u00adry\u00adware online retail\u00aders. As \u201cThe profes\u00adsio\u00adnal for the bath\u00adroom\u201d, MEGABAD specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the sani\u00adtary sector and offers a full range of fittings, cera\u00admics, shower enclo\u00adsures, bath\u00adroom furni\u00adture and access\u00adories for private custo\u00admers as well as craft\u00adsmen and trades\u00admen. The MEGABAD Group employs 220 people and sells products from all well-known manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders as well as high-quality own brands. The company has grown signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly in recent years and will conti\u00adnue to bene\u00adfit from e\u2011commerce market growth in the future.<\/p>\n
Toge\u00adther with the invest\u00adment company VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner, a succes\u00adsive succes\u00adsion plan was initia\u00adted in the family-owned company in 2019 and, in paral\u00adlel, the basis was laid for further acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtion of the growth course. With Harald Hotop, an expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced indus\u00adtry specia\u00adlist (form\u00aderly Rich\u00adter + Fren\u00adzel and Ideal Stan\u00addard) could be won for the manage\u00adment of the group. At the end of the current year, the company will enter the market with a new warehouse concept and a doubling of logi\u00adstics capa\u00adcity. This crea\u00adtes the basis for a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant increase in sales, even beyond the boun\u00adda\u00adries of the markets previously served.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been able to achieve important mile\u00adsto\u00adnes with VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner in recent years. For the next growth steps, we jointly looked for another inves\u00adtor and found the right part\u00adner in FSN Capi\u00adtal. We are very much looking forward to working toge\u00adther in this circle,\u201d says Stefan Stiller.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe remain convin\u00adced of MEGA\u00adBA\u00adD\u2019s outstan\u00adding busi\u00adness model and long-term growth pros\u00adpects. Toge\u00adther with the Stil\u00adler family and the manage\u00adment, we were able to imple\u00adment the company\u2019s succes\u00adsion and signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly streng\u00adthen the group\u2019s market posi\u00adtion,\u201d explains Chris\u00adtian Futter\u00adlieb, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner. Justin Kent, Part\u00adner at FSN Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, added: \u201cMEGABAD is a great fit for our port\u00adfo\u00adlio and we are very much looking forward to working with the Stil\u00adler family, Harald Hotop and VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner to conti\u00adnue MEGA\u00adBA\u00adD\u2019s expan\u00adsion in the DACH region and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
About VR Equitypartner<\/strong> The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion team at VR Equitypartner:<\/strong><\/p>\n Tim Feld (Member of the Manage\u00adment Board), Hedwig Holken\u00adbrink, Hendrik Horn\u00adbo\u00adgen, Jens Sch\u00f6f\u00adfel, Jens Osthoff<\/p>\n Consul\u00adting firms invol\u00adved in the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion by VR Equitypartner:<\/strong><\/p>\n GCA Altium<\/strong> Frank\u00adfurt am Main \/ Colo\u00adgne \u2014 VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner sells the e\u2011commerce sani\u00adtary specia\u00adlist MEGABAD to the invest\u00adment company FSN Capi\u00adtal. Toge\u00adther with the foun\u00adding family Stil\u00adler, VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner remains a mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder and supports the further expan\u00adsion of MEGABAD. The tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal Colo\u00ad\u00adgne-based company Gott\u00adfried Stil\u00adler, foun\u00added in 1973 as a sani\u00adtary trade specia\u00adlist, has been [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nVR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner is one of the leading equity finan\u00adciers in Germany, Austria and Switz\u00ader\u00adland. The company supports medium-sized family busi\u00adnesses in a goal-orien\u00adted manner and with deca\u00addes of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the stra\u00adte\u00adgic solu\u00adtion of complex finan\u00adcing issues. Invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties include growth and expan\u00adsion finan\u00adcing, corpo\u00adrate succes\u00adsion or share\u00adhol\u00adder chan\u00adges. VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner offers majo\u00adrity and mino\u00adrity invest\u00adments as well as mezza\u00adnine finan\u00adcing. As a subsi\u00addiary of DZ BANK, the central insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of the coope\u00adra\u00adtive banks in Germany, VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner consis\u00adt\u00adently puts the sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity of corpo\u00adrate deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment ahead of short-term exit thin\u00adking. VR Equi\u00adtyp\u00adart\u00adner\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently compri\u00adses around 60 commit\u00adments with an invest\u00adment volume of EUR 400 million. www.vrep.de.<\/p>\n
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