Oakley Capi\u00adtal (\u201cOakley\u201d) announ\u00adced today that Oakley has ente\u00adred into an agree\u00adment to acquire Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal GmbH (\u201cWind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal\u201d) from ProSiebenSat.1 majo\u00adrity-owned NuCom Group.<\/p>\n
Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal is the leading German consu\u00admer health\u00adcare company for over-the-coun\u00adter (OTC) health\u00adcare products. The plat\u00adform expects sales of more than 120 million euros from the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and distri\u00adbu\u00adtion of bran\u00added and private-label products in the current year. It has an exten\u00adsive history of success in deve\u00adlo\u00adping and estab\u00adli\u00adshing premium formu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons and brands.<\/p>\n
In this context, Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal\u2019s Consu\u00admer Brands divi\u00adsion offers a wide range of high-growth premium bran\u00added products in Germany, inclu\u00adding SOS (wound care\/disinfectants), Zirku\u00adlin (treat\u00adment of gastro\u00adin\u00adtesti\u00adnal complaints), Green\u00addoc (mental well-being) and EyeMe\u00addica (eye health). Wind\u00adStar also produ\u00adces private-label products for leading German drugs\u00adto\u00adres and super\u00admar\u00adkets, while deve\u00adlo\u00adping inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal distri\u00adbu\u00adtion through exis\u00adting and new partners.<\/p>\n
Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal is bene\u00adfiting from the long-term struc\u00adtu\u00adral growth of the German consu\u00admer health market. This growth is being driven in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar by demo\u00adgra\u00adphic trends, such as the aging popu\u00adla\u00adtion, a shift in consu\u00admer demand due to increased aware\u00adness regar\u00adding physi\u00adcal and mental well-being, and a willing\u00adness among the popu\u00adla\u00adtion to prevent dise\u00adase. As part of its invest\u00adment, Oakley will help the company\u2019s manage\u00adment team conti\u00adnue its growth trajec\u00adtory, realize product inno\u00adva\u00adtion, incre\u00adasingly digi\u00adtize the busi\u00adness and iden\u00adtify attrac\u00adtive acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties that can acce\u00adle\u00adrate the company\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n
The invest\u00adment in Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal conti\u00adnues Oakley\u2019s track record of inves\u00adt\u00ading in leading B2C plat\u00adforms in the DACH region. Invest\u00adments alre\u00adady made include Veri\u00advox, Parship Elite and most recently Wish\u00adcard Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and 7NXT \/ Gymondo. With its asset-light busi\u00adness model, indus\u00adtry-leading opera\u00adtio\u00adnal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and attrac\u00adtive growth pros\u00adpects, the company now acqui\u00adred fits the ideal tran\u00adsac\u00adtion profile for Oakley.<\/p>\n
Peter Dubens (pictu\u00adred), Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at Oakley Capi\u00adtal, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal is a unique plat\u00adform for OTC health\u00adcare products with a very attrac\u00adtive market posi\u00adtion, whose deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and manage\u00adment team Oakley has closely follo\u00adwed over the past years. We look forward to working with the team and will use our exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion, go-to-market as well as M&A to help Wind\u00adStar further acce\u00adle\u00adrate its growth trajec\u00adtory both dome\u00adsti\u00adcally and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Oakley Capital<\/strong> Oakley\u2019s entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial mind\u00adset and deep indus\u00adtry know\u00adledge allows him to iden\u00adtify speci\u00adfic invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties and gene\u00adrate supe\u00adrior returns. The Oakley team works closely with a unique network of entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and successful manage\u00adment teams to access primary proprie\u00adtary invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties and gain valuable insights into the busi\u00adness models in which it invests. The ability to over\u00adcome comple\u00adxity and a flexi\u00adble approach to value crea\u00adtion enable Oakley to help its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies achieve sustainable growth.<\/p>\n About Wind\u00adStar Medical<\/strong> Oakley Capi\u00adtal (\u201cOakley\u201d) announ\u00adced today that Oakley has ente\u00adred into an agree\u00adment to acquire Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal GmbH (\u201cWind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal\u201d) from ProSiebenSat.1 majo\u00adrity-owned NuCom Group. Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal is the leading German consu\u00admer health\u00adcare company for over-the-coun\u00ad\u00adter (OTC) health\u00adcare products. The plat\u00adform expects sales of more than 120 million euros from the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and distri\u00adbu\u00adtion of bran\u00added and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors","news-category-deals-news-en","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOakley Capi\u00adtal is a private equity firm with more than \u20ac3 billion in assets under manage\u00adment focu\u00adsed on Western Europe. Oakley invests in middle-market compa\u00adnies across the region in three core sectors \u2014 consu\u00admer, educa\u00adtion and technology.<\/p>\n
\nWind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal Group deve\u00adlops compa\u00adnies in the exten\u00added health\u00adcare market. The Group\u2019s busi\u00adness units are accom\u00adpa\u00adnied on their deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment path and in their inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion. Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal\u2019s mission is to quickly and consis\u00adt\u00adently build market leaders who can assert them\u00adsel\u00adves as inde\u00adpen\u00addent compa\u00adnies in their markets. The company head\u00adquar\u00adters are loca\u00adted in Wehr\u00adheim in the Taunus region. Let\u2019s improve quality of life! \u2014 This is the driving force and moti\u00adva\u00adtion of the more than 120 employees of the group of compa\u00adnies. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit: www.windstar-medical.com. About the busi\u00adness units of the Wind\u00adStar Medi\u00adcal Group: Districon GmbH \u2014 Global Power Brands made for you! www.districon.eu, Dr. Kleine Pharma GmbH \u2014 Part\u00adne\u00adring Services \u2014 from the idea to the point of sale! www.kleine-pharma.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"