Milan\/Munich\/Babenhausen \u2014 Ambi\u00adenta SGR SpA (\u201cAmbi\u00adenta\u201d) is one of the largest Euro\u00adpean asset mana\u00adgers fully commit\u00adted to envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. The company has now acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in L\u00e4ssig GmbH (\u201cL\u00c4SSIG\u201d) in Baben\u00adhau\u00adsen, Hesse, a leading supplier of func\u00adtional, sustainable and inno\u00adva\u00adtive products for babies, child\u00adren and the whole family in the German-spea\u00adking region and other Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries. The company was owned by finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtors, the foun\u00adders Clau\u00addia and Stefan L\u00e4ssig, and Karin Hein\u00adrich. Ambi\u00adenta beco\u00admes the new majo\u00adrity owner, but the foun\u00adders and Karin Hein\u00adrich remain signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly inves\u00adted along\u00adside finan\u00adcial investors.<\/p>\n
L\u00c4SSIG was foun\u00added in 2006 by Clau\u00addia and Stefan L\u00e4ssig and today has more than 110 employees. The company star\u00adted with inno\u00adva\u00adtive, sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity-orien\u00adted diaper bags, which are still a successful product today. The product port\u00adfo\u00adlio has been conti\u00adnuously expan\u00added since then and today includes back\u00adpacks, access\u00adories, toys, child\u00adren\u2019s table\u00adware, clot\u00adhing and much more in addi\u00adtion to bags. The products are sold in around 2,800 brick-and-mortar stores, 50 online stores and the company\u2019s own online store at www.laessig-fashion.de.<\/p>\n
The company is on a strong growth path and has used its strong presence in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switz\u00ader\u00adland) as a start\u00ading point for successful expan\u00adsion into other Euro\u00adpean markets such as France and the Bene\u00adlux count\u00adries. Ambi\u00adenta will support further inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion through its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal network and know-how. In addi\u00adtion, Ambi\u00adenta will work with the manage\u00adment team to drive the digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion of sales, proces\u00adses and operations.<\/p>\n
Based on Ambi\u00aden\u00adta\u2019s sustainable invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy, the focus of the invest\u00adment in L\u00c4SSIG is on resource effi\u00adci\u00adency and reduc\u00adtion of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal emis\u00adsi\u00adons. The company is a pioneer in the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of a holi\u00adstic sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity stra\u00adtegy: even in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of its products, L\u00c4SSIG focu\u00adses on the econo\u00admical use of resour\u00adces, rene\u00adwa\u00adble and recy\u00adcled mate\u00adri\u00adals, and dura\u00adbi\u00adlity. For exam\u00adple, the company uses sustainable mate\u00adri\u00adals such as orga\u00adnic cotton for two-thirds of its baby clothes and supports farmers in India in conver\u00adting from tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal to orga\u00adnic farming methods. The company coope\u00adra\u00adtes with reco\u00adgni\u00adzed suppli\u00aders of recy\u00adcled plas\u00adtics to produce sustainable and dura\u00adble products \u2014 from diaper bags to satchels.<\/p>\n
L\u00c4SSIG bene\u00adfits from the switch to sustainable products in a market that is still domi\u00adna\u00adted by conven\u00adtio\u00adnal ranges today. In addi\u00adtion, the company has deve\u00adlo\u00adped clear unique selling points through its focus on inno\u00adva\u00adtion and func\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adlity. Thanks to this stra\u00adtegy, L\u00c4SSIG has succee\u00added in buil\u00adding a strong brand with a very high level of trust among parents. The company and its products have recei\u00adved nume\u00adrous awards, inclu\u00adding the Plus X Award 2022 for sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity, the German Brand Award 2021 and as a Top 100 Inno\u00adva\u00adtor 2022.<\/p>\n
Hans Hade\u00adrer (photo), part\u00adner and respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the DACH region at Ambi\u00adenta<\/strong>, said: \u201cL\u00c4SSIG is an ideal fit for Ambi\u00adenta due to its deep convic\u00adtion in sustainable action and a successful growth and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion stra\u00adtegy. The company is not only a pioneer in inno\u00adva\u00adtions for family needs, but also in the econo\u00admical use of resour\u00adces, the use of recy\u00adcled raw mate\u00adri\u00adals and product dura\u00adbi\u00adlity. We want to consis\u00adt\u00adently expand this approach toge\u00adther with the foun\u00adders and support the company\u2019s growth stra\u00adtegy to the best of our ability with our network and experience.\u201d Ambi\u00adenta was advi\u00adsed on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion by Ommax<\/strong> on commer\u00adcial due dili\u00adgence, Houli\u00adhan Lokey on M&A<\/strong> (buy-side) and debt advi\u00adsory, Noerr<\/strong> on legal and struc\u00adtu\u00adring due dili\u00adgence, KPMG<\/strong> on finan\u00adcial and tax due dili\u00adgence and ERM<\/strong> on ESG due diligence.<\/p>\n Ambi\u00adenta Milan\/Munich\/Babenhausen \u2014 Ambi\u00adenta SGR SpA (\u201cAmbi\u00adenta\u201d) is one of the largest Euro\u00adpean asset mana\u00adgers fully commit\u00adted to envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. The company has now acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in L\u00e4ssig GmbH (\u201cL\u00c4SSIG\u201d) in Baben\u00adhau\u00adsen, Hesse, a leading supplier of func\u00adtional, sustainable and inno\u00adva\u00adtive products for babies, child\u00adren and the whole family in the German-spea\u00adking region and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1375,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46283","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-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-family-offices-en","category-corporate-finance-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFoun\u00adders Clau\u00addia and Stefan L\u00e4ssig empha\u00adsi\u00adzed: \u201cIn Ambi\u00adenta, we found the opti\u00admal part\u00adner for the next growth phase of our company. It was the special focus on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and the outstan\u00adding exper\u00adtise in the stra\u00adte\u00adgic deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of foun\u00adder-mana\u00adged, medium-sized compa\u00adnies that ulti\u00adm\u00adately tipped the scales. Both compe\u00adten\u00adces will decisi\u00advely help us to become the leading outfit\u00adter for babies, child\u00adren and fami\u00adlies in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nAmbi\u00adenta is a Euro\u00adpean inves\u00adtor in envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity in private and public markets. From Milan, London, Paris and Munich, Ambi\u00adenta mana\u00adges assets of more than 3 billion euros. The focus is on inves\u00adt\u00ading in private and public compa\u00adnies that are driven by envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal mega\u00adtrends and whose products or services improve resource effi\u00adci\u00adency and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal protec\u00adtion. In the private equity sector, Ambi\u00adenta has made 58 invest\u00adments to date. In the public equity sector, Ambi\u00adenta has laun\u00adched one of the worl\u00add\u2019s largest abso\u00adlute return funds fully focu\u00adsed on envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and mana\u00adges a full range of sustainable products from low-risk multi-asset funds to long-only equity funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"