Alantra AM has announced in a press release the acquisition of a 49% stake in Indigo Capital SAS, a pan-European private debt asset manager.
Based in Paris, Indigo is an independent, established player in the alternative finance market specializing in the financing of small and medium-sized European businesses worth between 鈧20-300 million through a combination of private bonds and preferred equity. Since inception, the firm鈥檚 7 investment professionals have completed over 50 investments for a total value of more than 鈧800 million across France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK.
鈥淭he investment in Indigo Capital represents yet another step in the growth plan of Alantra AM, and follows the incorporation of Grupo Mutua as its strategic partner to support the firm鈥檚 ambition of building a diversified pan-European asset management business鈥, said the firm in the press release.
Through its existing teams and the strategic stake in Indigo Capital, Alantra and its affiliates will have over 鈧1 billion of assets under management covering different private debt strategies, including senior debt, unitranche and private bond solutions to corporates and long-term flexible financing for real estate companies.
The different teams actively cover 7 European markets.
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