Netherlands-based Roompot develops, owns and operates holiday villages and campsites. It is the leading player in the Dutch market, where it owns properties mainly along the coast, and also operates to a lesser extent in Belgium and France. Its complexes attract almost 560,000 reservations per year, equivalent to 11.7 million nights of accommodation. In 2018, Roompot’s revenue totalled €355 million.

FFP committed up to €11m in Roompot

AmaWaterways is a family-controlled company that has been organising luxury river cruises, mainly in Europe and for English-speaking holidaymakers, since 2002. AmaWaterways operates 23 vessels that sail on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Main, Rhône, Seine and Garonne rivers, along with waterways in Belgium and the Netherlands, the Douro, the Mekong in Southeast Asia and the Chobe in Africa.

FFP invested $25m in AmaWaterways.

Lineage is North America’s second-largest logistics group specialising in cold-chain solutions for the agri-food industry, mainly producers and wholesalers but also mass retailers. The company operates more than 110 sites in 20 US states, along with 17 in Europe, with almost 9,000 employees.

Its offers extends beyond deep freeze storage (-15°C to -40°C) and include value-added services including deep freezing, repackaging, outsourced order management and logistics. Lineage generated more than $1.4 billion of revenue in 2018.

Lineage generated more than $1.4 billion of revenue in 2018. In the first half of 2019, Lineage completed the acquisition of Preferred Freezer (#3 player in the US), and thus became the largest global player. 

FFP invested 25 M$ in Lineage in 2017, with a 15 M$ folllow-on investment in 2019 as part of a capital increase to finance the acquisition of Preferred Freezer.

Capsa Healthcare is a leading US producer of several types of medical equipment, serving healthcare providers such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and pharmacies. The company designs, produces and sells medication carts (with or without mobile IT hardware), sterile preparation workstations and automated drug management systems. Capsa is the result of a series of acquisitions carried out by its management since 2008, with the support of an American family and then Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.

FFP invested $18m in Capsa.

CIPRÉS Assurances, founded in 2000, is now France’s second- largest wholesale insurance broker and 15th largest insurance broker overall. The group designs and manages health and death/disability insurance solutions for entrepreneurs and SMEs. CIPRÉS Assurances offers a comprehensive range of products and services to protect customers’ incomes, preserve their wealth, protect their health and safeguard them against life’s accidents. It distributes them through a network of 7,000 independent brokers across France. Through Axelliance Conseil, the group also offers a range of products and services for large corporate customers.

In 2018, CIPRÉS Assurances generated revenue of €148 million and its annual premium collection was €530 million (proforma figures taking into account the combination with Axelliance in 2018).

FFP a investi €15m in CIPRÉS Assurances. 

Big Bottling Company produces and distributes carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages in Nigeria. Its main product is BIG (cola, lemon and orange flavours). The company was created when the AJE group – one of the largest multinationals in the beverages sector with a presence in more than 20 countries in South America, Africa and Asia – spun off its Nigerian division.

Big Bottling Company directly employs 250 people at its plant near Lagos and its target production volume is around 23 million boxes per year.

FFP invested $10m in the Big Bottling Company.

Asmodee, founded in 1995, produces and distributes board games and collectible cards. It is a world leader in its sector, with a presence in Europe, North America and China and almost 1,000 employees. Asmodee has a catalogue of 3,000 games and launches almost 300 new games each year. In 2018, Asmodee generated revenue of €419 million, 80% of which came from outside France.

FFP invested €20m in Asmodee

Transact is a US leading software & payment platform dedicated to higher education institutions. Transact solutions underpin a wide range of services for universities, students and their parents, all based on a unified credential: online payment of tuitions, payment of on and off campus services (dining, book stores, laundry etc.), campus access management (library, fitness etc.), class attendance etc. Transact serves more than 1 300 higher education institutions in the US and processes more than 40 $Bn in transactions annually.

FFP invested $15m in Transact.