2025
The third edition of the Argos x Boston Consulting Group (BCG) barometer shows that the ecological transition is critically important to a large majority of the European mid-market companies surveyed.
The Argos Index® was down 3% to 9.5x EBITDA in Q1 2025. The 2024 recovery of mid-market prices was short-lived, as the M&A activity. Transaction multiples declined, at a similar pace, on all market segments: on the lower and upper mid-markets, and for both investment funds and strategic buyers.
Argos Wityu, an independent pan-European investment group, has acquired a majority stake in Axitea, a leading Italian provider of digitally enabled surveillance and security services for corporate clients, from Stirling Square, a leading pan-European private equity firm specialized in internationalising and digitalising mid-market businesses. This acquisition marks the tenth investment by Argos Wityu’s Mid-Market VIII fund. Financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
The European independent private equity firm Argos, through its Argos Climate Action fund (Article 9 SFDR), as majority shareholder, and Bpifrance, the one-stop-shop for French entrepreneurs, have signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Hexvia from Siparex, BPM Group and other minority financial investors.
Argos, an independent European investment fund, has promoted as Associates Maude Culis-Féry (France), Audrey De Vreese (Benelux) and Lisa Petermeijer (Benelux). The Argos team comprises 75 employees in its 7 European offices.
The mid-market Argos Index® for the fourth quarter of 2024 – published by Argos Wityu, the independent European investment fund, and Epsilon Research, the online platform for the management of unlisted M&A transactions – is now available. Launched in 2006, this index tracks the valuations of unlisted eurozone SMEs in which a majority stake has been acquired during the last six months.
Argos, an independent European investment fund, is proud to announce the final close of its Argos Climate Action fund, which has raised €337 million. This amount surpasses the initial target by over 12%, a remarkable achievement despite the challenging fundraising environment .
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