Mediashop: Equity Investment & Debt Refinancing

MediaShop: The leading omni-channel retailer in the DACH region

Founded in 1999 and acquired by its current majority shareholder in 2006, MediaShop is a leading omni-channel retailer selling its products through all major marketing & sales channels, including DRTV, offline retail shop-in-shop systems, own e-commerce activities as well as third party web-shops and social media platforms.

MediaShop’s strong product development capabilities allow the company to introduce own award-winning products and brands to the market. Products are advertised based on infomercials produced in-house and distributed internationally via various marketing channels.

MediaShop strengthens its ownership structure and refinances ongoing operations

In 2017, Hannover Finanz, the leading Germany based private equity fund with a focus on long-term investments in mid-sized companies, acquired a minority share in MediaShop, facilitating the succession of a former shareholder and an increase in the shareholding of the existing management team.

In 2018, MediaShop raised debt to refinance ongoing operations and allow for a dividend recapitalization with IKB and Erste Bank.

GCA Altium acted as investment banking advisor to MediaShop on both transactions.

Related Transactions

GCA is a trade name for GCA Corporation and its subsidiaries and other affiliates which include:

• GCA Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, registered broker-dealer and FINRA (www.finra.org) and SIPC member firm (www.sipc.org). GCA Advisors, LLC provides independent financial advice on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt Capital Markets, Recapitalization & Restructuring, Cross Border and Strategic Alliances, Special Committees, Private Funds, Private Placements and Venture Support. Check the background of GCA Advisors, LLC on FINRA’s BrokerCheck (brokercheck.finra.org).
• GCA Altium Limited, a company providing financial advisory services in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Israel and incorporated under English law, is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom and provides independent financial advice on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt Capital Markets, IPOs, Recapitalization & Restructuring, Cross Border and Private Placements.
• GCA Corporation, a company incorporated in Japan which provides financial advisory services on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross Border, Private Placements & IPOs, Growth Strategy Services, and Post-Merger Integration.
• GCA China Company, Limited, a company incorporated in Shanghai which provides financial advisory services in China on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross Border, Mezzanine Financing, Growth Strategy Services, Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration.
• GCA India Company, Limited, a company incorporated in Mumbai which provides financial advisory services in India on matters related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Cross Border, Mezzanine Financing, Growth Strategy Services, Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration.
• AMPLIA, a subsidiary of GCA Corporation in Japan, provides Venture Support services in Japan and the US.
• GCA FAS, a subsidiary of GCA Corporation in Japan, provides Due Diligence advisory services and M&A transaction services.
• MCo Corporation, a subsidiary of GCA Corporation in Japan, provides Mezzanine Financing in Japan.