
Transaction Details
December 27, 2018
London Sloane St
Sector
Consumer, Retail, E-commerce and Leisure
Deal Type
Debt advisory
Deal Value
N/D
Deal Team
Adrian Schlegtendal, Sascha Kilian
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.