Mister Spex GmbH announced that it has received €32 million in funding from a group of investors.
January 07, 2015
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Mister Spex GmbH announced that it has received €32 million in an equity round of funding led by new investor, Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division on January 8, 2015. The transaction included participation from existing investors, SEP IV, a fund managed by Scottish Equity Partners LLP, Xange Private Equity, S.A., Grazia Equity, Family Venture Capital, individual investor Ehssan Dariani, and DN Capital Limited. Scottish Equity Partners LLP invested an undisclosed amount in the round. As a part of the round, Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division acquired 20% stake in the company. As part of the transaction, David Reis of Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division will join the advisory board of the company. The company reported revenues of €65 million for the year ended December 31, 2014.
Jan Bauer, Jan Balssen, Rüdiger Schmidt- Bendun, Carolin van Straelen, Lars Jeschke, Stefan Weidert, Martin Hossenfelder, Ingo Brinker, Iris Benedikt- Buckenleib, Jens Günther, Muriel Kaufmann, Frank Schlobach, Patrick Steinhausen, Burghard Hildebrandt, Jacob von Andreae, and Christian Hamann of Gleiss Lutz acted as legal advisors to Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division.
Mister Spex SE, formerly Mister Spex AG, is a Germany-based omnichannel optician offering glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses. The Company's online shop and stores offers more than 10,000 models of glasses and sunglasses from over 100 brands, alongside established brands and selected designer brands like Ray-Ban, Calvin Klein, Prada, and Tom Ford, as well as other brands and influencer collaborations including Vasuma, EOE, L.G.R and Akila. Integration of online and offline offers customers the freedom to decide for themselves when, where, and how they shop. It offers 2D/3D (2 dimensional/3 dimensional ) virtual try-ons, an online eye exam and intelligent filter functions. It operates shops in ten European countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Spain, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland serving over five million customers in Europe.
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