Post by Simon Miremadi

Incredibly thankful🙏 to IMPECT and its founders, and investors: Stefan Reinartz, Jens Hegeler, Matthias Sienz, Lukas Keppler, Athletia Sports for trusting me and my team GP Bullhound advising them on their super successful exit to Catapult! This is our 2nd SportsTech deal in Germany this year and GP Bullhound's 10th in only 24 months. Among them the $600m Urban Sports Club exit to Wellhub, PerfectGym Solutions S.A. exit to Sport Alliance GmbH, the acquisitions of Eversports by Verdane, and BRP Systems AB by Nordic Capital. Big kudos to my superstar team Nansi Nistorova and Paul Hirsch for the relentless hard work, making such a competitive process successful, and our sell-side crew Benjamin Monheim, David Hamala 🚀🚀🚀 I am also grateful for the fantastic collaboration with Catapult Adir Shiffman, Shaun Holthouse, and their incredibly talented team around Will Lopes, Mike Kratochwill, Stephen Karp, Matt Bairos, Bob Cruickshank, Gareth Griffith; and their advisors Goldman Sachs Investment Banking with Adrian Lee, Matthew Zaidan and DLA Dr. Nils Krause, LL.M. (Durham), Till Burmeister, Dr. Lukas Reitebuch, Dan Li ---------------------- GP Bullhound advised IMPECT, a global SportsTech data and analytics pioneer, on its acquisition by Catapult Group International Limited a leading Australian sports performance technology company. Catapult will acquire 100% of IMPECT for up to €78 million and raise A$130 million through an underwritten institutional equity placement to finance the transaction and further strategic M&A. Co-founder and Managing Director, Stefan Reinartz of IMPECT, in his own words: “...We are deeply grateful to the GP Bullhound team for their outstanding partnership and unwavering commitment throughout the process – their strategic guidance, precision, and relentless execution ensured a highly competitive process and an exceptional outcome for IMPECT.” Read full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/d5dsRsnD