GED

Founded in 1996, GED is an independent Private Equity group operating in the Iberian Peninsula and South-Eastern Europe. The firm invests in communication, transport, energy and mobility sectors.

Rafael López Armenta

Partner

Jorge Juliani Aznar

Partner

JB

Josep Bono

Associate

María Torrecillas González

Investment Director

David Velázquez Gómez

Partner

VM

Víctor Macías Hernández

Investment Director

María Jesús

Partner

Joaquim Hierro Lopes

Managing Partner

Victoriano Lopez-Pinto Fernandez de Navarrete

Managing Partner

Nuria Osés Múgica

Partner

Juan Puertas

Partner / Control and Finance Director / Investor Relations

Enrique Centelles Satrústegui

Managing Partner

Rafael Trebolle

Partner

30 past transactions

Aircraft Interior Refurbishment España

Acquisition in 2019
Aircraft Interior Refurbishment España specializes in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft cabin interiors.

Araven S.L.

Acquisition in 2017
Araven S.L. designs, manufactures, and sells household and foodservice products, as well as retail equipment. The company offers household products, including kitchenware, storage, and cleaning products; foodservice products, such as preservation, handling, service and display, transportation, and cleaning products; and retail equipment, which comprise shopping cart loops, wheeled baskets, hand baskets, accessories, deli baskets, and fresh food equipment. It sells its products through a network of agents and dealers in Spain and internationally. Araven S.L. was founded in 1976 and is based in Zaragoza, Spain with branch offices in Mexico and the United States.

Cellulem Block

Acquisition in 2007
Cellulem Block is a provider a wide and diverse range of beauty and health services.

Discefa, S.L.

Acquisition in 2016
Discefa, which is the largest company specialized in the processing and distribution of high-quality frozen octopus, was founded in 1982 and is located in the city of A Coruna. According to its latest financial statements, it had a turnover of €62.3 M and an EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of 14 million at year-end 2015.
Corporación Dermoestética, S.A. provides medical aesthetic and cosmetic surgery services in Spain and Portugal. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Valencia, Spain. As per the transaction announced on July 21, 2015, Corporación Dermoestética, S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Cosmewax S.A.

Continental Hotels

Private Equity Round in 2011
Continental Hotels is the perfect option for guests looking for high quality accommodation in the main cities of Romania, pleasantly combining comfortable lodging with high quality services in an elegant atmosphere. With a solid tradition, their hotel chain wants to satisfy the requirements of all types of customers, with high class and harmony, elegance and style, arts and innovation. Thus, whether are on spare time and are looking for some peace and quiet, or are on a business trip, their hotels are the ideal choice for a relaxing stay.
Galgus is a company highly specialized in research and development of wireless optimization software to reduce interference and improve throughput especially in environments with high density of users (IoT included) and WiFi networks. Our WiFi optimization software is called Cognitive Hotspot Technology (CHT) and converts regular WiFi routers in cognitive intelligent WiFi routers that can cooperate with neighboring routers to jointly optimize WiFi performance in real-time applying machine learning and distributed intelligence techniques. As a result, performance of WiFi networks can be increase by up to 5 times, while also reducing interference levels and power consumption by 40%. Our company has a team of 34 people, 27 of which are telecom engineers and 3 PhDs in telecommunications. We have self-funded our growth, growing from 2 founders to a team of 34 people in than 4 years, with an accumulated revenue of 2.4M€ (approx. 2.63 MUSD). CHT is a proven technology in vertical markets such as commercial aviation, hotels, convention centers, museums, cruise ships, buses, etc. The next big vertical market is the residential market.

KUSHKI S.A.

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a payment platform tailor-made for Latin America that uses local logic and pricing and can be rapidly integrated. It connects LATAM through payments. Kushki offers clients an integrated payments platform and omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, m-commerce, and physical stores. The startup’s API standardizes the ecosystem’s fragmented payments landscape, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks with over 300,000 physical points of payment. Founded in New York City in 2016, by serial entrepreneurs, Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company has operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, USA and Canada.

Pulso

Acquisition in 2020
Grupo Pulso's mission is to bring scientific evidence and knowledge to clinical practice through ongoing medical training and the digital transformation of health processes. We understand health from a global perspective, 360º, where knowledge and technology are at the service of an efficient system that empowers professionals and citizens with greater self-knowledge of their health.

Habock Aviation Group S.L.

Acquisition in 2018
Habock Aviation Group is to provide our customers with the best possible service, guaranteeing the highest standards of safety, quality and commitment in the execution of operations, both nationally and internationally. Innovation, training, permanent improvement and respect for the environment are key factors on which the company bases its strategy of growth and consolidation of activity.
Gestion Tributaria Territorial provides tax management and information services to government units. The company offers tax collection, inspection, and management of traffic sanctions. Gestion Tributaria Territorial specialized in the collaboration with the Public Administrations in the modernization and optimization of the tax and revenue management, providing first level services: - Collaboration in direct management - Information systems.

Megafood S.A.

Private Equity Round in 2011
Megafood S.A. operates a Burger King Franchisee restaurant in Southern Spain. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in San Sebastian de los Reyes, Spain. As of July 2, 2018, Megafood S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International Inc.

KUSHKI S.A.

Series B in 2021
Kushki is a payment platform tailor-made for Latin America that uses local logic and pricing and can be rapidly integrated. It connects LATAM through payments. Kushki offers clients an integrated payments platform and omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, m-commerce, and physical stores. The startup’s API standardizes the ecosystem’s fragmented payments landscape, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks with over 300,000 physical points of payment. Founded in New York City in 2016, by serial entrepreneurs, Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company has operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, USA and Canada.

FASE

Acquisition in 2011
FASE – Estudos e Projectos S.A. is a company founded in 1979 and geared to offering a complete engineering and architecture service. The suitable combination of technical expertise, methodology and experience enables FASE to ensure the satisfaction of its customers needs, helping them to achieve the benefits arising from the the support given by one of the largest national engineering companies. A main contributory reason for this is that the company has private shareholders and it is not connected with any builders, installers and suppliers of goods and equipment. The services provided cover the different stages of the project development, namely Consultancy and Assistance to the Owner, the elaboration of a wide range of Studies and Projects, as well as all the activities associated with Project Management.

TroopTravel

Series A in 2021
Imagine you are organizing a meeting for 300 people coming from 35 different places. How do you determine where is the best place to meet? Instead of personal opinions, we use Big Data analytics to helps Fortune 500s to optimize their meetings and events planning. We optimize around cost, carbon footprint, safety, visa requirements, VAT reclaim and more. Multiple Fortune 500s are using our platform to continuously achieve savings of around 40%.

Comess Group

Acquisition in 2020
Comess Group is a restaurant chain operator that offers varied catering options to clients. Excellence and good governance, sustainability, profitability, job creation, quality and innovation, internationalization and satisfaction of customers, employees, and franchisees are the company's main values. The company is organized with experience in the sector and with international presence. The company was founded on 1988 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Diamedix IMPEX

Acquisition in 2009
S.C. Diamedix IMPEX S.A. distributes medical devices for in-vitro diagnosis and dental equipments. The company services Romania's private laboratories, hospital laboratories, blood banks, and veterinary laboratories. S.C. Diamedix IMPEX S.A. was founded in 1996 and is based in Bucharest, Romania.

Bio Oils

Private Equity Round in 2010
Bio-Oils is a company that was created in 2005 and is mainly engaged in the production of biodiesel. It owns a Plant in Huelva, Andalusia, which is one of the most efficient in Spain, benefiting from a strategic location, with pipeline connections to vessels, trains and tankers loading docks.

Méderic Ediciones

Acquisition in 2020
Mederic Editions is a publishing company in the field of general health, young and dynamic, with a clear projection of future betting on new techno logías y methodologies, which has professionals passionate about their work, specialized in the field of health. Our range of services is transformed into products for the dissemination of medical knowledge useful for a wide range of clients in the health environment, both public and private: Professional Associations, Scientific Societies, Patient Associations, Health Departments, Pharmaceutical Industry, and companies or health institutions.

Happy Tour

Acquisition in 2007
Happy Tour is a company dedicated to business and leisure travelers. The agency has its own network of associated agencies, which are developed at national and international level. Currently, the Happy Tour agency has a network of 64 affiliates and 84 outlets in 50 cities in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, and since 2015 Happy Tour has offices in Turkey.

Infopress Group

Acquisition in 2010
Infopress Group S.A. provides printing services for publications and commercial products. The company offers pre-press, printing, finishing, and integrated mailing services. It offers publication printing services for color magazines; commercial printing services for retail, furniture, telecom, and bricolage industries; and printing services for catalogs and advertising products, including personalized and shrink-wrapped products, and retail brochures. The company serves customers primarily in Romania, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Hungary. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania. Infopress Group S.A. is a former subsidiary of Oddi Printing Ltd.

Total Eurobusiness

Acquisition in 2009
Total Eurobusiness is a cogeneration company. TEB is focused on complete cogeneration projects, from energy audit to wholesale of cogeneration machinery and equipment.

Grupo OM

Acquisition in 2019
In Grupo OM our specialty is to provide Solutions for Merchandising, Equipment and Visual Communication. OM Group we are dedicated to visual communication in retail. We offer innovative solutions to develop each project from beginning to its implementation at the point of sale, offering a solution for every client.

Cubers Premium

Acquisition in 2017
Cubers Premium manufactures and markets Cubers ice cubes, the most comfortable and economical alternative for the hotel and catering industry.

Vitro Group

Acquisition in 2017
Vitro Group is a manufacturer of equipment, reagents and software for in-vitro diagnostics.

Paravion

Acquisition in 2010
Paravion started as the online agency spinoff of a local Romanian travel agency.

TEB Energy Business

Acquisition in 2010
TEB Energy Business is a distributor and servicer of gas engines in Romania.The company's offerings include consultancy for the implementation of cogeneration projects, delivery of gaseous fuel engines, supplies for cogeneration engines and preventive and corrective maintenance, enabling clients to get access to energy efficiency solutions.

Viguera Ediciones

Acquisition in 2020
Viguera Ediciones is specialised in on-line neurology masters for doctors "B2C".

Fama

Acquisition in 2007
FAMA produces and distributes under its own label and also distributes international Premium brand products. The company is located in the Varna region.