Bryan, Garnier & Co advises industrial e-mobility leader, Visedo, on a €20 million Financing Round

Paris/Munich, December 20th, 2016 – Bryan, Garnier & Co advised Visedo, a leading provider of electric powertrains and components, on the €13.5 million equity investment part of a €20 million financing package comprising: equity, an EFSI loan of €5 million and €1.5 million in funding from other sources. 

The Series C equity financing, led by Emerald Ventures, was oversubscribed, and other selected participants included: Ilmarinen, LähiTapiola, Suffice International, Green Campus Innovations and Visedo’s employees, as well as existing investors Sinituote, Finnish Industry Investment, and VNT Management.

Visedo, based in Lappeenranta, Finland, manufactures high-performance powertrain systems for commercial vehicles, heavy-duty machinery and marine vessels. These markets are expected to grow rapidly to around €11 billion by 2020. When other electric vehicles are included, the total market will be €50 billion. Visedo’s compact, robust components controlled using its intelligent software provide customers with comprehensive powertrain solutions.

Bryan, Garnier & Co recognized the potential of the growing demand for industrial e-mobility where robustness and specifications must far exceed those applicable to passenger cars. Rapid growth is forecast across key industrial markets, driven by environmental regulation and a need for efficiency, and boosted by massive roll-outs of electric buses in China.

The funding round was one of the largest in Finland and the cleantech sector in 2016.

This transaction builds on Bryan, Garnier & Co’s long-standing presence in the Nordic region, It adds to its credentials in e-mobility and automotive technologies, following on from the recent €22 million fundraising for Helsinki based Canatu (flexible and 3D formable touch screen technology for consumer electronics, wearables and automotive applications).

“This represents yet another win in the automotive and transportation space and underscores our growing experience in an industry that is being buffeted by three winds of change – namely vehicle electrification, ride-sharing models and autonomous driving.  Our continuing work in this space assists key growth technology players as well as established investors and buyers to adapt to a rapidly changing environment”, said Jay Marathe, Managing Director at Bryan, Garnier & Co.

Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as the sole private placement agent for this transaction.

Advisors

Investment bank: Bryan, Garnier & Co (Falk Müller-Veerse, Jay Marathe)