Selling shares of your own company creates opportunities for growth

20th of MARCH 2019

Transaction:

East Flanders-based LivWise, whose home and kitchen accessories are for sale in Inno, Casa, Bijenkorf and Oh Green!, attracts two investors. After almost a quarter of a century, Caroline De Schipper, the founder of LivWise, is relinquishing control of her company. She decided to sell the majority of the shares of her own company to the Flemish investment companies Tilleghem and Dynamica, who specialise in the development of SMEs, thus giving LivWise new growth opportunities.

VDP assisted the owner of LiveWise.

LivWise

With a wide range of indispensable kitchen and home accessories, LivWise brings practical design into your home and makes you feel at home. As an exclusive distributor of a wide range of international brands specialised in design kitchen and home decoration items, LivWise exclusively opts for quality, reliable service and fast delivery.

Today LivWise NV has 48 employees and the warehouse, located in Deinze, was recently extended from 8.200m² to a real 17.200m².

For more information, see: www.livwise.be

Dynamica

As an investment group, Dynamica injects knowledge, time and its own capital into companies and real estate. Both in growth sectors and traditional industries. With private funds, an extensive network and a direct approach, they take investments to the next level.

For more information see: www.dynamica.be

Tilleghem

Tilleghem is an investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. It has a primary focus on private equity, taking minority and majority stakes in companies. Tilleghem makes both full acquisitions of mature companies (LBOs) and supports companies in need of growth capital.

For more information see: www.tilleghem.com