Capital Système Investissements accompanies Lucibel in broadening its shareholder base
Geneva, February 17th 2014
Capital Système Investissements, a Swiss financial intermediary specializing in assisting innovative companies, including for their funding, allowed Lucibel to welcome to its capital several strategic investors in a capital increase. Among them an investor specialized in LED lighting in Northern Europe and Anglophone Africa, which represents priority areas for Lucibel.
Capital Système Investissements also sold more than 750,000 Lucibel shares on the secondary market to individual investors like Business Angels and Family Offices in Europe, ensuring the liquidity for existing shareholders while allowing the company to expand its shareholder base.
Lucibel which achieved in 2013 a turnover of more than € 21 million, a threefold increase compared to 2012 (€ 6.3 million), became a significant player in the LED lighting in Europe. The company expects be a major player in the consolidation that started in this industry revolutionized by the emergence of LED technology.
Frédéric Granotier, President and founder of Lucibel said about these transactions: "We have been working for several years with Capital Système Investissements and are very pleased with their help. Capital Système Investissements brought us valuable new shareholders, including renowned entrepreneurs. Beyond their financial contribution to Lucibel these high level shareholders have become our best ambassadors, opening their networks and allowing us to accelerate our international growth".
About Lucibel
LUCIBEL is a French company providing LED-lighting solutions for commercial applications. Those solutions combine energy savings and simplified maintenance with high value added applications for the end-users. LUCIBEL designs in France, assembles and distributes in 35 countries its own products and solutions. For more information please go to www.lucibel.com
About Capital Système Investissements
Capital Système Investissements is a Swiss regulated financial intermediary specializing in corporate finance and project finance. Founded in 2001 and based in Geneva with a presence in France and Germany, CSI provides funding solutions and tax planning for rapidly expanding midsize companies, as well as their managers and shareholders. For more information about past deals please visit www.capitalsysteme.com
Contacts :
CAPITAL SYSTÈME INVESTISSEMENTS S.A
Gilles-Emmanuel TRUTAT, Managing Partner E-mail: getrutat@capitalsysteme.com
Tel: +41 22 840 0774
LUCIBEL S.A
Frédéric Granotier, President and CEO E-mail: frederic.granotier@lucibel.com