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Materials & Chemicals

Consolidation

More deals while venture money dries up: buyers are picking up companies that cannot raise. Sell-side, due diligence and integration work. Public bodies are buying more advice here too.

M&A deals
+18%›
40 in the last 3 months vs 34
Venture capital
−28%›
€4.1bn in the last 2 quarters
Public mandates
+101%›
221 in 6 months
Capital pressure
50%›
317 of 632 venture-backed overdue
01The month's strongest deals

Where the Materials & Chemicals mandates are forming.

The highest-conviction Materials & Chemicals deals in the 30 days to 4 September, each with the advisory angle. Click a deal for the mandate and the buyer.

Materials & Chemicals · SwedenTrigger 9/10
Nexa Resources
Bought by Boliden · $1bn
Evidence is an agreed all share transaction at USD 3.7bn enterprise value with a shareholder vote outstanding, a Q1 2027 close and a mandatory minority tender to follow. Ten advisers are on record and not one is a strategy firm on the largest cross border mining deal in this batch. Approach Boliden on integration planning and the shareholder case.
Materials & Chemicals · United KingdomTrigger 8/10
Allied Gold minority stake
Bought by Zijin Gold International · $300m
Evidence is a full takeover terminated at the end of July and replaced weeks later by a 9.2% placement with top up rights. Seven advisers carried over from the terminated deal. The bidder has not gone away. Approach Allied Gold on standalone strategy and shareholder management.
Materials & Chemicals · EgyptTrigger 8/10
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Materials & Chemicals · United KingdomTrigger 8/10
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Materials & Chemicals · NetherlandsTrigger 7/10
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Every Materials & Chemicals deal in six months
02Who sells next

The likely sellers, and who needs them sold.

Venture-backed Materials & Chemicals companies ranked by StrategyAI's acquisition odds, the ones past their normal time to raise, and the funds in their harvest years.

◆ StrategyAI prediction · likely to be acquired next
14 Materials & Chemicals companies have at least twice the typical odds of being bought within two years.
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Voi
Transportation · Sweden · Overdue to raise · €426m raised
Exit-readyOverdue to raiseCapital pressureInvestor selling
×3.2
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Transportation · Estonia · Overdue to raise
Exit-readyOverdue to raiseCapital pressure
×2.9
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Transportation · Netherlands · In its raise window
Exit-readySerial buyers due
×2.9
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Transportation · France · Overdue to raise
Exit-readyOverdue to raiseSerial buyers due
×2.7
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Robotics · Switzerland · In its raise window
Exit-readySerial buyers due
×2.7
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Transportation · UK · Overdue to raise
Exit-readyOverdue to raiseCapital pressure
×2.6
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Transportation · Spain · Overdue to raise
Exit-readyOverdue to raiseCapital pressureSerial buyers due
×2.4
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Robotics · Germany · Deploying
Exit-readySerial buyers due
×2.4
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Robotics · France · In its raise window
Exit-readyInvestor selling
×2.3
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Robotics · Germany · In its raise window
Exit-readySerial buyers due
×2.1
×N is the odds of an acquisition within 24 months against a typical venture-backed company (3.0%). The model is backtested on European exits; an indication, not advice.
Overdue for an exit
317 Materials & Chemicals companies are past their normal time to raise; 88 are backed by a fund in its harvest years.
Voi
Transportation · Sweden · 31 months since Series D+ · €426m raised
Exit-ready 100
Bolt
Transportation · Estonia · 36 months since Series D+ · €1.8bn raised
Exit-ready 100
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Transportation · UK · 34 months since Series A
Exit-ready 100
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Transportation · France · 29 months since Series A
Exit-ready 100
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Transportation · Spain · 42 months since Series C
Exit-ready 99
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Transportation · Spain · 40 months since Series B
Exit-ready 98
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Transportation · Austria · 31 months since Series A
Exit-ready 98
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Transportation · Sweden · 29 months since Series A
Exit-ready 98
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Transportation · UK · 41 months since Growth/Late
Exit-ready 98
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Transportation · Switzerland · 27 months since Series D+
Exit-ready 97
The fund clock · funds that have to sell
43 venture funds (€4.8bn) are in their harvest or extension years: 41 managers who need exits, and the sale processes that come with them.
Manager · fundSizeClosedAgeStage
Allianz X CVCGermany · Fintech, Health, Mobility, Data, Cybersecurity€570m20197.6 yrsHarvest
Cathay Innovation IIFrance · Commerce, Consumer-Tech, B2B, Healthcare, Fintech, Mobility, Energy€490m20197.3 yrsHarvest
🔒UK · Deep-Tech, Industry-4.0, IoT, Robotics, Fintech, Medtech––9.4 yrsHarvest
🔒Germany · Fintech, Health, Mobility, Data, Cybersecurity––10.8 yrsExtension
🔒Germany · Fintech, Digital-Health, Prop-Tech, Industry-4.0, Enterprise-Software, Mobility, Logistics––7.6 yrsHarvest
🔒Germany · Mobility, Logistics, Travel, Prop-Tech, Food-Tech, Agri-Tech, Digital-Health, Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Fintech, Insurtech, Productivity, Future-of-Work––7.3 yrsHarvest
🔒Germany · AI, Deep-Learning, IoT, Autonomous-Driving, Analytics, Next-Generation-Architecture, AR, VR, Mobility––10.5 yrsExtension
🔒UK · Health-Tech, Big-Data, AI, Mobility, Enterprise-Tech––7.4 yrsHarvest
🔒Ireland · Cloud, Big-Data, AR, VR, Robotics, IoT––10.5 yrsExtension
🔒Russia · Consumer-Internet, Marketplaces, Fintech, Marketing, Transportation, Ed-Tech––10.2 yrsExtension
Harvest: years six to ten, when a fund sells its companies to return capital. Extension: past ten years and overdue to wind up. Source: EuroVC fund closes.
03Leadership moves

Who just changed the team at the top.

Leadership moves · last 30 days
28 Materials & Chemicals companies changed leadership this month; 2 of them were acquired in the past year. A new CEO or CFO after a deal is the first sign of a new plan.
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Norway · 15 SeptAcquired in the last year
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Saudi Arabia · 11 SeptAcquired in the last year
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Sweden · 30 Sept
🔒Senior departure · Materials & Chemicals · Switzerland · 21 Sept
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Finland · 20 Sept
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Norway · 15 Sept
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Switzerland · 15 Sept
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · Finland · 15 Sept
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · United Arab Emirates · 15 Sept
🔒Leadership change · Materials & Chemicals · United Kingdom · 15 Sept
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M&A: EMEA transactions, momentum compares the latest three months with the three before. Venture capital: tech.eu Funding Explorer (CC BY 4.0) and EuroVC, read via Industrials. Predictions are StrategyAI model outputs: indicative, not advice.