KaraFun has been sold to Vendis Capital and Verlinvest

KaraFun

Founded in 2005, KaraFun is a leading global player in interactive music entertainment, created by music lover for music lovers. The France-based company serves users in more than 50 countries through its portfolio of music platforms—KaraFun, Jamzone and Karaoke Version—and B2B software powering private karaoke rooms and hospitality venues worldwide. KaraFun delivers a best-in-class customer experience by leveraging the world’s largest proprietary song catalog (75k+ songs) with unmatched audio quality, as well as a continuous data collection and treatment strategy.

The Deal

To support KaraFun’s continued global expansion, its shareholders sought to bring a new growth-oriented partner on board. Lincoln International acted as the exclusive financial advisor and led a competitive process, through which Vendis Capital and Verlinvest emerged as the ideal partners, thanks to their international reach, strong expertise in scaling consumer and digital platforms and close alignment with KaraFun’s entrepreneurial vision and culture.

Our Perspective

“KaraFun is a unique blend of content, technology and consumer passion. It sits at the intersection of digital entertainment and scalable recurring revenue,” said Dominique Lecendreux, Managing Director at Lincoln International who conducted the transaction. “We are proud to have supported the founding team in finding partners who share their entrepreneurial spirit and ambition to scale KaraFun globally. This transaction highlights Lincoln’s strong track record in advising founder-led businesses and connecting them with strategic growth partners globally. It also underscores Lincoln’s deep sector expertise across technology and consumer, as well as its ability to deliver high-impact outcomes in competitive processes.”

Vendis

Founded in 2009, Vendis Capital is an independent private equity firm specializing in the consumer goods and services sector in Europe. In partnership with experienced entrepreneurs and managers, Vendis aims to invest in small to medium-sized consumer companies to help them realize their potential for growth and value creation. Vendis invests in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and in the Scandinavian countries. For more information, please visit www.vendiscapital.com.

Verlinvest

Verlinvest is an international, family-backed evergreen investment company. We identify inflection points in consumer behaviors and partner with the businesses driving these consumer revolutions forward while having a positive impact. Established in 1995, with offices in Brussels, London, New York, Singapore and Mumbai, Verlinvest focuses on the fast-moving consumer goods, health, consumer technology and lifestyle categories, investing across three strategies: platform, growth and venture. The company has over €2 billion in assets under management and counts brands such as Oatly, Vita Coco, Tony’s Chocolonely, Purplle.com, K1 Speed, Mutti and Who Gives A Crap among its portfolio, alongside alumni Chewy.com, Sula, Vitaminwater and Remy Cointreau. For more information, please visit www.verlinvest.com.

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