Europe’s consumer industry saw a rise of 17.71% in deal activity during June 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by RedBird Capital Partners’ $1.29bn acquisition of Associazione Calcio Milan, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 113 consumer industry deals worth $3.1bn were announced for the region in June 2022, against the 12-month average of 96 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in June 2022 with 46 transactions, representing a 40.7% share for the region.

In second place was venture financing with 37 deals, followed by private equity deals with 30 transactions, respectively capturing a 32.7% and 26.6% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of deals, private equity was the leading category in Europe’s consumer industry with $1.46bn, while M&A and venture financing deals totalled $1.43bn and $241.08m, respectively.

Europe consumer industry deals in June 2022: Top deals

The top five consumer deals accounted for 72.2% of the overall value during June 2022.

The combined value of the top five consumer deals stood at $2.26bn, against the overall value of $3.1bn recorded for the month.

The top five consumer industry deals of June 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) RedBird Capital Partners $1.29bn private equity deal with Associazione Calcio Milan

2) The $322.39m acquisition of Kappa Bioscience by Balchem

3) Entain $313.62m acquisition deal with BetCity Network

4) The $233m acquisition of Indesit International and Whirlpool by Arcelik

5) Goldman Sachs Asset Management and STORY3 Capital Partners $100m private equity deal with Recover Textile Systems