Inflexion has sold its investment in Lintbells to Vetnique Labs

Deal typePrivate Equity & Transaction Services
IndustryHealthcare & Retail & Consumer
Sub-industryConsumer
Client nameMussel Topco Limited
Inflexion, a European mid-market private equity firm has sold its investment in Lintbells, a UK-based pets supplements business, to Vetnique Labs, backed by Gryphon Investors. Lintbells products are sold under the YuMOVE brand and provides pets and their owners with supplements to support joint mobility, digestive health, anxiety, skin & coat and dental.
 
Lintbells has expanded significantly in recent years particularly through its direct-to-consumer channel, the US and its acquisition of Walkin’ Pets.
 
BDO completed financial and tax vendor due diligence services with respect to this transaction. Use of data analytics enabled BDO to analyse and present key trends across the Group’s various products, customers and locations.

The BDO project team included:
Chris Heatlie, Stephen Moorcroft, Malachi O’Neill, Robert Basu and Marcello Alberto (Financial due diligence)
Carol Hindle, Kevin Johnstone, Daniel Brown and Chloe Gilfoyle (Tax)