goetzpartners acted as sole financial advisor to the shareholders of Benchmark Group on the sale of the company to CommentCaMarche

Corporate Finance M&A TIME
15. octobre 2010

Benchmark Group was set up in 1996 by Corinne Delaporte and has enjoyed spectacular growth since, due in particular to its strong technological and editorial know-how, both on the Internet and on mobile devices. The company has attracted a very large and loyal audience (15 million unique visitors per month) whilst maintaining a strong profitability allowing it to self-finance its development.
  
The new group formed by the combination of Benchmark Group and CommentCaMarche becomes a top 5 publisher of websites in France behind Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Orange, with close to 20 million unique visitors per month, and a leading player internationally with a total audience of close to 50 million unique visitors per month worldwide.

goetzpartners acted as the exclusive advisor to the shareholders of Benchmark Group.