IMAP is pleased to announce the successful completion of the sale of Laugo Arms Czechoslovakia, a Czech manufacturer of high-end firearms, to a group of investors led by industry-focused investment group Anacot Capital, in partnership with MaeG Investment.

Founded in 2017, Laugo Arms Czechoslovakia designs and manufactures the revolutionary ALIEN line of semiautomatic pistols. Incorporating several patented and innovative technical solutions, these pistols deliver exceptional accuracy, speed and control. Since their launch in 2019, ALIEN pistols have quickly gained recognition in the firearms industry, earning multiple prestigious awards, including the “BEST of SHOT SHOW 2020”.

Following the successful product launch and several years of growth, the shareholders jointly decided to engage IMAP in the search for a suitable investor to help secure future growth prospects and unlock the company’s full global potential.

Anacot Capital is a Czech industrial holding company comprising 9 firms engaged in the industrials and manufacturing sector with over 800 employees and total annual revenues in excess of EUR 80mn. MaeG Investment is a Czech private equity fund focused on minority investments in companies operating in the industrial manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and IT sectors.

 The successfully completed transaction is the result of a several-month-long sales process, during which the IMAP REDBAENK (Czechia) team, led by Radek Schmied, Zdenek Zavadil, Petr Švarc and Michael Bílek, provided comprehensive sell-side advisory services.