The financial investor Permira has invested billions in eBay classifieds.
Permira acquired around 125 million Adevinta shares for 1.9 billion euros, which had previously been in the hands of eBay, the financial investor announced on Wednesday.
That corresponds to a share of around ten percent in the group from Norway.
Adevinta recently took over the eBay classifieds business for around $ 13 billion, including paying in shares. Adevinta in Germany includes eBay classifieds and mobile.de as well as Leboncoin in France, Marktplaats in the Netherlands and OLX in Brazil. In the past, Permira has worked in Teamviewer, Dr. Martens, Allegro, Flixbus and Klarna invested.