Legal information Site Map Home Services Company news Research Events About us Careers Context Waga Energy is the leading European biomethane producer from landfill gas. The Company upgrades the landfill gas through a patented proprietary technology to produce a cost-competitive and grid-compliant biomethane Waga Energy develops standardized and modular solutions, ie WAGABOX® units, ready to be deployed on a worldwide scale (Europe, US, Australia & Latin America) Waga Energy contributes to the fight against climate change by cutting methane emissions from landfills and substituting fossil fuels by a local and renewable energy. Founded in 2015, the Company already benefits from an outstanding track record with 10 WAGABOX® units in operation and 10 in construction. Waga Energy ambitions a massive deployment of its solution to reach 100 WAGABOX® in operation by 2026 The proceeds will be used to reinforce business development capacities to accelerate the international expansion of the Company, and to finance the equity of the SPVs that carry the WAGABOX® units About Waga Energy Waga Energy was founded in 2015 in Meylan, right at the centre of the Grenoble innovation ecosystem, by three engineers from the Air Liquide group. Building on 15 years of Research & Development, Waga Energy has developed a disruptive technology for the recovery of gas from waste storage sites, called WAGABOX®. WAGABOX® units are installed on storage sites and purify the biogas produced as organic matter breaks down and transform it into biomethane, a renewable substitute for fossil natural gas. This by-product from treatment of our waste is therefore transformed into clean, local and renewable energy. Biomethane can be stored and transported in existing gas infrastructures, with be used in a number of ways, including for heating, transport, industry, etc. Waga Energy operates 10 WAGABOX® units in France, on storage sites run by industrial players and local authorities. These units, which offer a maximum installed capacity of 225 GWh/year, can power around 35,000 homes and avoid the emission of 45,000 tonnes of CO2e per year into the atmosphere (i.e. the annual emissions of around 17,000 cars). 10 new WAGABOX® units are under construction, including one in Spain and two in Canada, which will bring the maximum installed capacity to 475 GWh/year within 18 months. Waga Energy has three international subsidiaries, in the United States (Philadelphia and Pennsylvania), Canada (Shawinigan and Quebec) and Spain (Barcelona). Waga Energy considers itself to be the European leader in the production of biomethane from landfill gas. DISCOVER WAGA ENERGY About Vitol Vitol is one of the main energy and commodity trading companies worldwide. Vitol is active in different verticals including trading, terminals and infrastructures, refining, exploration and production, aviation and power with a fast-growing presence in the Renewable Gas space. DISCOVER VITOL About Viva Viva Energy is a nationally integrated downstream energy company based in Australia producing and distributing fuels destined mostly to for the Australian market. The company also owns and operates a petroleum products refineries refinery located in Geelong, Australia. Viva Energy is publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. DISCOVER VIVA About CMA GCM CMA CGM is a world leader in container shipping with revenues of $31.5 billion in 2020. Its 542 vessels serve more than 420 ports worldwide, on five continents. In 2020, CMA CGM transported nearly 21 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics services, CMA CGM handles 400,000 tonnes of air freight and 2.8 million tonnes of land freight each year. With a presence in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs more than 110,000 people worldwide, including 2,400 in Marseille where its headquarters are located. CMA CGM's mission is to develop fairer and more balanced economic exchanges, respectful of every human being and of the planet. DISCOVER CMA GCM Deal Team Should you want to know more about this transaction, you can contact one of the team members above Bryan, Garnier & Co is proud to act as Sole Financial Advisor, Sole Global Coordinator & Joint Bookrunner to Waga Energy on its EUR 126m Initial Public Offering including Strategic Investments from Vitol, CMA CGM and Viva Energy Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as Sole Financial Strategic Advisor, Sole Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner in Waga Energy EUR 126m IPO (which may be increased to EUR 126m upon full exercise of the greenshoe) on Euronext Paris Bryan, Garnier & Co led a public and strategic track in parallel, leading to EUR 45m of cornerstones commitments from new strategic partners Vitol, Viva Energy and CMA-CGM; as well as institutional cornerstones Svenska Handelsbanken and Hermitage Gestion Privée Bryan, Garnier & Co conducted an exhaustive worldwide search of the best strategic partners for Waga Energy aimed at accelerating its international commercial roll-out. On the back of a competitive strategic process, Waga Energy selected (i) Vitol, one of the main energy and commodity trading companies worldwide, (ii) Viva Energy, an Australian downstream energy company, and (iii) CMA CGM, world leader in container shipping In parallel of those investment in the IPO, the Company signed 3 strategic MoUs with Vitol (Biomethane offtake agreement in Europe), Viva Energy (Biomethane offtake agreement in Australia) and CMA CGM (preferred partner for the development of biomethane in containers maritime transports) Demand during bookbuilding has been driven by high quality Long-Only and ESG specialists from France, continental Europe and the US. Books were covered on the second day of roadshow and closed 4 times oversubscribed with close to 100 lines In a shaky IPO environment illustrated by several IPO cancelled or priced at bottom of the range, bookbuilding dynamic and investor typology with low price sensitivity allowed to price at high end of the range Strong 1st day share price performance : +11.3% above issue price This is the fifth funding transaction above EUR 100m for Energy Transition & Sustainability companies led by Bryan Garnier in the past 12 months (EUR 180m follow-on offering of McPhy, EUR 114M follow-on offering for Carbios, EUR 150m initial public offering for HDF Energy and EUR 100m raise for Agronutris) This transaction is yet another landmark demonstration of Bryan, Garnier & Co’s deep understanding of the global energy transition / sustainability environment and its unique ability to garner international pulls of strategic/corporate and institutional capital for leading European cleantech scale-ups Share PREV NEXT Menu Home All transactions Investment Banking Capital Markets Sectors Intelligence Other Events Our team Careers About us Contact us LEGAL LEGAL INFORMATION SITE MAP LATEST NEWS Behind the scene : the stake of private growth financing in the client lifecycle approach of Bryan, Garnier & Co Bryan, Garnier & Co, a leading pan-European investment bank focusing on growth companies, is delighted to announce that Alexandre has been appointed Senior Associate in the Business & Tech-enabled Services Team. 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