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<p><em>GoFundMe anyone?</em></p>
<p>According to a report from Reuters, Blackstone is in talks to sell a 45% stake in Leica’s camera division. Who might be looking to buy in, other than me? (I’m a few hundred million euro short) Zeiss, some private equity firms and a few Asia based companies.</p>
<p><strong>From Reuters:</strong></p>
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<p data-reactid="56">Zeiss is potentially interested in Leica Camera, but would only agree to a deal if it was able to secure a majority stake, the sources said.</p>
<p data-reactid="57">Potential buyers include other family investors, they said, adding that Asian optics groups and private equity funds had also shown interest.</p>
<p data-reactid="58">Last year, Chinese investor CDH expressed interest in buying Blackstone’s stake in Leica, but no deal materialized, one of the people said.</p>
<p data-reactid="59">China’s Huawei, founded by a former Chinese army engineer, has licensed Leica camera technology for use in some of its smartphones. Huawei is the world’s third largest smartphone maker. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-blackstone-leica-camera-sale-idUSKBN1AI22V?lr=lr">Read the full story</a></p>
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<p data-reactid="59">With the recent chatter about Leica and other companies like RED getting into smartphones, I could definitely see one of the smartphone hardware makers stepping up.</p>
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