Ardian arranges the acquisition of Ingentis by Carlyle Tech

Nuremberg/ Frank­furt a. M. — Ardian, one of the worl­d’s leading inde­pen­dent invest­ment firms, has arran­ged a unitran­che finan­cing for Carlyle Tech (Carlyle Europe Tech­no­logy Part­ners) to acquire Ingen­tis. The Nure­m­­berg-based company is a leading soft­ware provi­der that supports compa­nies in the visua­liza­tion, design, analy­sis and plan­ning of orga­niza­tio­nal and person­nel structures. 

Carlyle is acqui­ring the shares with equity from the CETP V fund from the previous inves­tor Maguar Capi­tal Part­ners, an invest­ment company that focu­ses on invest­ments in small and medium-sized B2B soft­ware compa­nies, prima­rily in the DACH region. In addi­tion, members of Ingen­tis’ exis­ting manage­ment team will also take a signi­fi­cant stake in the company as part of the transaction. 

Foun­ded in 1997, Ingen­tis is an inno­va­tive soft­ware provi­der serving around 2,000 compa­nies and hundreds of blue-chip clients world­wide, inclu­ding many Fortune 500 and DAX compa­nies. Ingen­tis’ soft­ware plat­form helps compa­nies visua­lize, analyze and opti­mize their orga­niza­tio­nal struc­tures and human resour­ces data to make more infor­med stra­te­gic decis­i­ons. The main product Org.Manager is compa­ti­ble with more than sixty HCM systems and is expe­ri­en­cing incre­asing demand worldwide. 

The finan­cing provi­ded by Ardian will enable future growth initia­ti­ves and targe­ted acqui­si­ti­ons and support Ingen­tis in its goal to become one of the worl­d’s leading plat­forms in the growing orga­niza­tio­nal design and analy­sis market.

The tran­sac­tion under­lines the proven colla­bo­ra­tion of Ardian’s Private Credit team with Carlyle Tech and their joint expe­ri­ence in deve­lo­ping successful soft­ware compa­nies such as SER, GBTEC and now Ingen­tis. Ardian also has a long-stan­­ding presence and an expe­ri­en­ced team in the DACH region. 

“We are plea­sed about the rene­wed coope­ra­tion with the soft­ware specia­list Carlyle Tech. Ingen­tis offers an attrac­tive invest­ment oppor­tu­nity in a fast-growing market and is charac­te­ri­zed by a very solid finan­cial base and an inno­va­tive and inter­na­tio­nally sought-after product port­fo­lio,” says Lukas Stepa­nek (photo © ardian), Head of Private Credit DACH & Mana­ging Direc­tor, ardian. 

About ARDIAN

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