Maguar Capital sells stake in Ingentis to Carlyle

Nurem­berg / New York — The NASDAQ-listed global invest­ment company Carlyle is inves­t­ing in the Nure­m­­berg-based soft­ware provi­der Ingen­tis, which specia­li­zes in solu­ti­ons for incre­asing orga­niza­tio­nal effec­ti­ve­ness. The previous inves­tor Maguar Capi­tal Part­ners and the foun­ders are selling their shares to Carlyle. This is the second successful exit for the Munich-based soft­ware inves­tor from its Fund I. As part of the tran­sac­tion, the exis­ting Ingen­tis manage­ment team is reinves­t­ing and will conti­nue to lead the company. 

Ingen­tis deve­lops soft­ware solu­ti­ons for Org Charts, Org Design and Org Analy­tics that enable compa­nies to conti­nuously improve their orga­niza­tio­nal effec­ti­ve­ness and perfor­mance. The company was foun­ded in 1997 and is now active in over 50 count­ries. Joachim Rotzin­ger has been at the helm as CEO since 2022. Maguar Capi­tal inves­ted in Ingen­tis in 2021. 

“Ingen­tis embo­dies what we are looking for at Maguar: a strong foun­ding team, an excel­lent product and great growth poten­tial. We thank the team for the trustful coope­ra­tion and are convin­ced that Carlyle is the ideal part­ner for the next chap­ter.” Arno Poschik (Foto@ Maguar), Matthias Ick and Gunther Thies, foun­ding part­ners of Maguar. 

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global invest­ment firm with deep indus­try exper­tise that deploys private capi­tal across its busi­nesses and opera­tes in three busi­ness segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Carlyle AlpIn­vest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four conti­nents. As of March 31, 2025, Carlyle has USD 453 billion in assets under management. 

Maguar Capi­tal, head­quar­te­red in Munich, was foun­ded in 2019 by Matthias Ick, Gunther Thies and Arno Poschik. Maguar focu­ses on invest­ments in small and medium-sized B2B soft­ware compa­nies, prima­rily in the DACH region. 

Ingen­tis was estab­lished in 1997 by its four foun­ders. In 2021, they brought Maguar on board as majo­rity share­hol­der. POELLATH also advi­sed on this transaction. 

Advi­sor Ingen­tis: POELLATH advi­sed the foun­ders (again) on legal and tax matters with the follo­wing team:

Otto Haber­stock, M.C.J. (NYU) (Part­ner, Lead, M&A, Private Equity)
Alex­an­der Pfef­fer­ler (Coun­sel, M&A, Private Equity)
Gerald Herr­mann (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Tax Law)
Moritz Löff­ler, LL.M. (Senior Asso­ciate, M&A, Private Equity)

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