Munich \/ Pfung\u00adstadt \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe (\u201cEquis\u00adtone\u201d) acquire a majo\u00adrity stake in eperi, a leading provi\u00adder of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity soft\u00adware for cloud appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The sellers of the secu\u00adrity specia\u00adlist from Pfung\u00adstadt, Hesse, are the venture capi\u00adtal compa\u00adnies Evolu\u00adtion Equity Part\u00adners and btov. Elmar Eperiesi-Beck, foun\u00adder and CEO of eperi, will conti\u00adnue to lead the company as Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor and will retain a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant stake in the company. The further scaling and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion of the company as well as a targe\u00adted buy & build stra\u00adtegy are to be the focus of the new part\u00adner\u00adship. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose details of the transaction.<\/p>\n
Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2014, Eperi GmbH, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in the Rhine-Main area, has become a leading provi\u00adder of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons for data protec\u00adtion and secu\u00adrity in on-premise, hybrid and multi-cloud envi\u00adron\u00adments. The company has many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the field of data encryp\u00adtion for cloud appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal custo\u00admer base with a focus on (large) compa\u00adnies from the finan\u00adcial, health\u00adcare and indus\u00adtrial sectors. eperi\u2019s solu\u00adti\u00adons allow custo\u00admers to use any type of IT infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and soft\u00adware appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in a secure and compli\u00adant manner. With eperi, custo\u00admers can take full advan\u00adtage of the cloud without worry\u00ading about data secu\u00adrity, compli\u00adance and liability.<\/p>\n
With the recently concluded part\u00adner\u00adship, the successful course of the data secu\u00adrity specia\u00adlist is now to be further advan\u00adced: Toge\u00adther with the foun\u00adder and CEO of eperi, Elmar Eperiesi-Beck, the focus will be on expan\u00adding part\u00adner manage\u00adment and the orga\u00adniza\u00adtion. With further inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion and a targe\u00adted buy & build stra\u00adtegy, the company\u2019s growth trajec\u00adtory is to be taken to a new level.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were looking for a part\u00adner who not only brings capi\u00adtal strength, but above all can support us on our future growth path through relia\u00adbi\u00adlity and many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of compa\u00adnies. With Equis\u00adtone we have found such a part\u00adner,\u201d eperi foun\u00adder and CEO Elmar Eperiesi-Beck comm\u00adents on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. \u201cEspe\u00adci\u00adally when it comes to driving inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion and imple\u00admen\u00adting buy-&-build stra\u00adte\u00adgies, we rely on Equis\u00adto\u00adne\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00adence and support to acce\u00adle\u00adrate our company\u2019s success trajec\u00adtory once again together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of eperi marks another important mile\u00adstone in the addi\u00adtion of high-growth and future-orien\u00adted IT compa\u00adnies to our tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal port\u00adfo\u00adlio. eperi has deve\u00adlo\u00adped into a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal company with an outstan\u00adding custo\u00admer and part\u00adner network in only a short period of time \u2014 not least due to its foun\u00adder\u2019s many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in cloud secu\u00adrity,\u201d explains Dr. Marc Arens, Senior Part\u00adner and Coun\u00adtry Head DACH\/NL at Equistone.<\/p>\n
\u201cNume\u00adrous inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal patents illus\u00adtrate the inno\u00adva\u00adtive and modern approach behind eperi\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2014 this is exactly what we want to leverage to sustain\u00adably acce\u00adle\u00adrate growth toge\u00adther with the foun\u00adder and manage\u00adment team. eperi stands for preven\u00adting third parties from acces\u00adsing criti\u00adcal data at any time while enab\u00adling the use and bene\u00adfits of a scalable hybrid or multi-cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adture as well as any type of soft\u00adware appli\u00adca\u00adtion for all users,\u201d commen\u00adted Sebas\u00adtian Wint\u00adgens, Direc\u00adtor at Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are plea\u00adsed to support eperi along its strong growth path and to work with the company\u2019s manage\u00adment to estab\u00adlish it as an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity cham\u00adpion,\u201d added Chris\u00adtoph W\u00fcste\u00admeyer, Invest\u00adment Mana\u00adger at Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe.<\/p>\n
Dr. Marc Arens, Sebas\u00adtian Wint\u00adgens and Chris\u00adtoph W\u00fcste\u00admeyer are respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion on the part of Equistone. About Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe<\/strong> About Eperi Ltd.<\/strong> Munich \/ Pfung\u00adstadt \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by Equis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe (\u201cEquis\u00adtone\u201d) acquire a majo\u00adrity stake in eperi, a leading provi\u00adder of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity soft\u00adware for cloud appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The sellers of the secu\u00adrity specia\u00adlist from Pfung\u00adstadt, Hesse, are the venture capi\u00adtal compa\u00adnies Evolu\u00adtion Equity Part\u00adners and btov. Elmar Eperiesi-Beck, foun\u00adder and CEO of eperi, will conti\u00adnue to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1369,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-investors","category-corporate-finance-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEquis\u00adtone was advi\u00adsed on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion by BCG<\/strong> (Commer\u00adcial), Code & Co. (Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy), Bird & Bird<\/strong> (IP & Regu\u00adla\u00adtion), PWC<\/strong> (Finan\u00adcial & Tax), and P\u00f6llath<\/strong> (Legal & Contrac\u00adtual Documentation).<\/p>\n
\nEquis\u00adtone Part\u00adners Europe is one of the most active Euro\u00adpean equity inves\u00adtors with a team of more than 50 invest\u00adment specia\u00adlists in seven offices in Germany, Switz\u00ader\u00adland, the Nether\u00adlands, France and the UK. Equis\u00adtone prima\u00adrily invests in estab\u00adlished medium-sized compa\u00adnies with a good market posi\u00adtion, above-average growth poten\u00adtial and an enter\u00adprise value of between EUR 50 and 500 million. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion, equity has been inves\u00adted in around 160 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions in the DACH region and the Nether\u00adlands, mainly mid-market buy-outs. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently compri\u00adses over 50 compa\u00adnies across Europe, inclu\u00adding around 20 active holdings in Germany, Switz\u00ader\u00adland and the Nether\u00adlands. Equis\u00adtone is curr\u00adently inves\u00adt\u00ading from its sixth fund, which closed in March 2018 with \u20ac2.8 billion. www.equistonepe.com<\/p>\n
\nEperi GmbH, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in the Rhine-Main area, is a leading provi\u00adder of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons for data protec\u00adtion and secu\u00adrity in on-premise, hybrid and multi-cloud envi\u00adron\u00adments. eperi\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adtive and easy-to-use solu\u00adti\u00adons allow its end users to use any type of IT infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and soft\u00adware appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in a secure and compli\u00adant manner. The advan\u00adta\u00adges of the cloud can thus be opti\u00admally exploi\u00adted without having to worry about data secu\u00adrity, compli\u00adance and liabi\u00adlity. With seve\u00adral inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal patents, eperi acts as a pioneer for inno\u00adva\u00adtive and relia\u00adble multi-cloud tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and supports its custo\u00admers\u2019 ESG efforts by protec\u00adting private data. The inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal custo\u00admer base of the cloud secu\u00adrity specia\u00adlist includes in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar (large) compa\u00adnies from the finan\u00adcial, health\u00adcare and indus\u00adtrial sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"