{"id":43250,"date":"2020-04-16T18:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newserver.fyb.de\/investcorp-technology-partners-acquires-majority-stake-in-avira\/"},"modified":"2020-04-16T18:45:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:45:21","slug":"investcorp-technology-partners-acquires-majority-stake-in-avira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/investcorp-technology-partners-acquires-majority-stake-in-avira\/","title":{"rendered":"Investcorp Technology Partners acquires majority stake in&nbsp;AVIRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tett\u00adnang \u2014 Euro\u00adpean tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor <strong>Invest\u00adcorp Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Part\u00adners<\/strong> has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in <strong>Avira Holding<\/strong> GmbH &amp; Co KG and <strong>ALV<\/strong> GmbH &amp; Co KG (\u201cAvira\u201d) for US $180 million. <strong>P+P P\u00f6llath + Part\u00adners<\/strong> advi\u00adsed the sellers and the Avira manage\u00adment in the course of the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Avira is a multi\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal company for soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons in the field of cyber secu\u00adrity and anti-virus programs with head\u00adquar\u00adters in Tett\u00adnang, Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg. Avira serves both the OEM (origi\u00adnal equip\u00adment manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer) and consu\u00admer end markets and protects over 500 million end devices world\u00adwide. Foun\u00added in 1986, the company focu\u00adses on anti-malware, threat intel\u00adli\u00adgence and IoT solu\u00adti\u00adons. Avira soft\u00adware protects against viru\u00adses and malware and provi\u00addes users with secu\u00adrity for online iden\u00adtity as well as for finan\u00adces and other private data.<\/p>\n<p>The buyer, Invest\u00adcorp Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Part\u00adners, focu\u00adses on inves\u00adt\u00ading in mid-market tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies with a focus on data, analy\u00adtics, IT secu\u00adrity and fintech\/payments. The Avira acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion is the seventh deal from the $400 million fourth tech\u00adno\u00adlogy fund and the third acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of a soft\u00adware company in the DACH region in 18 months, noted <strong>Gilbert Kami\u00ade\u00adniecky<\/strong> (pictu\u00adred), mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor and head of <strong>Invest\u00adcorp\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlogy private equity divi\u00adsion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advi\u00adsors to AVIRA: P+P provi\u00added legal and tax advice with the follo\u00adwing Munich team<\/strong><br>\nOtto Haber\u00adstock, M.C.J. 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