New York\/ Berlin\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor TCV invests in Spry\u00adker Systems GmbH (\u201cSpry\u00adker\u201d) advi\u00adsed. The Series C finan\u00adcing round was led by TCV as lead inves\u00adtor. Exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors One Peak Part\u00adners and Project A also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round tota\u00adling over USD 130 million. With this, Spry\u00adker exceeds a valua\u00adtion of USD 500 million. The Frank\u00adfurt and Munich offices of the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP advi\u00adsed the finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor TCV on its invest\u00adment in Spryker.<\/p>\n
About Spry\u00adker<\/strong> Advi\u00adsor to TVC: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Advi\u00adsors to Spry\u00adker: honert + part\u00adner<\/strong> (Hamburg)<\/p>\n Part\u00adner Dr. Jan-Chris\u00adtian Heins and Asso\u00adciate Chris\u00adtina Frig\u00adger advised.<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant Project A: SMP About TCV<\/strong> About Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP <\/strong> About SMP<\/strong> New York\/ Berlin\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor TCV invests in Spry\u00adker Systems GmbH (\u201cSpry\u00adker\u201d) advi\u00adsed. The Series C finan\u00adcing round was led by TCV as lead inves\u00adtor. Exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors One Peak Part\u00adners and Project A also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round tota\u00adling over USD 130 million. With this, Spry\u00adker exceeds a valua\u00adtion of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en","news-category-venture-capital-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSpry\u00adker deve\u00adlops e\u2011commerce solu\u00adti\u00adons for its custo\u00admers at the highest level. The new capi\u00adtal will be used to conti\u00adnue global growth. The funding will be used to further deve\u00adlop Spry\u00adker\u2019s alre\u00adady popu\u00adlar B2B and enter\u00adprise market\u00adplace products, provide a leading AppS\u00adtore for tech\u00adno\u00adlogy part\u00adners and acce\u00adle\u00adrate global growth. In parti\u00adcu\u00adlar, the US, which alre\u00adady accounts for over 10% of Spry\u00adker Soft\u00adware\u2019s reve\u00adnue, is the focus of expan\u00adsion. Spry\u00adker also plans to hire many new employees globally to expand its market leader\u00adship posi\u00adtion and deve\u00adlop new products for future models and inter\u00adfaces in IoT commerce, click & coll\u00adect and subscrip\u00adtion commerce. More and more custo\u00admers are trans\u00adforming their orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons into so-called \u201ccomposable enter\u00adpri\u00adses\u201d led by multi\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary \u201cfusion teams\u201d from IT and busi\u00adness. Spry\u00adker is at the spear\u00adhead of this change it has helped shape and predic\u00adted since its inception.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Weil team for this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion was led by Frank\u00adfurt-based Corpo\u00adrate Part\u00adner Dr. Chris\u00adtian Tapp\u00adei\u00adner and included Coun\u00adsel Konrad v. Buch\u00adwaldt (Corpo\u00adrate, Frank\u00adfurt) and Benja\u00admin Rapp (Tax, Munich) as well as Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Julian Schwa\u00adne\u00adbeck, Sara Afschar-Hamdi, Mario Kuhn (all Corpo\u00adrate, Frank\u00adfurt), Mareike Pfeif\u00adfer, Lili\u00adanna Ranody (both Labor, Frank\u00adfurt), Markus Cejka (Finance, Frank\u00adfurt), Dr. Khatera Zuschlag (Commercial\/Regulatory, Frank\u00adfurt), Alisa Prei\u00df\u00adler (Tax, Frank\u00adfurt), and Para\u00adle\u00adgal Nata\u00adscha Sp\u00e4th (Corpo\u00adrate, Frankfurt).<\/p>\n
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\nBenja\u00admin Ullrich (Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Partner
\nFabian Euhus (Co-Lead, Funds), Partner
\nAdrian Haase (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Associate<\/p>\n
\nFoun\u00added in 1995, TCV is one of Sili\u00adcon Valley\u2019s leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth capi\u00adtal firms, support\u00ading private and public growth-stage compa\u00adnies. Over the past 25 years, TCV has inves\u00adted over $14 billion in more than 350 leading high-tech compa\u00adnies and assis\u00adted CEOs in more than 125 IPOs and stra\u00adte\u00adgic acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. TCV has inves\u00adted in compa\u00adnies such as Airbnb, AxiomSL, Dollar Shave Club, Exact\u00adTar\u00adget, Expe\u00addia, Face\u00adbook, Linke\u00addIn, Netflix, Nubank, Payo\u00adneer, Splunk, Spotify, Strava, Toast, Xero, and Zillow. In Europe, TCV has inves\u00adted over $2 billion in compa\u00adnies such as Believe Digi\u00adtal, Brillen.de, Flix\u00adMo\u00adbi\u00adlity, Klarna, Mollie, Perfecto, Redis Labs, RELEX Solu\u00adti\u00adons, Revo\u00adlut, RMS, Spor\u00adt\u00adra\u00addar, The Pracuj Group, and World\u00adRe\u00admit. TCV is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Menlo Park, Cali\u00adfor\u00adnia, with offices in New York and London.<\/p>\n
\nWeil, Gotshal & Manges is an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm with more than 1,100 lawy\u00aders, inclu\u00adding appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 300 part\u00adners. Weil is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in New York and has offices in Boston, Dallas, Frank\u00adfurt, Hong Kong, Hous\u00adton, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Beijing, Prince\u00adton, Shang\u00adhai, Sili\u00adcon Valley, Warsaw and Washing\u00adton, D.C.<\/p>\n
\nSMP is a specia\u00adlist tax and commer\u00adcial law firm opera\u00adting in the core areas of corpo\u00adrate, funds, liti\u00adga\u00adtion, tax and tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. SMP attor\u00adneys and tax advi\u00adsors repre\u00adsent a wide variety of clients. These include emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and family-run medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and private equity\/venture capi\u00adtal funds. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2017, SMP has become one of the leading addres\u00adses for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity and fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring in Germany. The firm and its part\u00adners are natio\u00adnally and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy\u00aders, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham\u00adbers and Part\u00adners. Today, SMP employs over 50 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders and tax advi\u00adsors in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"