Bremen\/ Munich \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by the Munich-based inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company DPDeut\u00adsche Private Equity (\u201cDPE\u201d) have inves\u00adted in atacama Soft\u00adware GmbH (\u201catacama\u201d or the \u201cGroup\u201d). The foun\u00adders of atacama, Dr. J\u00fcrgen Deit\u00admers and Rene Lenga, retire from day-to-day busi\u00adness and become members of ataca\u00adma\u2019s advi\u00adsory board. Michael Jansen, former Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of the subsi\u00addiary atacama KV Soft\u00adware GmbH (\u201cakv\u201d), is appoin\u00adted CEO of atacama along\u00adside CFO Rainer Dona\u00adlies. The mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors of apenio GmbH & Co. KG (\u201capenio\u201d), Sebas\u00adtian Fraas and Daniil Liber\u00adman, as well as Sebas\u00adtian Zebbi\u00adties, mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor of atacama blooms GmbH & Co. KG (\u201cblooms\u201d), will also be appoin\u00adted to the group\u2019s manage\u00adment board and will remain respon\u00adsi\u00adble for their previous areas. All parties have agreed to invest along\u00adside DPE and to keep the purchase price of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion confidential.<\/p>\n
atacama is a leading provi\u00adder of health\u00adcare soft\u00adware, consis\u00adting of three opera\u00adting subsi\u00addia\u00adries (i) akv<\/strong>, (ii) apenio<\/strong> and (iii) blooms<\/strong>. The Group employs around 90 people and is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Bremen, Germany.<\/p>\n akv offers web-based solu\u00adti\u00adons for the case manage\u00adment of statu\u00adtory health insu\u00adr\u00aders in the dental and care sectors, which opti\u00admize inter\u00adnal case proces\u00adsing and signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly increase effi\u00adci\u00adency in case proces\u00adsing. In colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with blooms, the company offers its custo\u00admers a unique AI-based dark proces\u00adsing appli\u00adca\u00adtion that reco\u00adgni\u00adzes and auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally proces\u00adses case-rela\u00adted docu\u00adments, provi\u00adding a future-proof solu\u00adtion for auto\u00adma\u00adting labor-inten\u00adsive work. Over 70 statu\u00adtory health insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies work with akv soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons on a daily basis.<\/p>\n Blooms supports akv and other part\u00adners with the AI solu\u00adtion AVIDOC\u2011R in auto\u00adma\u00adting proces\u00adses in health insu\u00adrance through digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion and seman\u00adtic analy\u00adsis of complex docu\u00adments. Further, blooms provi\u00addes sister company apenio and other soft\u00adware vendors with an AI-powered, nursing science foun\u00adda\u00adtion for docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and auto\u00adma\u00adtic gene\u00adra\u00adtion of reports and calcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons such as PPR 2.0.<\/p>\n apenio offers an intel\u00adli\u00adgent soft\u00adware solu\u00adtion for pati\u00adent docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and care plan\u00adning in hospi\u00adtals. The soft\u00adware provi\u00addes a complete over\u00adview of the pati\u00aden\u00adt\u2019s condi\u00adtion inclu\u00adding docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion for diffe\u00adrent special\u00adties (geria\u00adtrics, pallia\u00adtive medi\u00adcine, pedia\u00adtrics, inten\u00adsive care, etc.). The apenio soft\u00adware is used in over 75 hospi\u00adtals, seve\u00adral nursing homes and more than 75 nursing schools and univer\u00adsi\u00adties in Germany and Austria.<\/p>\n \u201cIn recent years, toge\u00adther with our manage\u00adment team, we have been able to signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly improve our offe\u00adring and streng\u00adthen the trus\u00adting rela\u00adti\u00adonship with our custo\u00admers. With DPE, we have now found an expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced part\u00adner who under\u00adstands and appre\u00adcia\u00adtes our colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with key play\u00aders in the German health\u00adcare market and will further expand our plat\u00adform by support\u00ading tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment,\u201d said J\u00fcrgen Deit\u00admers and Rene Lenga, the two foun\u00adders of atacama.<\/p>\n Dr. Frank M\u00fcller, mana\u00adging part\u00adner of DPE <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 DPE), explains, \u201cWe were impres\u00adsed by ataca\u00adma\u2019s solu\u00adtion-orien\u00adted appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, which have been conti\u00adnuously impro\u00adved and enhan\u00adced with new modu\u00adles over the years to help the group\u2019s custo\u00admers opti\u00admize and simplify their daily tasks.\u201d Andreas Schmid, part\u00adner at DPE, added: \u201cThe group\u2019s soft\u00adware appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, which are targe\u00adted at health insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies, hospi\u00adtals and other service provi\u00adders, meet the urgent need to auto\u00admate labor-inten\u00adsive work and actively support the ongo\u00ading digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion of the German health\u00adcare system.\u201d<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant atacama:<\/strong><\/p>\n miura Advi\u00adsors<\/strong> (M&A sell side), Pinsent Masons<\/strong> (legal) and FIDES<\/strong> (finance and tax).<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant DPE: <\/strong><\/p>\n strategy&<\/strong> (Commer\u00adcial Due Dili\u00adgence), PwC<\/strong> (Finan\u00adcial, Tax & ESG Due Dili\u00adgence), GOF<\/strong> (Legal) and Cowen<\/strong> (Debt Advisory).<\/p>\n About atacama About DPE Deut\u00adsche Private Equity<\/strong><\/p>\n DPE Deut\u00adsche Private Equity (\u201cDPE\u201d) is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company that supports medium-sized compa\u00adnies on their growth path as a part\u00adner\u00adship inves\u00adtor. Over the past 15 years, DPE has become one of the largest growth inves\u00adtors in the DACH region and curr\u00adently mana\u00adges total assets of over \u20ac3 billion. The core of DPE\u2019s invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy is in the areas of digitalization\/software, health\u00adcare, indus\u00adtrial tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, B2B services, energy and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. Within these sectors, DPE focu\u00adses on estab\u00adlished compa\u00adnies that hold a strong market posi\u00adtion with a leading product or service offe\u00adring and offer signi\u00adfi\u00adcant growth poten\u00adtial for the future. DPE focu\u00adses on medium-sized compa\u00adnies in Germany, Austria and Switz\u00ader\u00adland and invests 10 to 200 million euros per tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. https:\/\/www.dpe.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bremen\/ Munich \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by the Munich-based inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company DPDeut\u00adsche Private Equity (\u201cDPE\u201d) have inves\u00adted in atacama Soft\u00adware GmbH (\u201catacama\u201d or the \u201cGroup\u201d). The foun\u00adders of atacama, Dr. J\u00fcrgen Deit\u00admers and Rene Lenga, retire from day-to-day busi\u00adness and become members of ataca\u00adma\u2019s advi\u00adsory board. Michael Jansen, former Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of the subsi\u00addiary atacama [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1372,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49066","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-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-corporate-finance-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nFor 25 years, the teams of the atacama group have been provi\u00adding trans\u00adpa\u00adrency and effi\u00adci\u00adency in the health\u00adcare sector with inno\u00adva\u00adtive indus\u00adtry soft\u00adware. As a holding company, atacama | Soft\u00adware GmbH unites under its umbrella atacama | KV Soft\u00adware GmbH & Co. KG and apenio GmbH & Co. KG, two specia\u00adli\u00adzed subsi\u00addia\u00adries that have estab\u00adlished leading profes\u00adsio\u00adnal and tech\u00adni\u00adcal solu\u00adti\u00adons in the markets of payers and service provi\u00adders. More than 70 health and long-term care insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies use the atacama | GKV Suite for their case manage\u00adment. More than 75 hospi\u00adtals, seve\u00adral nursing faci\u00adli\u00adties and over 75 nursing schools and univer\u00adsi\u00adties use the know\u00adledge-based solu\u00adtion apenio for digi\u00adtal pati\u00adent and resi\u00addent docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion. The company port\u00adfo\u00adlio is comple\u00admen\u00adted by atacama blooms GmbH & Co. KG as an inno\u00adva\u00adtive newco\u00admer with the AI-based solu\u00adti\u00adons apenio NKS for intel\u00adli\u00adgent care and inter\u00adope\u00adra\u00adbi\u00adlity and AVIDOC\u2011R for docu\u00adment reco\u00adgni\u00adtion and process auto\u00adma\u00adtion. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, please visit: https:\/\/www.atacama.de<\/p>\n