London\/ Bad Homburg \u2014 Verdane, the Euro\u00adpean growth-focu\u00adsed inves\u00adtor, has acqui\u00adred a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of five profi\u00adta\u00adble tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and part\u00adne\u00adred with HQ Equita, a leading invest\u00adment firm in Germany. This is Verda\u00adne\u2019s 19th invest\u00adment in the DACH region and follows the opening of Verda\u00adne\u2019s second office in Germany earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The port\u00adfo\u00adlio of HQ Equita Fund V compri\u00adses five invest\u00adments: Ebert\u00adlang<\/strong>, a leading pan-Euro\u00adpean value-added distri\u00adbu\u00adtor of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture soft\u00adware; Muegge<\/strong>, an indus\u00adtrial tech\u00adno\u00adlogy provi\u00adder of plasma and micro\u00adwave tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for end markets, inclu\u00adding the produc\u00adtion of sustainable, lab-grown diamonds; r2p Group,<\/strong> a provi\u00adder of intel\u00adli\u00adgent tech\u00adno\u00adlogy systems for public trans\u00adport; inde\u00advis<\/strong>, a cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity provi\u00adder; and The Pack\u00ada\u00adging Group<\/strong>, which deve\u00adlops advan\u00adced pack\u00ada\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies that help custo\u00admers switch from plas\u00adtic to sustainable paper packaging.<\/p>\n The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion provi\u00addes liqui\u00addity for the LPs and conti\u00adnuity for the HQ Equita team, along with custo\u00admi\u00adzed value crea\u00adtion plans, stra\u00adtegy road\u00admaps and follow-on capi\u00adtal for each of the five compa\u00adnies and their respec\u00adtive manage\u00adment teams. To achieve this, Verdane worked closely with HQ Equi\u00adta\u2019s team, as well as with repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adves from HQ Direct as the GP\u2019s share\u00adhol\u00adder and the fund\u2019s MLPs. Verdane and HQ Equita will work toge\u00adther to scale these assets and plan to explore future M&A oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for contin\u00adued inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth beyond the DACH region.<\/p>\n HQ Equita<\/strong> was foun\u00added in 1992 and is an estab\u00adlished mid-market private equity inves\u00adtor in Germany, backed by inves\u00adtors such as insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons, foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons, trusts and the Quandt Family Office.<\/p>\n Verdane can invest as a majo\u00adrity or mino\u00adrity owner, either in indi\u00advi\u00addual compa\u00adnies or in port\u00adfo\u00adlios of compa\u00adnies, and has one of the most flexi\u00adble invest\u00adment manda\u00adtes in Europe, allo\u00adwing for both direct invest\u00adments and port\u00adfo\u00adlio tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. Verda\u00adne\u2019s unique approach is reflec\u00adted in its tran\u00adsac\u00adtion struc\u00adture and gover\u00adnance model, which takes into account the indi\u00advi\u00addual inte\u00adrests of all stake\u00adhol\u00adders. In this parti\u00adcu\u00adlar case, the port\u00adfo\u00adlio tran\u00adsac\u00adtion crea\u00adtes an option for the exis\u00adting LPs while provi\u00adding conti\u00adnuity for the HQ Equita GP team, with a clear focus on unlo\u00adcking value in the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies through an opti\u00admi\u00adzed owner\u00adship structure.<\/p>\n Verdane will support the growth of the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies, and Elevate, Verda\u00adne\u2019s team of inter\u00adnal opera\u00adtio\u00adnal experts, will work closely with manage\u00adment in areas such as go-to-market, data, finance and talent. Verdane invests thema\u00adti\u00adcally in the areas of digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion and decar\u00adbo\u00adniza\u00adtion. Since its incep\u00adtion in 2003, Verdane has comple\u00adted 60 port\u00adfo\u00adlio acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Another nota\u00adble port\u00adfo\u00adlio buyout and GP part\u00adner\u00adship with UK-based Lang\u00adholm Capi\u00adtal in 2021.<\/p>\n Verdane has also streng\u00adthe\u00adned its opera\u00adti\u00adons in the DACH region, with nota\u00adble invest\u00adments inclu\u00adding Hornet\u00adsecu\u00adrity Group, a leading Euro\u00adpean cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity soft\u00adware company, and Momox, Euro\u00adpe\u2019s largest re-commerce plat\u00adform. Follo\u00adwing this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, Verdane will have 19 port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in the DACH region.<\/p>\n Emanuel Johns\u00adson, Part\u00adner at Verdane <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 Verdane), commen\u00adted, \u201cThis is a perfect \u2018Verdane port\u00adfo\u00adlio deal\u2019 in the sense that we worked closely with seve\u00adral stake\u00adhol\u00adders: HQ Equita, their long-stan\u00adding LP base, and the manage\u00adment teams of each company in the port\u00adfo\u00adlio. It has been a plea\u00adsure to work closely with HQ Group repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adves and the team at HQ Equita, and we are exci\u00adted to support each of these five great compa\u00adnies indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adally by lever\u00adaging the Verdane plat\u00adform and our exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in scaling Euro\u00adpean tech\u00adno\u00adlogy companies.\u201d<\/p>\n Malte Rippel, CEO of HQ Holding<\/strong>, commen\u00adted, \u201cOn behalf of the Harald Quandt family and HQ Group, we are very plea\u00adsed with the outcome of this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion as we have found a long-term part\u00adner for the HQ Equita team and the fund\u2019s portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n Hans J. Moock, a part\u00adner at HQ Equita<\/strong>, commen\u00adted, \u201cWe have been working with some of the compa\u00adnies in our HQ Equita port\u00adfo\u00adlio since 2018 and this is an exci\u00adting oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to conti\u00adnue our part\u00adner\u00adship with them along\u00adside Verdane and leverage Verda\u00adne\u2019s global expe\u00adri\u00adence network to conti\u00adnue their growth.\u201d<\/p>\n Florian Wiem\u00adken, Part\u00adner at HQ Equita<\/strong>, added: \u201cOur entire team is exci\u00adted about the pros\u00adpect of part\u00adne\u00adring with Verdane, whose invest\u00adment will support our exis\u00adting stra\u00adte\u00adgies while offe\u00adring an attrac\u00adtive long-term perspec\u00adtive. We are very proud to embark on this jour\u00adney with a high-quality plat\u00adform like Verdane.\u201d<\/p>\n Fair\u00adview Capi\u00adtal Group, Ltd.<\/strong> acted as exclu\u00adsive finan\u00adcial advi\u00adsor in the transaction.<\/p>\n Milbank<\/strong> served as legal coun\u00adsel for Verdane.<\/p>\n Clif\u00adford Chance<\/strong> acted as legal advi\u00adsor to HQ Equita Fund V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London\/ Bad Homburg \u2014 Verdane, the Euro\u00adpean growth-focu\u00ad\u00adsed inves\u00adtor, has acqui\u00adred a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of five profi\u00adta\u00adble tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and part\u00adne\u00adred with HQ Equita, a leading invest\u00adment firm in Germany. This is Verda\u00adne\u2019s 19th invest\u00adment in the DACH region and follows the opening of Verda\u00adne\u2019s second office in Germany earlier this year. 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