Munich \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by the Munich-based inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company Deut\u00adsche Private Equity (\u201cDPE\u201d) have acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in TKD Group (\u201cTKD\u201d) from the foun\u00adders and mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors. A large part of the invest\u00adment, which is in the three-digit million range, will flow directly back into the opera\u00adting struc\u00adture in order to acce\u00adle\u00adrate growth.<\/p>\n
TKD offers large compa\u00adnies with inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal loca\u00adti\u00adons a rental model for mobile devices such as smart\u00adphones and tablets from various renow\u00adned manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders. The leased mobile devices are sustain\u00adably inte\u00adgra\u00adted into a circu\u00adlar economy that ensu\u00adres that depart\u00adments such as purcha\u00adsing, IT and finance are quickly and easily reli\u00ade\u00adved and the custo\u00admer\u2019s ESG requi\u00adre\u00adments are met. ESG stands for Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal, Social and Governance.<\/p>\n
By using the company\u2019s own \u201cSoft\u00adware as a Service\u201d plat\u00adform TKD.360, custo\u00admers\u2019 employees can order end devices inclu\u00adding mobile phone profiles them\u00adsel\u00adves after acti\u00adva\u00adtion, manage them and flexi\u00adbly replace them with the latest models after a fixed term. The mobile devices are auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally confi\u00adgu\u00adred accor\u00adding to the company\u2019s secu\u00adrity speci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and sent to the employee\u2019s work\u00adsta\u00adtion in a perso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adzed manner. This means they are ready for imme\u00addiate use. The compa\u00adnies not only bene\u00adfit from CO2-neutral use and thus improve their sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity stra\u00adtegy, but also reli\u00adeve their IT depart\u00adment and receive a trans\u00adpa\u00adrent cost over\u00adview of the mobile users through the monthly billing of the devices used in the rental model, which is digi\u00adtally trans\u00admit\u00adted to the finance department.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn recent years, working closely with our manage\u00adment team, we have succee\u00added in deve\u00adlo\u00adping a range of products and services that are fully tail\u00ado\u00adred to custo\u00admer needs. With Deut\u00adsche Private Equity, we now have a strong part\u00adner at our side who not only reco\u00adgni\u00adzes the poten\u00adtial of our coope\u00adra\u00adtion with key play\u00aders in the device-as-a-service market, but also values it. In addi\u00adtion, DPE will make a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to our tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and thus drive the expan\u00adsion of our plat\u00adform,\u201d say Ulrich Wink\u00adler and Oliver Torl\u00e9e, the foun\u00adders of TKD.<\/p>\n
Andreas W. Schmid, Part\u00adner at DPE, explains: \u201cWe are very impres\u00adsed by TKD\u2019s solu\u00adtion-orien\u00adted appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, which provide custo\u00admers with the best possi\u00adble support for admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adtive and IT chal\u00adlenges. We see signi\u00adfi\u00adcant growth poten\u00adtial not only natio\u00adnally, but also inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally, as well as an attrac\u00adtive value lever in the finan\u00adcing of the devices and look forward to working with TKD.\u201d<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsors TKD: Houli\u00adhan Lokey <\/strong>(M&A sell side), FGS <\/strong>(tax) and Fresh\u00adfields <\/strong>(legal)<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsors to DPE: Roland Berger <\/strong>(Commer\u00adcial), Deloitte <\/strong>(Finan\u00adcial), PwC <\/strong>(Tax & ESG), G\u00fctt Olk Feld\u00adhaus <\/strong>(Legal), MCF<\/strong> (Debt Advi\u00adsory) and Hogan Lovells <\/strong>(Finan\u00adcial Coun\u00adsel).<\/strong><\/p>\n About TKD<\/strong><\/p>\n TKD offers large compa\u00adnies a rental model for mobile devices such as smart\u00adphones and tablets About Deut\u00adsche Private Equity Munich \u2014 Funds advi\u00adsed by the Munich-based inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company Deut\u00adsche Private Equity (\u201cDPE\u201d) have acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in TKD Group (\u201cTKD\u201d) from the foun\u00adders and mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors. A large part of the invest\u00adment, which is in the three-digit million range, will flow directly back into the opera\u00adting struc\u00adture in order to acce\u00adle\u00adrate growth. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1372,1377,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51775","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","category-management-consultant-investor-relations"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nRenting as part of a circu\u00adlar economy is CO2-neutral and reli\u00ade\u00adves the burden on custo\u00admers\u2019 purcha\u00adsing, IT and finance depart\u00adments. TKD has been based in Langen\u00adfeld near D\u00fcssel\u00addorf since 2014 and now has more than 100 employees. Over the past two years, TKD has focu\u00adsed on sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and ISO certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and is now one of the one percent most sustainable compa\u00adnies in Germany (accor\u00adding to ecova\u00addis Sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity Rating, Febru\u00adary 2024). This compe\u00adti\u00adtive advan\u00adtage has enab\u00adled TKD to conti\u00adnuously drive forward the expan\u00adsion of its busi\u00adness. As a result, TKD now mana\u00adges a total of more than 150,000 mobile devices for over 1,000 major custo\u00admers with inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal locations.<\/p>\n
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\nDeut\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 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 gene\u00adrally invests 50 to 200 million euros of equity per company. www.dpe.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"