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BRANDL TALOS is advi\u00adsing High\u00adland Europe on this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. <strong>smaX\u00adtec<\/strong> is an inno\u00adva\u00adtive moni\u00adto\u00adring plat\u00adform that is revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adni\u00adzing dairy farming by incre\u00adasing effi\u00adci\u00adency and support\u00ading animal health through its tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. The plat\u00adform enables early detec\u00adtion of dise\u00adase, moni\u00adtors ferti\u00adlity using heat detec\u00adtion and redu\u00adces birth-rela\u00adted compli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 all of which contri\u00adbute to impro\u00adving cow welfare and farm produc\u00adti\u00advity. At the heart of smaX\u00adtec\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adtion is the In-Vivo-Bolus, a proprie\u00adtary sensor that is placed in a cow\u2019s stomach. This sensor provi\u00addes accu\u00adrate, real-time data that is seam\u00adlessly inte\u00adgra\u00adted into a cloud-based, AI-powered analy\u00adtics plat\u00adform. Farmers can access actionable insights and alerts via remote moni\u00adto\u00adring, enab\u00adling them to make timely and infor\u00admed decis\u00adi\u00adons. The High\u00adland Europe team was led by David Blygh\u00adton, Will De Quant and Jo&nbsp;Healy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consul\u00adtant smaX\u00adtec: BRANDL TALOS, Vienna<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Led by <strong>Roman Rericha, part\u00adner<\/strong>, and assis\u00adted by <strong>Adrian Zuschmann, part\u00adner<\/strong>, High\u00adland Europe advi\u00adsed on all legal aspects of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. www.brandltalos.com <\/p>\n<p><strong>About High\u00adland Europe (London\/ UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our team consists of expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced inves\u00adtors with opera\u00adtio\u00adnal and corpo\u00adrate finance exper\u00adtise. We have the right people to address your criti\u00adcal busi\u00adness chal\u00adlenges \u2014 either through our exten\u00adsive network, which includes other foun\u00adders and board members of the global High\u00adland family (inclu\u00adding in the US and China), or through expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced opera\u00adtors with diverse exper\u00adtise. https:\/\/www.highlandeurope.com\/  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graz (Austria) \u2014 smaX\u00adtec, a leading provi\u00adder of agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for the global dairy indus\u00adtry, has announ\u00adced a growth invest\u00adment led by global invest\u00adment firm KKR and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor High\u00adland Europe. 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