Munich \u2014 Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, one of the leading private equity firms focu\u00adsing on invest\u00adments in B2B SaaS compa\u00adnies in the Bene\u00adlux and DACH region, has closed its third private equity fund with capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments of EUR 700 million. \u201cFort\u00adino PE III\u201d was signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly over\u00adsub\u00adscri\u00adbed and closed at an expan\u00added hard cap well above the origi\u00adnal target of EUR 600 million. A signi\u00adfi\u00adcant portion of the new capi\u00adtal will be used to realize new invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in German-spea\u00adking countries. <\/p>\n
With its third PE fund, Fort\u00adino intends to main\u00adtain its proven invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy and support estab\u00adlished B2B soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies that offer solu\u00adti\u00adons for busi\u00adness-criti\u00adcal proces\u00adses. The invest\u00adment team with its manage\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence and the opera\u00adting team with its proven soft\u00adware exper\u00adtise comple\u00adment each other to increase the sustainable growth of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. A model with a track record that has convin\u00adced nume\u00adrous inves\u00adtors within just a few months: The high demand came from exis\u00adting Fort\u00adino inves\u00adtors as well as from a broad range of new insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors from Europe and the USA \u2014 inclu\u00adding banks, consul\u00adting firms, foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons, family offices, pension funds and state funds. <\/p>\n
Orga\u00adnic growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for SaaS provi\u00adders in the DACH region<\/strong><\/p>\n With a highly diver\u00adsi\u00adfied inves\u00adtor base and an 85% increase in volume compared to its prede\u00adces\u00adsor fund, Fort\u00adino PE III marks a new level in the growth path that has been conti\u00adnuously pursued since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2012. The new fund\u2019s resour\u00adces will enable a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant increase in deal volume. <\/p>\n Phil\u00adipp Remy, Part\u00adner <\/strong>(photo \u00a9 Fort\u00adino): \u201cArti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence is funda\u00admen\u00adtally chan\u00adging the B2B SaaS land\u00adscape and driving a market tran\u00adsi\u00adtion: away from tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal SaaS products towards signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly more powerful, agent-based AI solu\u00adti\u00adons that increase opera\u00adtio\u00adnal effi\u00adci\u00adency. We support foun\u00adders and entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs with capi\u00adtal and deep opera\u00adtio\u00adnal exper\u00adtise to capi\u00adta\u00adlize on these deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments and take their busi\u00adnesses to the next stage of growth.\u201d Fort\u00adi\u00adno\u2019s commit\u00adment to the DACH region to date is reflec\u00adted in tangi\u00adble results \u2014 from the successful exit of Symbio<\/strong>, the first German invest\u00adment in PE II, to the invest\u00adment in SIMCON<\/strong> (PE II) and compa\u00adnies in which PE III has alre\u00adady inves\u00adted: MEHRWERK<\/strong> (process intel\u00adli\u00adgence soft\u00adware), as well as Modell Aachen<\/strong> and Orga\u00advi\u00adsion<\/strong> (inter\u00adac\u00adtive manage\u00adment systems). <\/p>\n Fort\u00adino is also further expan\u00adding its invol\u00advement in the field of (pre)seed to Series A invest\u00adments in B2B SaaS and AI: The latest fund \u201cFort\u00adino Venture III\u201d had its successful first close in April 2025. Part\u00adner Patrick Hermann<\/strong>: \u201cWith Fort\u00adino VC III, we are deligh\u00adted to now be imple\u00admen\u00adting our stra\u00adtegy from Bene\u00adlux more actively in DACH with a local team. Our expe\u00adri\u00adence and in-depth B2B soft\u00adware and AI exper\u00adtise enable us to play an active role in the growth and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion of our port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. With VC III, we are buil\u00adding on the success of our previous funds while conti\u00adnuing to invest in the future of B2B soft\u00adware and AI. With a full pipe\u00adline and alre\u00adady first port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in Germany, we will be able to announce seve\u00adral new invest\u00adments in 2026.\u201d <\/p>\n Fort\u00adino curr\u00adently mana\u00adges a total of six funds in the areas of private equity and venture capi\u00adtal and has raised over 1.5 billion euros to date. The company has inves\u00adted in 76 compa\u00adnies and reali\u00adzed 28 successful exits. <\/p>\n About Fort\u00adino Munich \u2014 Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, one of the leading private equity firms focu\u00adsing on invest\u00adments in B2B SaaS compa\u00adnies in the Bene\u00adlux and DACH region, has closed its third private equity fund with capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments of EUR 700 million. \u201cFort\u00adino PE III\u201d was signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly over\u00adsub\u00adscri\u00adbed and closed at an expan\u00added hard cap well above the original [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, foun\u00added in 2013 and based in Antwerp, Belgium, with addi\u00adtio\u00adnal offices in Amster\u00addam and Munich, is a leading Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment company focu\u00adsing on high-growth B2B SaaS compa\u00adnies. Fort\u00adino invests in soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies that offer solu\u00adti\u00adons for busi\u00adness-criti\u00adcal proces\u00adses and supports their foun\u00adders and CEOs in acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting the growth of their compa\u00adnies. The 35-strong Fort\u00adino team works from Antwerp, Amster\u00addam and Munich. Fort\u00adino has raised more than 1.5 billion euros in capi\u00adtal to date. The private equity port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes compa\u00adnies such as Worklinq (DK), Simcon (DE), Mehr\u00adwerk (DE), Modell Aachen (DE), Addac\u00adtis (BE), VanRoey (BE), Bizz\u00admine (BE), Efficy CRM (BE), Seenons (NL), InTouch (NL), SpeakUp (NL), Maxx\u00adton (NL) and Boni\u00adta\u00adsoft (FR). \u2014 fortino.capital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"