Colo\u00adgne \u2014 YPOG has provi\u00added legal advice to REWE Group in connec\u00adtion with its invest\u00adment in the Austrian NEOH AG. The invest\u00adment is part of a compre\u00adhen\u00adsive finan\u00adcing round in which REWE Group is joined by ZINTINUS as co-lead inves\u00adtor and Teseo Capital. <\/p>\n
NEOH deve\u00adlops and markets sugar-redu\u00adced confec\u00adtion\u00adery and has estab\u00adlished \u201cZero+\u201d, a tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-based process for sugar reduc\u00adtion that is inten\u00added to comple\u00adtely replace indus\u00adtrial sugar. Accor\u00adding to the company, the tech\u00adno\u00adlogy is indus\u00adtri\u00adally scalable and can be used across all product cate\u00adgo\u00adries. In addi\u00adtion to the end custo\u00admer busi\u00adness, NEOH also sells its Zero+ tech\u00adno\u00adlogy in the B2B segment. <\/p>\n
With this invest\u00adment, REWE Group is consis\u00adt\u00adently expan\u00adding its commit\u00adment in the food tech sector. The retail and tourism group selec\u00adtively invests in tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-driven compa\u00adnies with a clear level of inno\u00adva\u00adtion, scaling poten\u00adtial and rele\u00advance for the core busi\u00adness. The focus is parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly on the areas of alter\u00adna\u00adtive prote\u00adins, fermen\u00adta\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, inno\u00adva\u00adtive ingre\u00addi\u00adents and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-driven food brands. <\/p>\n
\u201cAn inno\u00adva\u00adtive process meets stra\u00adte\u00adgic capi\u00adtal. We are deligh\u00adted to have successfully advi\u00adsed our client on the legal struc\u00adtu\u00adring of this forward-looking invest\u00adment in the food tech sector,\u201d says Johan\u00adnes Janning, Part\u00adner at YPOG.<\/p>\n
About VC Zinitus<\/strong><\/p>\n The Zinti\u00adnus food fund is said to have a volume of 150 million euros. The foun\u00adder is the former CEO of Metro, Olaf Koch. The money comes from family offices and high-net-worth indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adals. Nume\u00adrous mega\u00adtrends are chan\u00adging the context and struc\u00adture of the food indus\u00adtry. The rapidly growing demand for new solu\u00adti\u00adons offers unique oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for new solu\u00adti\u00adons. We are deter\u00admi\u00adned to help advan\u00adced start-up compa\u00adnies achieve signi\u00adfi\u00adcant growth. <\/span>\u2014 www.zintinus.com<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant REWE: YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Johan\u00adnes Janning (Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Cologne The REWE Group in-house team was led by Dr. Ulrich Flei\u00adscher (Senior Legal Coun\u00adsel \u2014 M&A and Financing).<\/p>\n About REWE Group Colo\u00adgne \u2014 YPOG has provi\u00added legal advice to REWE Group in connec\u00adtion with its invest\u00adment in the Austrian NEOH AG. The invest\u00adment is part of a compre\u00adhen\u00adsive finan\u00adcing round in which REWE Group is joined by ZINTINUS as co-lead inves\u00adtor and Teseo Capi\u00adtal. NEOH deve\u00adlops and markets sugar-redu\u00ad\u00adced confec\u00adtion\u00adery and has estab\u00adlished \u201cZero+\u201d, a technology-based [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59960,"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-59958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Tim Walter (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nJanic Salce\u00addas (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Asso\u00adciate, Cologne<\/p>\n
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\n The coope\u00adra\u00adtive REWE Group is one of the leading retail and tourism groups in Germany and Europe. In 2024, the company achie\u00adved a total exter\u00adnal turno\u00adver of over 96 billion euros. Foun\u00added in 1927, REWE Group has around 380,000 employees and is present in 21 Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries. Its sales lines include super\u00admar\u00adkets and hyper\u00admar\u00adkets under the REWE, REWE CENTER, nahkauf, BILLA, BILLA PLUS and ADEG brands, the discoun\u00adters PENNY and IKI, the BIPA drugs\u00adto\u00adres and the toom DIY stores. In addi\u00adtion, there are the conve\u00adni\u00adence stores REWE To Go and the e\u2011commerce acti\u00advi\u00adties REWE Liefer- und Abhol\u00adser\u00advice as well as Zooroyal and Wein\u00adfreunde. The Lekker\u00adland Group compri\u00adses the whole\u00adsale acti\u00advi\u00adties of the corpo\u00adrate group in the area of on-the-go supply. Under the umbrella of the DERTOUR Group, the tourism divi\u00adsion includes over 2,000 travel agen\u00adcies, tour opera\u00adtors, hotel brands and online travel portals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"