The Hague (NL) \u2013 Main Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (\u201cMain\u201d), a specia\u00adli\u00adzed Euro\u00adpean inves\u00adtor in enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware, announ\u00adced today that Main Capi\u00adtal IX and Main Foun\u00adda\u00adtion III have coll\u00adec\u00adtively recei\u00adved capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments tota\u00adling more than 5.25 billion euros. Main Capi\u00adtal IX reached its hard cap of \u20ac4 billion, while Main Foun\u00adda\u00adtion III reached its hard cap of \u20ac1.25 billion. The total volume repres\u00adents more than double the size of their respec\u00adtive prede\u00adces\u00adsor funds and increa\u00adses Main\u2019s assets under manage\u00adment to over \u20ac12 billion. Both funds were over\u00adsub\u00adscri\u00adbed, unders\u00adcoring the contin\u00adued strong demand from insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors for Main\u2019s diffe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted lower-mid-market stra\u00adtegy in the enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware sector. <\/p>\n
Throug\u00adhout its history, Main has comple\u00adted 38 exits<\/strong><\/p>\n Buil\u00adding on the successful fund\u00adrai\u00adsing efforts of recent years, Main once again recei\u00adved strong support from its exis\u00adting LP base, with a re-up rate of over 120%. In addi\u00adtion to follow-on invest\u00adments from exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors such as Hamil\u00adton Lane, both funds also secu\u00adred signi\u00adfi\u00adcant new commit\u00adments from a broa\u00adder global base of insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors. The new inves\u00adtors were prima\u00adrily from the United States, Asia, and the Middle East and include sove\u00adreign wealth funds, public pension funds, and insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies, among them well-known insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons such as the State Teachers\u2019 Reti\u00adre\u00adment System of Ohio, the Korean Teachers\u2019 Credit Union, and Akade\u00admi\u00adker\u00adPen\u00adsion. The pace and volume of capi\u00adtal raised\u2014despite a persis\u00adt\u00adently chal\u00adlen\u00adging fund\u00adrai\u00adsing envi\u00adron\u00adment and geopo\u00adli\u00adti\u00adcal uncertainties\u2014reflect Main\u2019s consis\u00adtent, strong invest\u00adment perfor\u00admance as well as its more than 20 years of specia\u00adliza\u00adtion in lower-mid-market enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware buyouts. Over the course of its history, Main has comple\u00adted 38 exits<\/strong>, with a weigh\u00adted average gross return of 4.7x and a loss rate of well below 0.5%. <\/p>\n Main will conti\u00adnue to consis\u00adt\u00adently imple\u00adment its proven stra\u00adtegy in the lower mid-market for enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware and make equity invest\u00adments ranging from \u20ac5 million to \u20ac150 million in profi\u00adta\u00adble, resi\u00adli\u00adent soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies. The goal is to grow these compa\u00adnies into larger, scalable, and cross-border soft\u00adware groups through orga\u00adnic growth and selec\u00adtive M&A acti\u00advi\u00adties. In doing so, Main will main\u00adtain its clear focus on its core regions\u2014Benelux, DACH, Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advia, France, and North America. As a stra\u00adte\u00adgic expan\u00adsion, Main will also actively pursue plat\u00adform invest\u00adments in the United King\u00addom with the new funds. The British market is conside\u00adred one of the most dyna\u00admic and mature enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware markets in Europe and offers ideal condi\u00adti\u00adons for buil\u00adding long-term part\u00adner\u00adships with soft\u00adware foun\u00adders and entrepreneurs. <\/p>\n Main places a special focus on the profound chan\u00adges that arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence is brin\u00adging about in the enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware sector. AI is funda\u00admen\u00adtally trans\u00adforming the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, marke\u00adting, and scaling of soft\u00adware, crea\u00adting new growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in Main\u2019s core segments\u2014from Health\u00adTech and GovTech to Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and PropTech. With its proprie\u00adtary capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties in Market Intel\u00adli\u00adgence & Perfor\u00admance Excel\u00adlence and an active port\u00adfo\u00adlio of over 55 enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies, Main is excep\u00adtio\u00adnally well-posi\u00adtio\u00adned to iden\u00adtify sustainable value crea\u00adtion poten\u00adtial through AI and to support port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in inte\u00adgra\u00adting AI into their products and proces\u00adses. Main is convin\u00adced that the inter\u00adplay of market conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion and AI-driven inno\u00adva\u00adtion makes the current envi\u00adron\u00adment one of the most attrac\u00adtive in the company\u2019s more than 20-year history. <\/p>\n AI Unlocks Poten\u00adtial for Growth and Value Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n Charly Zwem\u00ads\u00adtra, foun\u00adder and Chief Invest\u00adment Offi\u00adcer of Main<\/strong>, says: \u201cMain was among the first inves\u00adtors in the Euro\u00adpean soft\u00adware buyout sector, and over more than two deca\u00addes, we have estab\u00adlished a unique track record of buil\u00adding larger and more resi\u00adli\u00adent soft\u00adware groups in the lower mid-market. Commit\u00adments of over \u20ac5 billion for Main Capi\u00adtal IX and Main Foun\u00adda\u00adtion III are a strong endor\u00adse\u00adment of our stra\u00adtegy and the endu\u00adring trust of our limi\u00adted part\u00adner (LP) base. We see a turning point for the enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware indus\u00adtry: AI is unlo\u00adcking a new wave of growth and value crea\u00adtion poten\u00adtial, and Main\u2019s in-depth indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise, proprie\u00adtary data capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, and disci\u00adpli\u00adned opera\u00adtio\u00adnal approach put us in an excel\u00adlent posi\u00adtion to realize these oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for our port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies and investors.\u201d<\/p>\n Jorn de Ruij\u00adter, Part\u00adner and Head of Fund Struc\u00adtu\u00adring & Inves\u00adtor Rela\u00adti\u00adons at Main, says: \u201cThe speed and scale with which we were able to secure over \u20ac5 billion in capi\u00adtal commitments\u2014more than double our previous combi\u00adned fund\u00adrai\u00adsing total\u2014underscore Main\u2019s long-term invest\u00adment perfor\u00admance and the strength of our LP rela\u00adti\u00adonships. We are extre\u00admely proud of a re-up rate of over 120%. We thank both our exis\u00adting and new inves\u00adtors for their trust. With Main Capi\u00adtal IX and Main Foun\u00adda\u00adtion III, we are ideally posi\u00adtio\u00adned to conti\u00adnue driving conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion in the frag\u00admen\u00adted Euro\u00adpean and U.S. soft\u00adware markets, expand into the United King\u00addom, and capi\u00adta\u00adlize on the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties presen\u00adted by AI in the enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware industry.\u201d<\/p>\n Main did not use a place\u00adment agent for the fund\u00adrai\u00adsing. Loyens & Loeff served as legal coun\u00adsel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n About Main Capi\u00adtal Partners The Hague (NL) \u2013 Main Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (\u201cMain\u201d), a specia\u00adli\u00adzed Euro\u00adpean inves\u00adtor in enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware, announ\u00adced today that Main Capi\u00adtal IX and Main Foun\u00adda\u00adtion III have coll\u00adec\u00adtively recei\u00adved capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments tota\u00adling more than 5.25 billion euros. Main Capi\u00adtal IX reached its hard cap of \u20ac4 billion, while Main Foun\u00adda\u00adtion III reached its hard cap of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60473,"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-60475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n Main Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners is a soft\u00adware inves\u00adtor that mana\u00adges private equity funds in the Bene\u00adlux count\u00adries, the DACH region, Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advia, France, and North America, with over 12.0 billion EUR in assets under manage\u00adment. Main has more than 20 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in streng\u00adthening soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies and works closely with the manage\u00adment teams of its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies as a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner to drive profi\u00adta\u00adble growth and build leading soft\u00adware groups. Main employs appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 100 people at its offices in The Hague, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, Stock\u00adholm, Antwerp, Paris, and a branch office in Boston. Main\u2019s active port\u00adfo\u00adlio compri\u00adses more than 55 soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies with a combi\u00adned work\u00adforce of over 15,000 employees. Through the Main Social Insti\u00adtute, Main supports students with scho\u00adlar\u00adships for IT and compu\u00adter science programs at tech\u00adni\u00adcal univer\u00adsi\u00adties and colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"