Munich\/Frankfurt am Main \u2013 Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, one of Europe\u2019s leading buyout inves\u00adtors in B2B soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies, is inves\u00adt\u00ading in Operations1, ther\u00adeby driving the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of one of Europe\u2019s leading plat\u00adforms for produc\u00adtion workers in the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtry. The three founders\u2014Daniel Grobe, Benja\u00admin Brock\u00admann, and Anian Ziegler\u2014will remain on board and actively shape the company\u2019s future direction. <\/p>\n
Operations1<\/strong> was foun\u00added in 2017 and has since become a tech\u00adno\u00adlogy leader in soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons for produc\u00adtion workers in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries. The AI-powered B2B SaaS plat\u00adform digi\u00adti\u00adzes employee-led produc\u00adtion proces\u00adses end-to-end: from task plan\u00adning to know\u00adledge sharing and intui\u00adtive process guidance, all the way to docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, real-time analy\u00adsis, and colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtive inci\u00addent management. <\/p>\n With one of the largest custo\u00admer bases in the industry\u2014comprising a total of over 160 leading indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding global market leaders such as ABB, Daim\u00adler Truck, Trumpf, Lieb\u00adherr, and Thys\u00adsen\u00adkrupp, as well as fast-growing tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies such as Quan\u00adtum Systems\u2014Operations1 is one of Europe\u2019s leading soft\u00adware provi\u00adders for produc\u00adtion workers.<\/p>\n A Billion-Dollar Market in Flux \u2013 Struc\u00adtu\u00adral Drivers for Sustainable Growth Phil\u00adipp Remy, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal<\/strong>, commen\u00adted: \u201cIt\u2019s impres\u00adsive what Daniel, Benja\u00admin, Anian, and the entire Operations1 team have built since the company was foun\u00added. What star\u00adted as a bold idea has grown into a leading plat\u00adform in the German-spea\u00adking world for produc\u00adtion workers in the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtry. We\u2019ve been follo\u00adwing this deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment for a long time and are convin\u00adced that, with an end-to-end plat\u00adform that maps the entire spec\u00adtrum of shop floor proces\u00adses, Operations1 is not just another tool, but the central plat\u00adform for day-to-day work on the shop floor. We see a key market trend here: AI is incre\u00adasingly taking on the work itself, rather than merely support\u00ading people, and Operations1 is actively shaping this very transformation\u2014from a docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion system, through a decis\u00adion-making system, to an action-orien\u00adted system. The Future Manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring Summit 2026, which Operations1 hosted with over 200 parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting compa\u00adnies, recently demons\u00adtra\u00adted just how much enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm the indus\u00adtry alre\u00adady has for this tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. A signi\u00adfi\u00adcant expan\u00adsion of the event\u2019s format is alre\u00adady plan\u00adned for 2027. In Germany alone, the addressa\u00adble market amounts to around 800 million euros; across Europe, the poten\u00adtial is many times grea\u00adter. We are extre\u00admely exci\u00adted to write this next chap\u00adter toge\u00adther with the entire team and to actively help shape the future of connec\u00adted manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n Stra\u00adte\u00adgic Part\u00adner\u00adship on the Path to Beco\u00adming a Euro\u00adpean Champion Daniel Grobe, CEO of Operations1, says: \u201cWith Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, we\u2019re gaining a part\u00adner that perfectly aligns with our vision of shaping the future of indus\u00adtrial produc\u00adtion as a Euro\u00adpean soft\u00adware cham\u00adpion. Since Operations1 was foun\u00added, we\u2019ve been driven by one goal: to make people\u2019s work in manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring easier, safer, and more digi\u00adtal, ther\u00adeby incre\u00adasing the produc\u00adti\u00advity and flexi\u00adbi\u00adlity of manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring compa\u00adnies. Today, over 160 indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies alre\u00adady trust us\u2014we want to build on that and, with Fort\u00adino Capital\u2019s support, take our success story to the next level. In addi\u00adtion to their tech\u00adni\u00adcal and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal exper\u00adtise, the \u201cfit\u201d on a perso\u00adnal level was a key factor in our decis\u00adion to choose Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal as our new part\u00adner. We are very much looking forward to this colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion and to conti\u00adnuing Operations1\u2019s incre\u00addi\u00adble jour\u00adney. At the same time, we would like to take this oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to thank our entire team, our custo\u00admers, and our exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors and part\u00adners for their trust and for ever\u00ady\u00adthing we have achie\u00adved so far.\u201d <\/p>\n About Fort\u00adino Capital About Operations1<\/strong><\/p>\n Operations1 was foun\u00added in Augs\u00adburg in 2017 and has become the leading plat\u00adform for produc\u00adtion workers in the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtry across German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries. Using AI-powered B2B SaaS solu\u00adti\u00adons, Operations1 digi\u00adti\u00adzes employee-driven produc\u00adtion proces\u00adses end-to-end\u2014from task plan\u00adning, know\u00adledge sharing, and process manage\u00adment to docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, real-time analy\u00adsis, and colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtive inci\u00addent manage\u00adment. More than 160 well-known indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding ABB, Daim\u00adler Truck, Trumpf, Lieb\u00adherr, and Thys\u00adsen\u00adkrupp, rely on the Operations1 plat\u00adform. Toge\u00adther with Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, the company is pursuing its vision of beco\u00adming the leading Euro\u00adpean cham\u00adpion in soft\u00adware for produc\u00adtion workers. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.operations1.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich\/Frankfurt am Main \u2013 Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, one of Europe\u2019s leading buyout inves\u00adtors in B2B soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies, is inves\u00adt\u00ading in Operations1, ther\u00adeby driving the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of one of Europe\u2019s leading plat\u00adforms for produc\u00adtion workers in the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtry. The three founders\u2014Daniel Grobe, Benja\u00admin Brock\u00admann, and Anian Ziegler\u2014will remain on board and actively shape the company\u2019s future [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60724,"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-60726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n With its invest\u00adment in Operations1, Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal is conti\u00adnuing its stra\u00adtegy of inves\u00adt\u00ading in Euro\u00adpean B2B SaaS compa\u00adnies that offer solu\u00adti\u00adons for busi\u00adness-criti\u00adcal proces\u00adses and possess excel\u00adlent prere\u00adqui\u00adsi\u00adtes for lever\u00adaging AI to deli\u00adver even grea\u00adter value to custo\u00admers in the future. With this move, Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal posi\u00adti\u00adons Operations1 at the center of a highly dyna\u00admic, future-orien\u00adted market within the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtry. The market for soft\u00adware desi\u00adgned for produc\u00adtion workers is under\u00adgo\u00ading profound struc\u00adtu\u00adral chan\u00adges. A shortage of skil\u00adled workers, rising compli\u00adance requi\u00adre\u00adments, and the indus\u00adtry-wide shift away from paper-based proces\u00adses are driving demand for scalable, digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons for produc\u00adtion workers. In this compe\u00adti\u00adtive land\u00adscape, the platform\u2019s product depth stands out: Operations1 covers work instruc\u00adtions, main\u00adten\u00adance, quality assu\u00adrance, and process analy\u00adtics in a single, end-to-end solu\u00adtion, with an imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion time of just a few weeks. <\/p>\n
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\n With the support of Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, Operations1 aims to consis\u00adt\u00adently conti\u00adnue its successful course and set the stage for Euro\u00adpean market leader\u00adship. The focus is on three areas: further streng\u00adthening its posi\u00adtion in its core German-spea\u00adking market, targe\u00adted expan\u00adsion into other Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries, and the conti\u00adnuous deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the platform\u2019s AI capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. In its home market, the company aims to acquire new custo\u00admers and further expand exis\u00adting custo\u00admer rela\u00adti\u00adonships, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly with medium-sized and large indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies. At the same time, Operations1 is driving targe\u00adted expan\u00adsion into attrac\u00adtive Euro\u00adpean growth markets and syste\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally expan\u00adding its AI-powered features. These capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties build on the platform\u2019s exten\u00adsive opera\u00adtio\u00adnal data base and are desi\u00adgned to support custo\u00admers even more effec\u00adtively in opti\u00admi\u00adzing their produc\u00adtion proces\u00adses in the future\u2014a key buil\u00adding block on the path to beco\u00adming the Euro\u00adpean cham\u00adpion in soft\u00adware for produc\u00adtion workers. <\/p>\n
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\n Fort\u00adino Capi\u00adtal, foun\u00added in 2013, is one of Europe\u2019s leading buyout inves\u00adtors in B2B soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies. Fort\u00adino invests in soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies that provide 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. Fort\u00adino has offices in Antwerp, Amster\u00addam, and Munich. Its assets under manage\u00adment total more than 1.3 billion euros. Its private equity port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes compa\u00adnies such as SIMCON (DE), mpmX (DE), Ariadne (DE), Worklinq (DK), 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). For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit fortinocapital.com. <\/p>\n