Berlin \u2013 YPOG advi\u00adsed Aretea on the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of its corpo\u00adrate group specia\u00adli\u00adzing in cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity. The colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion included struc\u00adtu\u00adring the group\u2019s corpo\u00adrate and tax frame\u00adwork, a finan\u00adcing round in the summer of 2025 invol\u00adving Cherry Ventures and Tengel\u00admann Ventures, and the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of five port\u00adfo\u00adlio companies.<\/p>\n
As a cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity plat\u00adform, Aretea brings toge\u00adther five specia\u00adli\u00adzed compa\u00adnies under one roof: RedTeam Pentest\u00ading, iTen\u00adtity, ujima, ERNW Networks, and ERNW Research.<\/strong><\/p>\n The range of services extends from risk analy\u00adses, secu\u00adrity audits, and secu\u00adrity stra\u00adte\u00adgies to pene\u00adtra\u00adtion tests and Iden\u00adtity and Access Manage\u00adment (IAM), as well as Mana\u00adged Secu\u00adrity Services and a 24\/7 Secu\u00adrity Opera\u00adti\u00adons Center (SOC). In addi\u00adtion, the company offers services in the areas of inci\u00addent response, digi\u00adtal foren\u00adsics, malware analy\u00adsis, cloud secu\u00adrity, and compli\u00adance. This also includes consul\u00adting on regu\u00adla\u00adtory requi\u00adre\u00adments such as NIS2 and DORA, as well as stan\u00addards such as ISO 27001.<\/p>\n The two foun\u00adders, Max Br\u00fcck\u00adner and Max Blome<\/strong>, previously worked as inves\u00adtors at Cherry Ventures. The group is pursuing an entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial \u201cbuy-and-build\u201d approach and aims to acquire addi\u00adtio\u00adnal specia\u00adli\u00adzed cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity companies.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen estab\u00adli\u00adshing Aretea, the goal was to lay the struc\u00adtu\u00adral foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons for a growing corpo\u00adrate group while also desig\u00adning stan\u00addar\u00addi\u00adzed proces\u00adses for acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. The combi\u00adna\u00adtion of a venture capi\u00adtal struc\u00adture and an entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial \u2018buy-and-build\u2019 stra\u00adtegy allows Aretea to operate with excep\u00adtio\u00adnal agility.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe importance of cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity can hardly be over\u00adsta\u00adted in times of global poli\u00adti\u00adcal tensi\u00adons and incre\u00adasingly powerful AI models. Aretea brings previously frag\u00admen\u00adted services toge\u00adther under one roof, ther\u00adeby enab\u00adling digi\u00adtal secu\u00adrity from a single source\u2014a testa\u00adment to the poten\u00adtial of buy-and-build stra\u00adte\u00adgies in the German market,\u201d says Sjard Seeger, Senior Asso\u00adciate at YPOG.<\/p>\n Aretea Consul\u00adtant: YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Corpo\u00adrate:<\/em> Tax: Debt:<\/em> IP\/Data Protec\u00adtion:<\/em> Regu\u00adla\u00adtory:<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2013 YPOG advi\u00adsed Aretea on the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of its corpo\u00adrate group specia\u00adli\u00adzing in cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity. The colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion included struc\u00adtu\u00adring the group\u2019s corpo\u00adrate and tax frame\u00adwork, a finan\u00adcing round in the summer of 2025 invol\u00adving Cherry Ventures and Tengel\u00admann Ventures, and the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of five port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. As a cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity plat\u00adform, Aretea brings toge\u00adther five specialized [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61175,"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-61177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Frede\u00adrik G\u00e4rt\u00adner (Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nSjard Seeger (Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nDr. Ferdi\u00adnand Cadmus (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin\/Hamburg
\nDr. Sarah Sostak (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nCiro D\u2019Amelio (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nAlex\u00adan\u00addra Tafel (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Berlin\/Hamburg<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>J\u00f6rg Schr\u00adade (Tax), Part\u00adner, Munich
\nDr. Sebas\u00adtian Schwarz (Tax), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Jacob Schrei\u00adber (Tax), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Munich
\nDr. Anto\u00adnia Schein\u00adba\u00adcher (Tax), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Munich
\nNinetta Klein\u00addienst (Tax), Asso\u00adciate, Munich<\/p>\n
\nMatthias Kres\u00adser (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Debt Finan\u00adcing), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nJan Stamm\u00adler (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Debt Finan\u00adcing), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nHelena Dierckx (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Debt Finan\u00adcing), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin<\/p>\n
\nDr. Bene\u00addikt Fl\u00f6ter (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nChar\u00adlotte Petrasch (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nKonstan\u00adtina Natha\u00adnail (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nAnna Eick\u00admeier (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin<\/p>\n
\nJens Kretz\u00adschmann (Funds), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Niklas Ulrich (Funds), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Hamburg<\/p>\n