Amsterdam, 18 September 203 –Emixa, the leading SAP/Siemens/Mendix technology partner, is investing in LMtec Digital Solutions, with support from its majority shareholder Holland Capital. With this partnership, Emixa expands its presence into the DACH region and further enhances its product and service offerings, accelerating the digital transformation of its international Industry 4.0 clients.

LMtec Digital Solutions is a leading partner of Siemens Digital Industries Software with offices in Germany and Switzerland, specialized in providing PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions, including maintenance, technical support, and consultancy. This partnership contributes to their vision of playing a significant role in the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, also known as ‘Industry 4.0’, through technologies such as Siemens, SAP, and Mendix. Furthermore, this collaboration offers its employees opportunities for international development within the wide range of services, technologies, and countries where the group operates.

Growth through buy-and-build

The acquisition of LMtec Digital Solutions is the next step in the buy-and-build strategy, executed with the support of Holland Capital. Including LMtec, Emixa now employs over 520 professionals, focusing on product lifecycle and asset management, IT architecture, low-code applications, system integrations, and process optimization, primarily targeting the manufacturing industry. The group aspires to become the leading player in Western Europe and has now expanded its operations to the DACH region, in addition to the Benelux and the United Kingdom.

Peter-Jan Simons, CEO of Emixa, commented, “LMtec is a strategic addition to our group, bringing high-level expertise in digital transformation to the modern industry. I am very excited about this addition, as together with LMtec, we can now better serve our customers in the DACH, UK, and Benelux regions within the technology triangle of SAP-Siemens-Mendix. Additionally, our consultants will have more international career opportunities. LMtec’s Siemens PLM expertise will boost our Siemens activities in Europe and elevate our partnership with Siemens to a higher level.”

Peter Wassmer, Managing Partner of LMtec Digital Solutions, stated, “Siemens recognizes Emixa as a leading specialist capable of delivering solutions based on SAP/Siemens/Mendix technology. Joining forces with Emixa is the perfect combination to realize our existing vision: to act as a trusted digital coach for our clients in addressing their digital thread for product and production.”

Ewout Prins, Managing Partner of Holland Capital, added, “The acquisition of LMtec is the next significant step in Emixa’s buy-and-build strategy. In addition to the Benelux and the UK, the group is now strongly represented in the DACH region. We are proud that our teams in Düsseldorf and Amsterdam have contributed to this acquisition.”

About LMtec Digital Solutions

LMtec, founded in 2014, provides digital transformation consultancy, architecture, and implementation of PLM solutions, licenses, and IT services across all industrial sectors. With a team of more than 70 experts in Central Europe, its mission is to enable valued customers to innovate and bring better products and services to the market more quickly. They achieve leading innovation through in-depth industry knowledge, PLM best practices, unique processes, and technological skills. LMtec is a Smart Expert Partner of Siemens Digital Industries Software, SAP and Mendix in the DACH region.

About Emixa

Emixa offers its clients innovative, high-quality, full-service solutions in the field of digital transformation, with a special emphasis on the manufacturing industry, also known as ‘Industry 4.0,’ using Siemens (PLM), SAP (ERP), Mendix (Low Code Applications), and other leading technologies. The group operates in the Benelux, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Switzerland. The foundation for Emixa was established in 2022 when the companies Appronto, cards PLM Solutions, Dimensys, Magnus, and OnePLM joined forces with the support of Holland Capital.

About Holland Capital

For the past 40 years, Holland Capital has responsibly and successfully invested in more than 180 Dutch SMEs. With a clear investment strategy, they are active in the attractive growth markets of Healthcare, Technology, and Food & Agri. Their experienced and committed investment team understands entrepreneurship. They aim for an open, sustainable, and professional relationship with the management teams of the companies they invest in, with the common goal of achieving growth. Holland Capital is supported by a broad network of successful entrepreneurs in Healthcare, Technology and Food & Agri. Holland Capital has offices in Amsterdam and Düsseldorf. The acquisition of LMtec represents Holland Capital’s first acquisition in Germany.

Rojo Consultancy and 365 Capital announce their new partnership to accelerate the company’s growth as the preferred global partner for SAP integration.

‍Rojo Consultancy (“Rojo”) is a leading and trusted provider of consultancy services, managed solutions, and software for SAP integration and business process observability. Rojo has a strong position in the system integration software market and offers its clients a 360-degree portfolio of services to streamline their application integration needs and help their businesses grow. The company was established in 2011 and has evolved over the past decade from a consulting firm to an end-to-end SAP integration specialist. Rojo has a wide range of services and strategic partnerships with leading software vendors such as SAP, Coupa, SnapLogic, and Splunk. Rojo is headquartered in the Netherlands and operates globally from its offices in the Netherlands, Spain, and India.

Rojo has entered into a strategic partnership with 365 Capital to achieve its goals of being the preferred partner of choice, catering to market needs, and improving its ability to offer value-driven enterprise integration solutions to clients. As a result of this collaboration, Rojo intends to recruit new talent, invest in innovative integration software and enhance its global presence to meet the increasing demand from its clients. This partnership demonstrates Rojo’s dedication to providing exceptional service and value to customers while progressing its market expansion and success.

Roberto Viana (Managing director and co-founder): “At Rojo, we take great pride in the fantastic company we have established together with our team, strategic partners and global clients. Hence, joining forces with 365 Capital sets an important milestone for our team, clients and partners that will allow us to accelerate and expand the growth of Rojo. This collaboration will enable us to accelerate and expand the further growth of Rojo, and we couldn’t be more excited about the new opportunities that lie ahead. Our fixation and commitment to deliver high quality in everything we do for our clients’ business objectives remain steadfast. By partnering with 365 Capital, Rojo is set to reach new heights in helping clients achieve their business goals through high-quality enterprise integration solutions from Rojo.”

Reinaert Molenaar (Partner at 365 Capital): “We are very excited about the partnership with Rojo Consultancy. We are impressed with the company as it is today, and we look forward to supporting management and the rest of the Rojo Consultancy team to bring the company to the next level. Rojo is perfectly positioned to capitalise on several market tailwinds we see in the sector, with the right people and culture, a strong technological base and diversified end market exposure.”

CapMan Infra invests in Danish data centre colocation provider Fuzion

CapMan Infra invests in Fuzion, a Danish data centre colocation provider. The deal follows CapMan Infra’s acquisition of Serverius in May 2023 to establish a northern European data centre platform. Fuzion’s current co-owner and CEO Christian Holm Christensen will re-invest in the wider platform and continue in his position as Fuzion’s CEO.

Fuzion is a leading Danish operator of data centres focused on small and medium enterprise clients. The company, established in 2001, offers colocation services supplying space, cooling, electricity, and security for customers. Fuzion currently operates four data centres in the Jutland region and is expanding to a new location in Copenhagen.

This is CapMan Infra’s second investment in a newly established northern European data centre platform providing European-wide connectivity. With data centres positioned in key data centre markets and its strong customer focus, Fuzion will be a valuable addition to the platform, and CapMan sees opportunities in delivering substantial synergies on commercial, technical, and financial aspects, as well as in continuing to support a sustainable transition across operations.

“We are happy to welcome Fuzion to our Northern European data centre platform as it complements our recent investment in Serverius well. We are also very glad to have Christian Holm Christensen co-invest alongside us, showing his strong commitment in delivering on the growth that we see for Fuzion in this market. Christian and his team has positioned Fuzion well for continued growth in Denmark, and Fuzion represents a great fit to our wider northern European platform,” says Harri Halonen, Partner at CapMan Infra.

“I am excited to continue the growth journey with Fuzion and join the wider data centre platform being established by CapMan Infra. I look forward to not only grow Fuzion, which I have great expectations for, but to also build the wider platform, which I see as ideally positioned to target a highly promising market segment at the right time”, says Christian Holm Christensen, owner, and CEO at Fuzion.

The acquisition is CapMan Nordic Infrastructure II fund’s fourth investment, following Skarta Energy, Napier and Serverius.

CapMan Infra was advised by PwC Corporate Finance (M&A), and Horten and Linklaters (legal).

For more information, please contact:

Harri Halonen, Partner, CapMan Infra, tel. +46 768 71 0062

About CapMan Infra

CapMan Infra invests in energy, transportation and digital infrastructure assets generating predictable cash flows. CapMan Infra is a dedicated and active owner seeking to drive operational improvements and offers tailored solutions to local infrastructure asset owners and partners in the Nordic countries. The team of twelve infrastructure professionals is based in Helsinki and Stockholm. CapMan Infra has two funds, one established in 2018 and one in 2022. In addition to the fund, the team also manages two investment mandates.

CapMan Infra is part of CapMan Group, a leading Nordic private asset expert with an active approach to value creation and over €5 billion in assets under management. CapMan’s objective is to provide attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors. We have set greenhouse gas reduction targets under the Science Based Targets initiative in line with the 1.5°C scenario. We have a broad presence in the unlisted market through our local and specialised teams. Our investment strategies cover minority and majority investments in portfolio companies and real estate, and infrastructure assets. We also provide wealth management solutions. Our service business includes procurement services. Altogether, CapMan employs approximately 190 professionals in Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, London and Luxembourg. We are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki since 2001. www.capman.com

About Fuzion

Since 2001, Fuzion has been a leading colocation provider in Skanderborg, Viby J., Aarhus, Randers and Copenhagen. Today, the company serves over 100 customers, both domestic and international. Fuzion’s vision is to make the data centre market greener and more flexible to support the need for green and secure solutions for critical infrastructure such as private and public Cloud, IOT, online apps, internet and much more – now and in the future.

• BPEA EQT sells its remaining 26.6 percent stake in Coforge, an India-headquartered Digital IT Solutions & Technology Consulting Services provider, through a USD 924m block trade
• Ideally positioned in one of BPEA EQT’s core sectors, Tech Services, Coforge has under BPEA EQT’s ownership doubled its revenue and EBITDA, crossing USD 1 billion of revenue in April 2023
• BPEA EQT helped strengthen Coforge’s organic growth through enhancing its sales organization and re-aligning its go-to-market strategy, while supporting the recruitment of industry leading leadership, and executing on an ambitious M&A agenda

EQT is pleased to announce that BPEA Private Equity Fund VII (“BPEA EQT”) has sold its remaining 26.6 percent stake in Coforge (the “Company”), listed on the Indian National Stock Exchange, through a USD 924 million block trade.

Headquartered in Noida, India, Coforge is a technology services provider offering application development and maintenance, infrastructure management services and business process outsourcing services to clients primarily within the financial services, insurance, and travel verticals. The Company’s proprietary platforms power critical business processes across its core verticals and it has presence in 21 countries globally with 26 delivery centers across nine countries.

BPEA EQT and co-investors acquired a 70.1 percent stake in Coforge in May 2019 and under BPEA EQT’s tenure, the Company has doubled its revenue and EBITDA, crossing USD 1 billion of revenue in April 2023. The growth has been driven by a combination of organic initiatives such as enhancing the sales organization, re-aligning focus on the three core verticals, building digital & AI capabilities, and executing a successful M&A strategy, including the acquisition of SLK Global. Coforge is a strong proponent of sustainability having pledged to be Carbon Neutral, Water Positive and Zero Waste by 2030.

Hari Gopalakrishnan, Partner and Co-Head of BPEA EQT’s Investment Advisory Team in India, commented, “Tech Services is a high conviction thematic for BPEA EQT and Coforge is benefitting from multiple sector tailwinds, such as AI enabling the existing apps estate, replacement of legacy systems and a continuing talent shift to Asia where countries like India have a deep STEM talent pool. The Company’s long and sticky client relationships and deep technical expertise make it integral to the performance of multiple global market leaders in the banking, insurance and travel sectors. We are proud to have supported Coforge and its mission over the past four years. It has been a pleasure partnering with CEO Sudhir Singh and his entire team and we look forward to following the next phase of Coforge’s growth.”

Contact
EQT Press Office, press@eqtpartners.com, +46 8 506 55 334

About BPEA EQT
BPEA EQT is part of EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization in active ownership strategies. BPEA EQT combines the private equity teams from Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) and EQT Asia, creating a comprehensive Asian private equity presence with local teams in eight cities across the region, a 25-year heritage, and more than USD 25 billion of capital deployed since inception. In addition to BPEA EQT, EQT’s strategies in the region include EQT Infrastructure and the real estate division EQT Exeter.

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About Coforge
Coforge is a global digital services and solutions provider that leverages emerging technologies and deep domain expertise to deliver real-world business impact for its clients. A focus on very select industries, a detailed understanding of the underlying processes of those industries and partnerships with leading platforms provides us a distinct perspective. Coforge leads with its product engineering approach and leverages Cloud, Data, Integration and Automation technologies to transform client businesses into intelligent, high growth enterprises. Coforge’s proprietary platforms power critical business processes across its core verticals. The firm has a presence in 21 countries with 26 delivery centers across nine countries.

More info: www.coforge.com 

CHICAGO and SAN FRANCISCO and MIAMI and DENVER—Thoma Bravo and ForgeRock today announced the completion of Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of ForgeRock in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion. The acquisition agreement was previously announced on October 11, 2022, and approved by ForgeRock stockholders at ForgeRock’s Special Meeting of Stockholders held on January 12, 2023.

Upon completion of the acquisition, ForgeRock stockholders are entitled to receive $23.25 in cash for each share of ForgeRock class A common stock and class B common stock they owned. ForgeRock’s class A common stock will no longer trade and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

Thoma Bravo also announced that it has combined ForgeRock into its portfolio company Ping Identity. The combined company is positioned to better serve customers across the dynamic and fast-growing Identity and Access Management market by providing enhanced products and services, broader geographic support, and increased innovation. The combined company will seek to accelerate the delivery of identity security experiences for the customers, employees, and partners of companies worldwide.

J.P. Morgan acted as exclusive financial advisor to ForgeRock, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., acted as legal counsel to ForgeRock. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP acted as legal counsel to Thoma Bravo.

About ForgeRock

ForgeRock® helps people simply and safely access the connected world. The ForgeRock Identity Platform delivers solutions for customers, employees, and connected devices, with more than 1,300 organizations using ForgeRock’s comprehensive platform to manage and secure identities with identity orchestration, dynamic access controls, governance, and APIs in any cloud or hybrid environment. For more information, visit www.forgerock.com or follow ForgeRock on social media: Facebook ForgeRock | Twitter @ForgeRock | LinkedIn ForgeRock.

About Ping Identity

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. That’s digital freedom. We let companies combine our best-in-class identity solutions with third-party services they already use to remove passwords, prevent fraud, support Zero Trust, or anything in between. This can be accomplished through a simple drag-and-drop canvas. That’s why customers choose Ping Identity to protect digital interactions from their users while making experiences frictionless. Learn more at www.pingidentity.com.

About Thoma Bravo

Thoma Bravo is one of the largest software investors in the world, with more than US$127 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2023. Through its private equity, growth equity and credit strategies, the firm invests in growth-oriented, innovative companies operating in the software and technology sectors. Leveraging Thoma Bravo’s deep sector expertise and strategic and operational capabilities, the firm collaborates with its portfolio companies to implement operating best practices and drive growth initiatives. Over the past 20 years, the firm has acquired or invested in more than 440 companies representing over US$250 billion in enterprise value (including control and non-control investments). The firm has offices in Chicago, London, Miami, New York and San Francisco. For more information, visit Thoma Bravo’s website at thomabravo.com and Twitter @ThomaBravo.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the merger and ForgeRock’s expectations following the merger. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of ForgeRock’s assumptions prove incorrect, ForgeRock’s actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Additional risks and uncertainties include those associated with: (i) the nature, cost and outcome of any legal proceeding that may be instituted against ForgeRock and others relating to the merger; (ii) economic, market, business or geopolitical conditions (including resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions, or the military conflict in Ukraine and related sanctions against Russia and Belarus) or competition, or changes in such conditions, negatively affecting ForgeRock’s business, operations and financial performance; (iii) the effect of the announcement of the merger on ForgeRock’s business relationships, customers, operating results and business generally; (iv) the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the merger; (v) possible disruption related to the merger to ForgeRock’s current plans and operations, including through the loss of customers and employees; and (vi) other risks and uncertainties detailed in the periodic reports that ForgeRock has filed with the SEC, including ForgeRock’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2023, ForgeRock’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 9, 2023 and on August 8, 2023, respectively, and subsequent filings. All forward-looking statements in this communication are based on information available to ForgeRock as of the date of this communication, and ForgeRock does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law.

With close of transaction, immediate synergies to be driven with IBM’s IT Automation Portfolio

ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Apptio Inc. after receiving all required regulatory approvals. The acquisition gives clients the ability to derive additional value through the powerful combination of Apptio and IBM.

Technology is a competitive differentiator for today’s enterprises. Organizations are accelerating their IT investments, spreading workloads and applications across public and private clouds, using multiple service providers. As a result, their expenses are increasing, and they need simplified, integrated, and automated solutions to optimize their IT spend, improve operations, and drive greater financial returns.

Today’s close brings together the industry-leading solutions of Apptio’s FinOps offerings, including ApptioOne, Cloudability and Targetprocess, and IBM’s automation portfolio of Turbonomic, AIOps and Instana to give clients a “virtual command center” for managing, optimizing and automating technology spending decisions.

With AI and foundation models top of mind for clients and partners, IBM will also augment its watsonx AI and data platform with Apptio’s $450 billion in anonymized IT spend data, unlocking new innovation, insight and value.

“The combination of Apptio products and IBM’s IT automation portfolio will give businesses a 360-degree technology management platform they can use to optimize and automate decisions across their IT landscapes,” said Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President, Software and Chief Commercial Officer, IBM. “We are bringing together market-leading and best-in-class solutions to continue to reshape IT from a cost center to a true competitive advantage, powered by automation and AI.”

Starting immediately, clients can leverage the early integration between Apptio and IBM through their Cloudability and Turbonomic offerings. This is an important first step as IBM looks to drive significant synergy across several key growth areas, including automation, Red Hat, IBM Consulting, and IBM’s broader AI portfolio.

Cloudability gives organizations the data, insights and recommendations needed to understand and eliminate waste from their cloud spend, while Turbonomic generates trustworthy optimization decisions that can be automated to unlock true cloud elasticity, getting rid of overprovisioning to protect performance. Together, these products can give clients full coverage for the “Inform,” “Optimize” and “Operate” stages of the FinOps Framework, providing what they need to control cloud spend without slowing innovation or negatively impacting operational performance.

Cloudability can ingest Turbonomic executed and proposed actions to provide a shared, single view across services that helps stakeholders understand the impact that has been, and can be, achieved by bringing these two leading IT automation offerings together.

Clients are already seeing the benefits of these solutions. With Cloudability, organizations can reduce cloud costs by 30% or more¹ while allocating 100% of cloud program costs² and increasing reservation coverage to over 90%³. With Turbonomic, they can improve cloud investments by 33% and get 30% of engineering time back.⁴

The close of the Apptio acquisition is one of a series of investments in IT Automation by IBM over the last three years to help solve the problems facing today’s IT and business leaders. In 2020, IBM launched its IT Automation portfolio when it announced its AIOps offerings that used AI and automation to help enterprises self-detect, diagnose and respond to IT anomalies in real time. Later that year, IBM acquired Instana, recognizing that modern applications and operations required real-time observability. Then, in 2021, IBM acquired Turbonomic which has specialized in helping clients optimize for application performance at the lowest cost with automation. Now, with the acquisition of Apptio, IBM will provide real-time data and actionable insights for leaders to make smarter spending decisions and realize value faster as they transform their operations.

Apptio is an established, growing, and profitable technology business management and FinOps leader with over 1,500 clients, serving more than half of the Fortune 100.

IBM previously announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apptio from Vista Equity Partners on June 26, 2023.

“Our journey with Apptio is a testament to Vista’s ability to create consistent outcomes that drive value for our stakeholders,” said Robert F. Smith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. “We are proud of our continued momentum, even amidst these challenged market conditions, and look forward to seeing how Apptio’s technology will bolster IBM’s IT automation and AI capabilities in the years ahead. It’s been an honor to partner with a visionary founder like Sunny and we wish the entire Apptio team the best in the next phase of their growth with IBM.”

About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more information.

Press Contact:

Tim Davidson, 914-844-7847
tfdavids@us.ibm.com

¹ https://www.apptio.com/case-study/the-national-rural-electric-cooperative-association-reduces-infrastructure-costs-by-30/
² https://www.apptio.com/case-study/unlocking-the-business-value-of-it-transformation-with-coles-and-cloudability/
³ https://www.apptio.com/case-study/how-koch-business-solutions-became-finops-center-enterprise/
⁴ https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/JEWOV1BM

SOURCE IBM

09/08/2023 – 14:08 | Portfolio