Luciad, a leading provider of high performance geospatial situational awareness technology that powers the world’s mission critical operations, today announces that it has been acquired by Hexagon AB, a global provider of information technologies that drives productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications.

Luciad (www.luciad.com) was founded in 1999 as a spin-off from the University KU Leuven. Luciad’s applications simplify the lives of developers and end users with advanced visual analytics that allow them to unlock the potential of real time location intelligence and create the foundation for next generation geospatial systems. From safeguarding critical assets to creating the digital infrastructure for smart cities, Luciad helps users implement intuitive command and control systems. Its customers depend on the company for high performance visualization that allows them to implement scalable solutions. Today, the company serves clients worldwide through a network of subsidiaries and resellers in Europe, Asia and the Americas. In addition, major systems integrators incorporate Luciad’s software in their own products. Airbus Defence & Space, Boeing, Dassault, Lufthansa Systems, NATO and Unifly belong to the company’s customers.

Gimv, together with co-investor Gimv Arkiv Tech Fund II and the other shareholders today sold their stake in Luciad to the Swedish-headquartered Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B), which generates revenues of EUR 3.2 billion with 18.000 employees. Luciad will become a fully owned subsidiary of Hexagon and will operate under its Geospatial division. The company’s products perfectly combine with the offering from Hexagon. Therefore, we see Hexagon as the right partner to unlock the full potential of Luciad’s technology.

Since Gimv’s initial investment in spring 2013, the company’s references and proof concepts for big data applications have contributed to the strategic value of the technology. Over the past years, the company’s products evolved significantly, being from desktop only to web based, into 3D. Moreover, server capacity was added to its offering.

“Gimv has given us the platform we needed to evolve from startup to scale-up. During the 4 years that we were part of Gimv’s portfolio, the organization has grown significantly without experiencing the growth pains that characterize this coming into adulthood for companies,” said Marc Melviez, CEO of Luciad.

Tom Van de Voorde, Head of Gimv‘s Smart Industries platform and board member of Luciad comments: “We are delighted to have found a harbor for Luciad that will be stimulating and synergetic beyond the current standalone potential. Hexagon’s clients will benefit from Luciad’s world class geospatial software allowing them to use geospatial data in making excellent business decisions. During our investment period within Luciad, we have seen Luciad evolve from a timid software player to the leading player in its field thanks to excellent new product releases and hard work of the Luciad employees to establish Luciad as a brand of excellence in some of its verticals. Hexagon understood and experienced Luciad’s power resulting in this transaction.”

Luciad was the first investment of the Smart Industries team after the lauch of Gimv’s platform strategy back in late 2012. Over the entire holding period, the investment in Luciad generated a return well above Gimv’s long-term average return, with a positive impact on the equity value at 30 June 2017 of about EUR 0.75 per Gimv-share. No further details about this transaction will be disclosed.

3 October 2017

New York and London, 3 October 2017 – Further to the announcement on 1 June 2017, funds advised by Apax Partners (“Apax Funds”) have today announced that the acquisition of 3M’s electronic monitoring business (the “Company”) has been completed.

The Company will be rebranded as Attenti and has appointed Boaz Raviv as its new CEO. Mr. Raviv, the former CEO of Radvision, is an experienced executive of global businesses in the technology industry.

The Company will continue to be a provider of reliable, innovative and scalable electronic people-monitoring technologies, serving hundreds of correctional and law enforcement agencies in 34 countries. Attenti offers a differentiated full range of Global Positioning Systems (“GPS”), Radio Frequency (“RF”), alcohol verification monitoring and tracking solutions, supported by an integrated software monitoring platform.

About Apax Partners
Apax Partners is a leading global private equity advisory firm. Over its more than 30-year history, Apax Partners has raised and advised funds with aggregate commitments in excess of $48 billion*. The Apax Funds invest in companies across four global sectors of Tech and Telco, Services, Healthcare, and Consumer. These funds provide long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies.

The Apax Funds have been a leading private equity investor in the Tech & Teleco and Services sectors, having invested over $11.8 billion** in equity since 2008. Apax’s deep sector expertise and global resources have helped accelerate organic and inorganic growth within its portfolio and have enabled geographic expansion. Current and past investments include GardaWorld, Epicor, Activant, TriZetto, Aptos, Exact and Sophos. For further information about Apax Partners, please visit www.apax.com.

*Funds raised since 1981, commitments converted from fund currency to USD at FX rates as at 30 June 2017.

** Tech & Telco and Services investments, inclusive of investments signed but not yet closed.

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In the issue of a total of two million is also participating the privately owned regional venture capital company Dalecarlia Growth. The investment will be used to market the service.

1TCompany, founded in 2017, develops tjänstenCodeRR that automates error handling for applications based on Microsoft’s popular .NET platform.

– With CodeRR increases quality and avoids manual error handling, saving time, resources, and reduces the risk of lost revenue, says Håkan Alfon, investment manager at Almi Invest.Med already thousands of downloads we think CodeRR is ready for the next step, and commercial launch. We look forward to be part of that journey.

Today, corrected errors generated by IT applications manually by the developer goes through the program to try to identify the error, which is a time consuming job. CodeRR detect errors, analyzes and can provide suggestions for actions automatically. The error handling is faster because CodeRR specify where and how it went wrong in the code.

– After many years as a developer, I know that it spends several hours to find and analyze errors that occurred. That’s how I got the idea to create a tool that automates the management of errors so that I can focus on better solution quality, says Jonas Gauffin, founder of 1TCompany.

CodeRR launched as open source by the end of last year and is already available for free download and evaluation. 1TCompany are now ready to launch the service with extended functionality ready for operation environments.

oday, EQT VII portfolio company IFS, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire WorkWave – a leading provider of highly scalable, cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for field service, last mile delivery and logistics industries.

Based in New Jersey, USA, WorkWave’s software seamlessly integrates back office, field operations and front-end marketing solutions, enabling businesses to streamline tasks such as scheduling, planning and billing, productivity, automate marketing and sales activities.

When EQT VII acquired IFS in 2015, the ambition was to further accelerate an already strong growth through selective investments in IFS’ focus verticals. With the acquisition of WorkWave, IFS is increasing its global leadership within Field Service Management and is further expanding its North American footprint, making America IFS’ largest geographical region.

“The management team, led by CEO Alastair Sorbie, does an impressive job strengthening IFS’ leadership positions in the verticals it serves. Following the acquisition of Mxi within the IFS aviation and defense segment, WorkWave is an important milestone in realizing IFS’ global field service management and cloud strategy. The growth path that IFS has embarked on is remarkable and it is another great example of EQT’s ambition to future proof its portfolio companies”, says Per Franzén, Partner at EQT Partners, Investment Advisor to EQT VII.

Read IFS’ full press release here.

In the issue of a total of over three million is also participating Savings Bank Foundation and private sector investors. The money will go to the development and marketing for the launch of its service in October.

With AppliedGroups service called Penguin (formerly Applied Loyalty), e-retailers flexibly design their own loyalty programs. The system collects data about customers’ interests and buying habits, in order to offer benefits and discounts specifically tailored for each customer.

The system also rewards e-commerce customer engagement in social media. A customer, such as parts or like Facebook Posts from an e-retailers will be rewarded. What kind of reward given is up to the individual e-retailer.

– Customer loyalty is key to e-retailers, says Mats Håkansson, Investment Manager at Almi Invest. AppliedGroup offers a concept of the end customer’s perspective in mind and we believe that this responds to a wide customer needs.

The underlying need for AppliedGroups service is increased sales and improved margins for e-retailers, primarily through increased frequency of repeat purchases from customers. The service was developed in cooperation with a major e-retailers, with positive results. In October, it’s time for a broader rollout.

– With this investment we will be able to carry a full introduction to the market and get the show in black and white what great benefit traders get out of our service, says Johan Wikström, President of AppliedGroup.

• EQT Mid Market and EQT Mid Market Europe sell stake in domain name, hosting and VPS provider TransIP to its founder
• Both parties strongly believe in the future prospects of TransIP and are in agreement that having one owner with full control serves the interests of TransIP best

On September 19, 2017, EQT Mid Market and EQT Mid Market Europe agreed to sell their stake in domain name, hosting and VPS provider TransIP (or “the Company”) to Cherenkov B.V., a company controlled and fully owned by Mr. Ali Niknam, founder of TransIP.

TransIP is the largest independent domain name, hosting and Virtual Private Server (“VPS”) provider in the Benelux with a focus on tech savvy customers and IT professionals. TransIP is headquartered in Leiden in the Netherlands. The Company has developed and continued its expansion across existing products and markets, and generated a substantial growth and EBITDA increase.

During EQT’s ownership, a high-caliber Board was formed with Jonas Persson, former CTO EMEA at Microsoft acting as Chairman, who was joined, among others, by Denise Koopmans, former CEO LexisNexis. In addition, Oliver Mauss, a former CEO of 1&1, the largest European hosting Group, joined as CEO and Mark Stork, former CFO at Multikabel BV (today part of Ziggo), joined as CFO.

“TransIP is going through a fast transformation, with a particularly strong growth in its core tech-savvy customer segment with its VPS product in the Benelux. TransIP has a unique and entrepreneurial culture and I am confident that they will continue to prosper in the future”, says Jonas Persson, resigning Chairman of TransIP.

“Following discussions on ownership strategy, both EQT and Mr Ali Niknam believe having one owner with sole control is the best structure for TransIP going forward. TransIP is a great company with strong talent and is well positioned to enjoy further future growth,” says Florian Funk, Partner at EQT Partners and Investment Advisor to EQT Mid Market and EQT Mid Market Europe.

TransIP has appointed a new management team and supervisory board effective immediately. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.

Contacts:
Florian Funk, Partner at EQT Partners and Investment Advisor to EQT Mid Market, +49 89 2554 99 504

EQT Press office, +46 8 506 55 334

About EQT
EQT is a leading alternative investments firm with approximately EUR 37 billion in raised capital. EQT has portfolio companies in Europe, Asia and the US with total sales of more than EUR 19 billion and approximately 110,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership.

For further information, please visit www.eqtpartners.com

About TransIP
TransIP is the largest independent domain name, hosting and VPS provider in Benelux with a focus on tech savvy customers and IT professionals. The company is headquartered in Leiden in the Netherlands and has approximately 100 employees.

For further information, please visit www.transip.nl

Nordic Capital Fund VIII (“Nordic Capital”) has signed an agreement to divest global payment company Bambora to Ingenico Group (publ.) for an Enterprise Value of approximately EUR 1.5 billion. Less than three years after its start-up, Bambora is now an industry innovator with a unique and compelling position in the global payments industry. Ingenico Group is one of the world’s largest payment companies and the acquisition of Bambora strengthens its online positioning and growth profile with its global omni-channel payments solutions. Nordic Capital and the management team in Bambora have managed to realise a strong vision to change the payments landscape, resulting in a fast-growing customer-orientated company based on modern products and technology, within just a few years.

Based on a platform carve-out from one of the large Nordic banks, Nordic Capital together with the strong and experienced management team saw an opportunity to change the payments landscape through a carefully crafted acquisition strategy and significant investment in products, capability and the organisational framework. In 2015, Bambora was launched as a single brand and platform with a strong technological base and a customer-centric offering and culture.

Today, Bambora simplifies payments and helps 110,000 customers to grow in 70 different markets, manages transactions with a value of over EUR 55 billion per year, of which more then 70% are online and mobile. Bambora gained 15,000 new customers during the first six months of 2017, had an annual revenue amounting to EUR 202 million in 2016 and is performing with a very high organic growth. Bambora employs more than 700 people, of which 400 are newly recruited in the last 2.5 years.

Ingenico Group is the global leader in seamless payment with the world’s largest payment acceptance network, and generated revenues of over EUR 2.3 billion in 2016. With Ingenico Group as new owners, Bambora will be able to further leverage its technology platform and strong team within Ingenico Group’s footprint for even faster growth and expansion.

“Bambora is an excellent example of entrepreneurial business innovation, and yet another great Swedish unicorn leveraging strong local tech capabilities to create a global digital leader. Bambora is the result of a strong vision based on deep insight into the market, followed by fast and innovative execution by the management team. I am immensely proud of the team behind Bambora and would like to thank them for their dedication and exceptional work over the last few years”, says Fredrik Näslund, Partner, NC Advisory AB, advisor to the Nordic Capital Funds.

“I’m really happy about this deal, because it will benefit all our customers. I’m also very proud of the company culture we have built together, based on high energy, collaboration and always putting our customers first. Our unique cooperation with Nordic Capital has probably set a new record in moving from a vision to a start-up to a recognised industry innovator. With Ingenico Group as the new owner, we will be able to take the next natural step in our development and together provide even better conditions for our customers to support their growth”, says Johan Tjärnberg, CEO of Bambora.

“Anticipating the future evolutions of commerce, Ingenico Group has, in recent years, been pursuing a strategy of expanding its offering towards integrated payment services. The acquisition of Bambora represents a key milestone in our strategic plan providing a more integrated client offering and omni-channel solutions. It will enhance our customer centric approach and will reinforce our online and in-store positioning through a perfect complementarity. This transaction will be additive to our growth profile and will create value for our shareholders, customers and employees” said Philippe Lazare, Chairman and CEO of Ingenico Group.

The Technology and Payment sector is one of Nordic Capital’s core sectors. Together with its industry-leading tech investment team, Bambora is the second Swedish headquartered global payments company that Nordic Capital has created within the payments industry, the first one being the payment terminal and software company Point, which was exited in 2011. The divestment of Bambora follows a period where Nordic Capital has maintained a high level of transaction activity with ten successful exits and five new platform investments since the beginning of 2016.

The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant competition and regulatory authorities. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Press contact:

Nordic Capital

Elin Ljung, Director of Communication and Sustainability
NC Advisory AB, advisor to the Nordic Capital Funds
M: +46 708 66 10 40, E: elin.ljung@nordiccapital.com

About Nordic Capital

Nordic Capital is a leading private equity investor in the Nordic region with a resolute commitment to creating stronger, sustainable businesses through operational improvement and transformative growth. Nordic Capital focuses on selected regions and sectors where it has deep experience and a proven track record. Core sectors are Healthcare, Technology & Payments, Financial Services, Industrial Goods & Services and Consumer & Retail, and key regions are the Nordics, Northern Europe, and globally for Healthcare. Since inception in 1989, Nordic Capital has invested EUR 11 billion through eight funds. The Nordic Capital Funds are based in Jersey and are advised by six advisory companies, which are based in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany and the UK. For further information about Nordic Capital, please visit www.nordiccapital.com

About Bambora

Bambora helps businesses grow. With a suite of simple payment products, it’s easy to keep track of daily transactions both online, in-store, or in-app. Founded in 2015, Bambora has been built with assets having significant experience in the payments industry. Now an international presence, with more than 700 employees, customers in 70 markets, and 300 commercial partners, Bambora processes EUR 55 billion per year. For more information, please visit www.bambora.com

About Ingenico Group

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING) is the global leader in seamless payment, providing smart, trusted and secure solutions to empower commerce across all channels, in-store, online and mobile. With the world’s largest payment acceptance network, Ingenico Group deliver secure payment solutions with a local, national and international scope. Ingenico Group are the trusted world-class partner for financial institutions and retailers, from small merchants to several of the world’s best known global brands. The solutions enable merchants to simplify payment and deliver their brand promise. Learn more at www.ingenico.com

London, July 6th 2017 – Ardian, the independent private investment company, today announced the arrangement of a Unitranche financing facility to refinance Bellrock, a leading facilities management and property services provider. The facility will also fund Bellrock’s acquisition of Profile Consultancy Limited (“Profile”), and includes a committed debt facility to further support Bellrock’s expansion plans.

Bellrock was formed in 2000 as SGP Property Services. It provides facilities and property management, and other associated services, to a large blue chip customer base spread across a broad range of sectors and disciplines, including education, healthcare, and retail & leisure, in both the public and private sectors. Backed by Lyceum since 2013, the company has been a leading player in the technology-enabled service management space.

Profile, jointly based in Bedford and York, is the UK’s leading service charge expert, and currently manages £250 million service charges per annum on behalf of its corporate clients in the retail and leisure sector. Profile’s services add to the corporate occupier offering provided by Bellrock, following last year’s acquisition of Property Solutions. Bellrock is now the leading independent provider of service charge management to corporate occupiers in the UK, making it the partner of choice for all tenant service charge requirements.

Following five successful add-on acquisitions in 2016, completed together with investor Lyceum Capital, this latest acquisition is the single biggest investment to reinforce Bellrock’s technology-driven facilities management and property management service offering. Bellrock’s acquisition strategy will be further supported in the future by Ardian through committed and uncommitted financing facilities.

Olivier Berment, Co-Head of Ardian Private Debt and Managing Director, said: “Bellrock is an innovator in its sector with its focus on tech-enabled services to support the property management needs of its commercial customers. Add-on acquisitions will continue to form a key part of Bellrock’s growth strategy, so we are excited to offer flexible financing to enable this, and help the team realise its ambitious growth plans.”

David Smith, CEO, Bellrock, added: “Profile is a highly skilled outfit and a perfect fit for Bellrock, which now has a reputation as the leading tech-enabled facilities management and property services provider in the UK. We are delighted to bring Ardian on board as a new partner to help drive our ambitious growth strategy, as we continue our organic expansion as well as acquiring additional businesses that further complement our product suite.”

Adam Lewis, Investment Director at Lyceum Capital, added: “The last 12 months have been transformational for Bellrock. During this time David and the team have successfully created a market leader in property and facilities management. We continue to see huge potential for the business.”

ABOUT BELLROCK

Founded in 2000, Bellrock supplies a range of managed facilities and property services under long-term contracts to a blue chip client-base spanning the healthcare, education, corporate and retail sectors. The company uses its own facilities management technology platform to plan, report and analyse trends, which helps its customers operate and manage their estates more efficiently. The Company oversees or delivers c.1million facilities management jobs per annum.

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ABOUT ARDIAN

Ardian, founded in 1996 and led by Dominique Senequier, is an independent private investment company with assets of US$62 billion managed or advised in Europe, North America and Asia. The company, which is majority-owned by its employees, keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and delivers investment performance to its global investors while fuelling growth in economies across the world. Ardian’s investment process embodies three values: excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship.

Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 460 employees working through twelve offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore and Zurich. The company offers its 580 investors a diversified choice of funds covering the full range of asset classes, including Ardian Funds of Funds (primary, early secondary and secondary), Ardian Private Debt, Ardian North America Direct Buyout, Direct Funds (Ardian Mid Cap Buyout, Ardian Expansion, Ardian Growth, Ardian Co-Investment), Ardian Infrastructure, Ardian Real Estate and customized mandate solutions with Ardian Mandates.

www.ardian.com