Investment Summary

Brockhaus Private Equity Exits Peakwork

On April 14, 2023, Vela Software invested in software company Peakwork from Brockhaus Private Equity

Investment Highlights
  • This is Vela Software’s 7th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Vela Software’s 1st transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary

Date 2023-04-14
Target Peakwork
Sector Software
Investor(s) Vela Software
Sellers(s) Brockhaus Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Peakwork

Düsseldorf, Germany
Peakwork is a software specialist for the travel industry. Peakwork has created a leisure travel network that brings together global supply and demand for travel products. Peakwork international tour operators and service providers rely on the Peakwork solutions for dynamic packaging with connectivity to the worldwide hotel and flight providers. The flexible and internationally scalable travel distribution solutions are designed to cope with large traffic demands and benefit from the connection to global metasearch partners. Peakwork was founded in 2009 and is based in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Vela Software

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Vela Software is a provider of software solutions to a number of vertical markets. Vela acquires, manages, and builds specific software businesses which provide specialized, mission-critical software solutions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector: Software M&A 7 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 7
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2023 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-05 Marque Group Solutions

Sydney, Australia

Marque Group Solutions provides mission-critical data, applications and insights to deliver outstanding customer experiences. Marque Group Solutions was established in 2017 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-08-21 GreatSoft

Cape Town, South Africa

GreatSoft is a provider of fully integrated practice management solutions to accountancy firms. The Company has experience in document management and profit improvement systems. GreatSoft was formed in 1990 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Brockhaus Private Equity

Frankfurt, Germany

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 285M EUR
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Brockhaus Private Equity is a German private investment firm focused on lower middle-market growth capital and buyout investments. Brockhaus looks for companies with positive cash-flow, technology leadership within industry, and that operate in growing markets. Brockhaus prefers opportunities in Germany, however, the Firm will consider investments throughout Europe. The Firm's target investment size is €5 to €25 million in companies with €3 to €15 million of EBITDA. Brockhaus was formed in 2000 and is based in Frankfurt.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 13
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 5
Country: Germany M&A 13 of 13
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-04-16 AUVESY-MDT

Landau, Germany

AUVESY-MDT is a global provider of data management software for automated production facilities and manufacturing operations. The customized Auvesy software solution named "versiondog" allows manufacturing firms to benefit from a user-friendly all-in-one product offering centralized data storage, automated back-up, version control with detailed change tracking, clear documentation as well as compatibility with the system requirements of different equipment suppliers (including Siemens, ABB, Kuka, Rockwell, and Mitsubishi). Its software is already in use in more than 40 countries around the world in a range of different industries. AUVESY-MDT was founded in 2007 and is based in Landau, Germany.

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