Investment Summary

DTCP Exits Cognigy

On July 28, 2025, NICE invested in software company Cognigy from DTCP for 955M USD

Investment Highlights
  • This is NICE’s 13th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is NICE’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is NICE’s 1st transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-07-28
Target Cognigy
Sector Software
Investor(s) NICE
Sellers(s) DTCP
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 955M USD

Target

Cognigy

Dusseldorf, Germany
Cognigy is an enterprise software provider for Conversational AI automation. The company's platform, Cognigy.AI, automates customer and employee communications. Available in on-premises and SaaS environments, Cognigy.AI enables enterprises to have natural language conversations with their users on any channel, webchat, SMS, voice, and mobile apps, and in any language. Cognigy was founded in 2016 and is based in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

NICE

Ra'anana, Israel

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees8,726
Revenue 2.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

NICE is a global enterprise software provider that enables organizations to improve customer experience, drive business performance, ensure compliance and fight financial crime. The Company's mission is to provide organizations with the confidence in making the right business decisions based on accurate, relevant and insightful information. NICE helps companies understand their customers and predict their needs, optimize their workforce to drive greater efficiency, and identify suspicious behaviour to prevent financial crime. NICE does this by capturing customer interactions and transactions across multiple channels and sources. NICE then applies analytics to this data to provide real-time insight and uncover intent. The Company's solutions allow organizations to operationalize this insight and embed it within their workflows and daily business processes. NICE was founded in 1986 and is based in Ra'anana, Israel.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 24 of 24
Sector: Software M&A 13 of 13
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 23 of 23
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-10-04 LiveVox

San Francisco, California, United States

LiveVox is a provider of enterprise cloud contact center solutions, managing 9+ billion interactions annually. It empowers effective channel-of-choice engagement strategies. The company's risk mitigation and security capabilities help its clients adapt to changing business environments. LiveVox is based in San Francisco, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

DTCP

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
PE ASSETS 2.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

DTCP is a European investment management firm focused on a variety of global investment opportunities. The Firm has two investment platforms, one focused on growth equity investments in technology, and the other targeting digital infrastructure. DTCP was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Software M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 5
Country: Germany M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-10-03 Atlantic Hub

Londonderry, United Kingdom

Atlantic Hub is a campus data center developer with campuses across Ireland. The Company with its Derry campus, representing infrastructure developments in the region, and Northern Ireland's large-scale data center campus. It develops state-of-the-art facilities, that will provide up to 170MW of data center capacity to meet growing demand for high-performance cloud computing and AI for hyperscalers. Atlantic Hub was formed in 2018 and is based in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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