M&A Deal Summary

GENUI Acquires Magnolia

On July 27, 2022, growth capital firm GENUI acquired software company Magnolia from Elvaston Capital Management

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GENUI’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is GENUI’s 2nd transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-07-27
Target Magnolia
Sector Software
Buyer(s) GENUI
Sellers(s) Elvaston Capital Management
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Magnolia

Münchenstein, Switzerland
Magnolia is a content management system for businesses that provides a flexible platform for digital business segments. The core functionality is a modern content management system (CMS). Magnolia has clients such as Airbus, Al Arabiya, Avis, and Virgin America. Magnolia was founded in 1997 and is based in Münchenstein, Switzerland.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer
DESCRIPTION

GENUI is a private investment firm focused on investing in medium-sized companies throughout German-speaking Europe. GENUI was formed in 2014 and is headquartered in Hamburg.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 16
Sector: Software M&A 3 of 4
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: Switzerland M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-07 Senseca

Remscheid, Germany

Senseca is a provider in the field of measurement and control technology. The company manufactures and sells individual components as well as entire systems to customers in the fields of mechanical and plant engineering, transport technology, environmental technology, meteorology, water treatment, and other industries. Senseca was founded in 2009 and is based in Remscheid, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-11-17 KGS Software

Neu-Isenburg, Germany

KGS Software is a software company focusing on high-performance archiving systems especially tailored to SAP environments. Data and documents from SAP as well as documents from other leading applications are migrated and archived using high-performance, lean software. KGS Software was founded in 2000 and is based in Neu-Isenburg, Germany.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Elvaston Capital Management is an entrepreneur-led private equity firm, specializing in small to medium-sized companies located within the German-speaking region. Elvaston takes a straightforward, individual approach to guiding profitable companies operating in growth industries towards long-term value growth.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Software M&A 6 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: Switzerland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-13 iS Software

Regensburg, Germany

iS Software develops and sells software solutions for the energy and water industries that are specifically tailored to small and medium-sized power companies and water suppliers. The modular complete solution WinEV® seamlessly maps the networked processes from meter reading recording to billing, carrying out market partner communication, energy quantity balancing, customer service to accounting and balancing and provides meaningful and decision-relevant information for company management. iS Software was founded in 1996 and is based in Regensburg, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-01 Nexis

Regensburg, Germany

Nexis engages in identity and access management and provider of NEXIS 4, the technology-leading identity analytics & governance platform. NEXIS 4 offers cross-system analysis, risk assessment and visual (re)modeling of authorization structures. The platform simplifies authorization and role maintenance and supports compliance with existing compliance requirements. Nexis was founded in 2009 and is based in Regensburg, Germany.

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