M&A Deal Summary

KKR Acquires Datagroup

On April 15, 2025, private equity firm KKR acquired information technology company Datagroup for 450M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 27th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is KKR’s 95th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is KKR’s 25th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-04-15
Target Datagroup
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) KKR
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 450M EUR

Target

Datagroup

Pliezhausen, Germany
Datagroup is an IT service enterprise that provides highly qualified and certified services in the areas of consulting, integration + solutions, and operations. Datagroup was founded in 2005 and is based in Pliezhausen, Germany.

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Buyer

KKR

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 267.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 492 of 499
Sector: Information Technology M&A 27 of 27
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 38 of 39
Country: Germany M&A 25 of 25
Year: 2025 M&A 6 of 13
Size (of disclosed) 95 of 108
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-04-14 OSTTRA

London, United Kingdom

OSTTRA is a critical infrastructure provider in the post-trade space, processing over 80 million trades monthly. OSTTRA was formed in 2021 and is based in London.

Buy $3.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-16 Zenith Energy

Rivervale, Australia

Zenith specializes in the delivery of sustainable and reliable hybrid power solutions for remote, off-grid resource sector clients and urban microgrids for commercial, industrial, and residential precincts. Zenith Energy is based in Rivervale, Australia.

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