M&A Deal Summary

Waterland Private Equity Acquires Skaylink

On April 1, 2020, private equity firm Waterland Private Equity acquired information technology company Skaylink

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Waterland Private Equity’s 9th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Waterland Private Equity’s 20th transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Skaylink was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2025 for 175M EUR.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-04-01
Target Skaylink
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Waterland Private Equity
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Skaylink

Garching, Germany
Skaylink is a company that provides cloud-focused IT services and supports businesses through their “cloud journey,” offering services such as strategy, migration, cloud-native applications, infrastructure, security, compliance and managed cloud operations. Skaylink was founded in 2020 and is based in Garching, Germany.

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Buyer

Waterland Private Equity

Bussum, Netherlands

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 14.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Waterland Private Equity Investments BV is a private equity firm focused on mid-sized company investments in Central Europe. Waterland looks for businesses with €10 to €200 million in revenue and generally seeks companies operating in fragmented markets or industries undergoing change as a result of: outsourcing, the aging population, and a growing population with increased purchasing power. The Firm typically partners with entrepreneurs and management teams to accelerate the growth of their businesses or complete buyouts and consolidation strategies. Waterland Private Equity Investments was formed in 1999 and is based in Bussum, the Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 85 of 122
Sector: Information Technology M&A 9 of 12
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 33 of 46
Country: Germany M&A 20 of 28
Year: 2020 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-01 Carton Group

Schwabach, Germany

Carton Group offers regional and (inter)national customers clear added value through a comprehensive portfolio of products and services in carton packaging while meeting the highest standards in terms of degree of finishing, quality/scrap rates, flexibility/low minimum order quantities and delivery reliability. Carton Group was founded in 2020 and is based in Schwabach, Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-22 SCIRIS

London, United Kingdom

SCIRIS is a provider of healthcare communications and compliance solutions to global pharmaceutical, biotech and medtech clients. SCIRIS was founded in 2006 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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