Investment Summary

WISeKey Invests In Arago

On February 1, 2021, WISeKey invested in information technology company Arago from Almaviva Sante

Investment Highlights
  • This is WISeKey’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is WISeKey’s 1st transaction in Germany.
Investment Fate
  • Arago was sold to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2022.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-02-01
Target Arago
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) WISeKey
Sellers(s) Almaviva Sante
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Arago

Frankfurt, Germany
Arago provides next-generation automation of enterprise IT development and uses modern technologies such as inference and machine learning in order to automatically operate any business process. Arago was founded in 1995 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

WISeKey

Zug, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Technology
Employees102
Revenue 12M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

WISeKey is a cyber security company that provides Internet of Things (“IoT”) digital identity ecosystems recognized by the operating system and applications, to ensure the authenticity, confidentiality and integrity of online transactions. WISeKey Holding was founded in 1999 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-17 QuoVadis

Hamilton, Bermuda

QuoVadis is an international provider of online identity certification services. QuoVadis’ outsourced services allow customers to meet their obligations for data integrity and privacy. QuoVadis provides digital certificate and smartcard solutions to secure access for computer networks and applications, to encrypt data and transactions, and to authenticate people, devices and documents. The company is a Qualified Certification Services Provider (CSP) in Switzerland and Bermuda, and was one of the first providers worldwide authorized to issue “Extended Validation” SSL certificates.

Sell $45M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-11 Fossa Systems

Madrid, Spain

Fossa Systems is an aerospace company developing picosatellites as a vertically integrated service (satellites <1kg) for LEO. The company offers complete in-house solutions, from design to launch and operations. Fossa Systems provides satellite systems, launch services, satellite services and offers consulting for their respective development. It has developed a standardized picosatellite platform (satellite with a mass less than 1 kg) standardized by combining technological miniaturization with mass production techniques. Fossa Systems' goal is to offer a reference platform for institutions or companies looking to launch their payload into space reliably and quickly, while lowering the barrier to entry and expanding the market customer base. Fossa Systems was formed in 2018 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Almaviva Sante

Puyrucard, France

Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Healthcare Services
Employees1,000
Revenue 100M EUR (2012)
DESCRIPTION

Almaviva Sante is a provider of healthcare services to regional centers of expertise (e.g. orthopedics, ophthalmology, cardiology, dialysis). Almaviva was founded in 2007 and is based in Puyrucard, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-27 Clinique Internationale du Parc Monceau

Paris, France

Clinique Internationale du Parc Monceau is a provider of anesthesia, internal medicine, cardiology, rhythmology, hypertension, pneumology services. Clinique Internationale du Parc Monceau was founded in 1968 and is based in Paris, France.

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