Advestra: Ardian acquires stake in Mimacom Flowable Group
Private investment house Ardian entered into an agreement to invest in the Swiss Flowable Holding and its subsidiaries (“Mimacom Flowable Group”) alongside the management team, led by CEO Agim Emrul, to support the Company in implementing its growth strategy. Ardian’s investment is financed by acquisition finance facilities provided by a consortium of experienced Swiss banks.
Headquartered in Bern, MFG specializes in services, software development and digital transformation, cloud, and data consultancy for well-known blue-chip customers in the manufacturing, finance, insurance and life sciences sectors. With Flowable, it also offers its own low-code software platform for the automation and digitalization of business processes. MFG has more than 500 employees across 10 locations worldwide, including in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, the USA.
Advestra advised Ardian comprehensively on the Swiss aspects of the transaction. The team included Alexander von Jeinsen (Corporate | M&A and Financing, pictured), Beda Kaufmann, Anna Capaul, Göktuğ Gürbüz, Anna Tomaschek, Daniel Raun and Levy Corba (all Corporate | M&A), Annina Hammer (Financing) as well as Laurent Riedweg, Peter Riedweg and Céline Martin (all Tax).