GRO, a renowned Northern European private equity firm with an exclusive focus on high-quality B2B software companies with strong growth prospects, has made a strategic investment in Akselos, a creator of the world’s most advanced engineering simulation technology. The investmenthas has the aim of accelerate the company’s organizational expansion, global commercial scaling, and product leadership. […]
The shareholders of Axept Business Software have entered into an agreement with Swisscom under which Swisscom has acquired the company including its subsidiaries (Axept). As a Gold Partner for the highly successful Swiss ERP solution
GEODIS INTERNATIONAL, a renowned firm focus on transport and logistics, expanded its global footprint with the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Swiss freight forwarder, ITS – International Transport & Shipping. The deal, closed on 31 May 2023,
LANDI Hombrechtikon Genossenschaft and LANDI Stäfa-Männedorf are merging to form LANDI Zürichsee with retroactive effect from 1 January 2023. Both companies are part of the fenaco-LANDI Group and have the same business areas (retail
TVS Motor Company has acquired the remaining stake in Swiss E-Mobility Group (SEMG) from Constellation Capital and certain minority shareholders in an all-cash transaction. SEMG is a market leading provider of e-mobility solutions in the
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Baker & McKenzie advises GF in the acquisition of Uponor
Baker McKenzie advised Georg Fischer (GF) in a voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for all shares in Finnish piping system specialist Uponor. On 12 June 2023, GF and Uponor entered into a combination agreement. The total
SSP Group, a renowned operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, has announced that it has acquired rights to develop the Pret A Manger (“PRET”) franchise in German-speaking Switzerland. As part of
Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has acquired all the shares of Angel Japan Asset Management from its founder, Hirotaka Usami. Founded in Tokyo in 2001, Angel Japan is a Tokyo-based independent investment advisor specialised in the
As we have informed here, US private equity investor Battery Ventures has acquired Swiss-based SaaS startup Avrios International. Avrios offers a cloud-based fleet management platform, used by more than a thousand customers with around 120,000 vehicles.
GEODIS, one of the world’s leading transport and logistics companies, has acquired International Transport & Shipping. ITS is an independent Swiss freight forwarder founded in 1992 and headquartered in Reinach in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.
