Revalize expands its portfolio in Europe. The advisors

Revalize, specialists in sector-specific revenue operations software for manufacturers, their distributors and their specifiers, has announced the acquisition of 3 European software companies comprising five respected brands. The addition of the companies will both extend the Revalize solution portfolio and its European operations.

Revalize acquired Switzerland based SpecPage, headquartered in Kussnacht, Switzerland, a recognized developer of innovative PLM and quality assurance solutions for recipe-based, process manufacturers. This acquisition brings the SpecPage PLM cloud platform, global support expansion and a comprehensive CPQ integration to Revalize. Revalize closed on the acquisition of SpecPage earlier in October.

Walder Wyss has advised Revalize on this transaction. The Walder Wyss team was led by Alex Nikitine (partner, corporate/m&a, pictured left) and Christoph Zaugg (associate, corporate/m&a, pictured right). The teal also included Dario Galli (associate, corporate/m&a), Janine Corti (counsel, tax) and Stephanie Wichmann (associate, employment).

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to the shareholders of SpecPage in this transaction. The team was led by Christoph Neeracher and Philippe Seiler  (both pictured left) and included Elisabeth Rinderknecht, Li Wei Dutler and Patrick Zumsteg (all m&a), Susanne Schreiber, Cyrill Diefenbacher and Julian Hodel (all tax), Markus Wang (IP/IT) as well as Ruth Bloch–Riemer (pensions & social security).

The other 2 companies joining Revalize portfolio are based in Germany and detailed below:

Procad Group, headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, boasts proven product lifecycle management (PLM) and product data management (PDM) solutions that enable companies to manage their product lifecycles in a world of ever-growing complexity, delivering a substantial efficiency boost to customers in the discrete manufacturing sector. The deal is expected to close in December.

Tenado, headquartered in Bochum, Germany, is a leading provider of computer-aided design (CAD) software solutions for the metal and wood fabrication trades, mechanical engineering, fire protection and traffic management sectors. Revalize closed on the acquisition of Tenado earlier in November.