Industries

This deal is the largest Series A funding in the cybersecurity space in India.

HMT, led by Andrew Thomson and Ricky Lane, advised secure IT data erasure and disposal specialist EGO Technology (“Ego”) on their acquisition of waste IT equipment sorting and recycling services provider Ucan Secure IT (“Ucan”) funded by Growth Lending.

Online tech and data specialist Indicia has attracted investor Capital A as a new shareholder. This partnership lays a solid financial foundation for the accelerated implementation of Indicia’s growth strategy. The current board, also shareholders, will remain responsible for day-to-day management. With Capital A as a strategic partner, Indicia is better equipped to achieve growth targets. The combination of organic growth and targeted acquisitions remain fixed components of Indicia’s expansion plan.

IeTee Solutions, a leading IT and MSP company for small and medium-sized enterprises based in Breda, is joining Reliance, a portfolio company of Böschen IT Investments. The partnership marks an important step in Reliance’s growth strategy and allows IeTee Solutions to further expand and innovate its services.

HMT, led by Partner Wendy Hart, Director Arthur Munro-Faure and Senior Manager Ben Traves advised the shareholders of TaxCalc, the leading provider of tax compliance and practice management software for UK accounting firms, on their significant investment from STG Allegro, a private equity partner to market-leading companies in data, software, and analytics

ICFG France / SOCIETEX CF was exclusively commissioned by HELYAD’s shareholders to seek strategic partners willing to support the company’s next phase of development.
A competitive process was put in place, materialising the interest of numerous players in the ecosystem.

Match Plan has assisted the shareholders of creative agency Full Frame in selling the shares to their new partner, Only Creative Entrepreneurs. This is the third addition for Only in 2024. Full Frame will continue to operate under its current name and from their current location in Tilburg.

HMT, led by Director Neil Brown and Manager Jack Waterman, with support from Partner Wendy Hart and Director Ricky Lane, advised leading chip maker of mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) EnSilica Plc (“EnSilica”) on their £9 million debt raise from Lloyds Bank Group.

ICFG France / Societex was pleased to help MBGO Dev acquire Alyra, the first Blockchain school.

Match Plan has accompanied Ivoren Toren Dental Practice with its sale to Tandarts Today. Tandarts Today is a medium-sized dental chain, where practices retain their local character. Tandarts Today’s slogan is “Our teams make it happen”, underlining that they put people first.

Match Plan is assisting shareholders of BIMlink with the transfer of its shares to KUBUS. KUBUS now offers the opportunity to merge the platform of BIMcollab and BIMlink to further grow internationally.

Match Plan assisted in the sale of Oberon Medialab to Atabix Group, helping Atabix realise its growth ambitions. Both companies are based in Amsterdam and specialise in providing technical solutions for businesses and government agencies. Atabix aims to become a leading player in the eGovernment Solutions market. The partnership with Atabix offers new opportunities for Oberon, including being able to share their knowledge in the public sector.

Following the buy-and-build strategy, NOBEARS started looking for a digital marketing company to acquire, they found it in Pitcher. Together with Pitcher, NOBEARS can further expand its market position and services to further unburden its customers. Match Plan assisted Pitcher in both the preparation and sale phase.

ICFG member based in France, Societex advised Comatis shareholders on their transfer to Rail Industries Group.

Match Plan is assisting Kouters Van der Meer shareholders with the acquisition of YICE. Through the acquisition, Kouters Van der Meer, a governance, risk and compliance firm, broadens and deepens its services in the field of risk management and information security using a GRC tool. Together with Yice, Kouters Van der Meer can also broaden and deepen their footprint in the market.

Match Plan assisted Only Creative Entrepreneurs in its acquisition of Marcommit, as part of Only’s active buy-and-build strategy. Marcommit’s services include strategy, public relations, content marketing and digital marketing.

As part of its successful growth strategy, the TIMETOACT GROUP decided to create a German-wide cash pool. In parallel, a group-wide strategy was established to hedge its interest and foreign exchange exposures. Wintergerst assisted the implementation of these projects.

QueueBuster will use the fresh funding to drive merchant growth, product enhancements and scaling of distribution networks.

Match Plan was pleased to assist the shareholders of InnoPhase B.V. (Coachview) in the sale of the shares to Paragin Group, which is backed by strategic software investor Main Capital Partners. The addition of Coachview to Paragin Group creates a comprehensive product suite with strong combined expertise, technology leadership and a shared customer base.

ICFG member based in the UK, HMT LLP, led by Partner James Thomas and Senior Manager Ben Hoekstra advised Object Matrix Limited (“Object Matrix”), the leading object storage pioneer and media archive specialist on its sale to US storage software company DataCore Software (“DataCore”).

ICFG UK / HMT LLP, led by Partner James Thomas and Director Jack Longden advised London-based Social Value Portal on their £8.5m Series B investment from Mercia Asset Management with follow-on from existing investors Beringea.

ICFG member based in Germany, Quantum Partners led by Andreas Brinkrolf advised Qoniac GmbH on the sale to KLA Corp. Qoniac develops and distributes a highly innovative software for optimizing lithography and patterning processes in the leading-edge semiconductor industry.