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Future of premium fruit juice manufacturer Schlör secured by transferring restructuring

Munich, 21 April 2015. Schlör Bodensee Fruchtsaft AG, Radolfzell/Lake Constance, is a German based medium-sized fruit juice manufacturer targeting attractive niche markets like specialized beverage wholesale as well as the hotel and catering sector. The product range consists of direct and concentrate juice, nectars, fruit juice spritzers and specialty products such as apple wine or apple cider. With its brands Schlör and Jope the company is Germany’s sole full-range provider.

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Strategic M&A advice to Visa Europe

London, 13 March 2015. ACXIT’s partner FirstCapital advised Visa Europe on the strategic review of innovative new technologies to inform M&A strategy for Visa Europe.

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Online retailer for printers, Freyer & Ploch, sold via asset deal

Munich, 12 March 2015. Freyer & Ploch IT-Fachhandel GmbH, Kirchheim (Germany) is a leading online retailer, specialized in the distribution of printers and printer accessories. The company recently generated annual sales of EUR 44m with 44 employees via several own online shops (e.g. DRUCKER.de, drucker-guenstiger.de and 24drucker.de) as well as via amazon and ebay.

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Interview with Johannes Lucas and Andreas Thümmler in the VentureCapital Magazin (German only)

Frankfurt, 9th March 2015: Interview with Johannes Lucas and Andreas Thümmler in the VentureCapital Magazin (German only).

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Runtime Group acquires A-Plus Personaldienstleistung GmbH in an asset deal

Munich, 05 March 2015. Attorney-at-law Axel W. Bierbach of law firm Müller-Heydenreich Bierbach & Kollegen sold A-Plus Personaldienstleistung GmbH, Munich within 14 days after filing for insolvency to Runtime Group in an asset deal (so called “übertragende Sanierung”).

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Acxit Capital Management and Corporate Finance Partners to Merge

Frankfurt, 24 February 2015. Investment bankers Acxit Capital Management and Corporate Finance Partners announce their merger to form ACXIT Capital Partners. The new firm will be one of the leading European corporate finance advisors covering both the industrial and technology sectors.

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Neoworks acquired by WPP Salmon

London, 01 September 2014. ACXIT’s partner FirstCapital advised neoworks on the sale to WPP Salmon.

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IgnitionOne Strengthens Mobile Offering with Acquisition of Leading Mobile Marketing Technology Human Demand

Frankfurt, August 2014. IgnitionOne, a global leader in cloud-based digital marketing technology, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Human Demand, a leading mobile marketing technology company providing mobile advertising, audience and tracking solutions to marketers. With this acquisition, New York City-headquartered IgnitionOne continues to enhance its Digital Marketing Suite(SM) (DMS), the industry’s most comprehensive integrated digital marketing technology solution, by adding mobile display advertising and cross-device tracking capabilities.

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ATGMedia acquired by ECI

London, 27 June 2014. ACXIT’s Partner FirstCapital advised ATGMedia on the sale to ECI.

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freenet Group accelerates Digital Lifestyle activities with acquisition of Jesta Digital Group

Frankfurt, 16 December 2013. freenet Cityline GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of freenet AG, today signed a purchase agreement to acquire all shares in Jesta Digital GmbH, Jesta Digital Holdings, Inc. and Jesta Digital Group U.S. Holdings, Inc.

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Press Clippings

06 April 2021: “Alexander Pfurr joins ACXIT Capital Partners as Senior Advisor” – published in the Venture Capital Magazin (German only)

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06 April 2021: “Marcel Kuhs and Alexander Pfurr join ACXIT Capital Partners as Senior Advisors” – published in the “people section” of Venture Capital Magazin issue 03 2021 (German only)

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28 May 2020: “Von dringenden Finanzspritzen und drohenden Schnäppchenjägern” – article featuring Christian Nicolas Bächstädt, Managing Partner ACXIT Recovery, published in the specialist journal INDat Report issue 04 2020 (German only)

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27 May 2020: “Trade Sales: Mit konsequenten Strategien schwierigen Zeiten entgegentreten” – article featuring Johannes H. Lucas, Managing Partner ACXIT Capital Partners, published in the Venture Capital Magazin, issue 03 2020 (German only)

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05 May 2020: “100 Köpfe befragt: Job managen in Corona Zeiten” – article featuring Christian Nicolas Bächstädt, Managing Partner ACXIT Recovery, published in the specialist journal INDat Report issue 03 2020 (German only)

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02 December 2019: “Verstaubte Akten oder ­Digitalisierungsboom?” – article by our Managing Partner Thomas Klack, published in the special issue “medical technology & digital health” of platform life science, issue 04 2019 (German only)

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07 November 2019: “Möglichst großen Kuchen backen, damit viel zu verteilen ist” – Portrait of ACXIT Capital’s Recovery Team, published in the specialist journal INDat Report, issue 09 2019 (German only)

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10 September 2019: “Banking on Tech” – Interview with Hazel Moore on FirstCapital and ACXIT’s new banking powerhouse in Europe for tech.eu

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10 September 2019: “M&A-Beratung Acxit findet britischen Partner” – published in FINANCE Magazin (German only)

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11 March 2019: “We need globalization” – Interview with ACXIT’s Managing Partner Andreas Thümmler regarding growth drivers published in Venture Capital Magazin (German only)

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23 February 2019: “ACXIT Capital Partners opens office in New York” – published in M&A Review (German only)

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15 February 2019: “Bavarian power supplier: BEV customers to switch to Gleiss client Lichtblick” – published in JUVE (German only)

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6 February 2019: “M&A Advisory ACXIT opens Office in New York” – published in FINANCE Magazin (German only)

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1 February 2019: “We need more Investment Banking Made in Germany” – Interview with legendary Tech M&A banker Andreas Thümmler published in Going Public Magazin (German only)

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16 November 2018: “The 100th exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – SolarWinds offers 8MAN a global platform for growth” – For the Managers and Shareholders of Protected Networks, the successful transaction was supported by ACXIT Capital Partners.

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20 Oktober 2017: “Grands Chais grows even bigger through Le Filou” in the Lebensmittelzeitung (German only).

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10 Oktober 2017: “New Trends in Venture Capital: Initial Coin Offerings (ICO)” VC column by our Managing Partner Johannes H. Lucas, published in the Venture Capital Magazin issue 10/2017 (German only).

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04 April 2017: “IPO or Trade Sale: Thinking about the best Exit-Strategy”, with Johannes Lucas (our Founder and Managing Partner) published in the Venture Capital Magazin issue 03/2017 (German only).

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03 March 2017: “Failing the right way“ VC column by our Managing Partner Nikolaus Roever, published in the Venture Capital Magazin issue 03/2017 (German only).

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05 December 2016: Interview with Benjamin Schroeter of Facelift regarding the 75% sale of the company to DuMont (German only)

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29 November 2016: “Clothing and Fashion – the industry will have to wrap up warmly” Industry Special by our Managing Partner Christian Nicolas Bächstädt & Senior Analyst Julia Constanze Rall published in the M&A Review Magazine 12/2016 (German only)

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08 November 2016: “We are searching for tomorrow’s talents, who tackle projects with entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on mentality and creativity.” Interview with Johannes H. Lucas in the run-up to the Startup Academy 2016 (German only)

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October 2016: “German Internet- and Techcompanies are looking for investors”, an article from Andreas Thümmler and Simone Muschelknautz published in the Venture Capital Magazin special-issue Start-up 2017 (German only).

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10 October 2016: “After Unister – everything new in Leipzig or merely #newnister?” VC column by our Managing Partner Dr. Ingmar Ackermann, published in the Venture Capital Magazine issue 10/2016 (German only)

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09 September 2016: “China, Germany and Industry 4.0” article by our Managing Partner Johannes H. Lucas and our Analyst Yue Xu for “M&A China Germany” by Unternehmeredition, published in the issue 03/2016 (German only)

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17 June 2016: “Co-Investing: Does it come up to our expectations?” VC column by our Managing Partner Andreas Thümmler, published in the Venture Capital Magazine issue 06/2016 (German only)

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15 June 2016: “Ready for the Future?” contribution to the expert sentiment by our Managing Partner Christian Nicolas Bächstädt, published in the special edition restructuring/ Unternehmeredition issue 03/2016 (German only)

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10 March 2016: “Tech Rules the M&A World – Annual Review on German Small and Mid-Cap M&A in 2015” by Christian Nicolas Bächstädt, Christian Ramme & Nikolaus J. Röver, published in the M&A Review Magazine 3/2016 (German only)

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05 March 2016: Börsen-Zeitung “First Capital Partners joins ACXIT Capital Partners” (German only)

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08 February 2016: Article on “Exit-Strategie: Börsengang oder Verkauf – Der Trade Sale als neuer Königsweg?” featuring Andreas Thümmler, Managing Partner ACXIT Capital Partners (German only)

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02 February 2016: M&A expert Frank Bruder, formerly at Commerzbank, becomes Managing Director at ACXIT Capital Partners (German only)

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25 January 2016: WISeKey has retained ACXIT Capital Partners as arranger & placement agent for the CHF 60 million SSF (German only)

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14 January 2016: Succesful completion of M&A process for Tempex GmbH due to ACXIT Recovery Management (German only)

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21 December 2015: ACXIT secures EUR 21m for Neuffer Fenster + Türen GmbH / fenster.com (German only)

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10 December 2015: ACXIT advised Facelift on Acquisition of Socialbench (German only)

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October 2015: Christian Nicolas Bächstädt & Dr. Daniel Kiechle, ACXIT Recovery, in the M&A-Review: Analysis of the stationary healthcare market. (German only)

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27 May 2015: Extract from GrowthCons panel discussion with Christian Ramme and Andreas Thümmler about chances and opportunities of IPOs by German high-growth companies. (German only)

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29 April 2015: Article „Metz-Werke saved“ featuring ACXIT Recovery Management (German only)

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28 April 2015: Acquisition of Metz TV Division in Germany by Chinese Group Skyworth

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05 April 2015: Article on “Why corporations often fail as incubators” featuring Andreas Thümmler, Managing Partner ACXIT Capital Partners (German only)

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30 March 2015: WISeKey engages the Equity Group as investor relations counsel

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23 March 2015: Andreas Thümmler’s column in German VC-magazin: Fintech takes off (German only)

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9 March 2015: Interview with Johannes Lucas and Andreas Thümmler in the VentureCapital Magazin (German only).

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27 February 2015: M&A-Consultants Acxit Capital Management and CFP to merge

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Newsletters

Frankfurt, December 2020: ACXIT Newsletter Christmas 2020

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Frankfurt, December 2020: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter December 2020

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Frankfurt, November 2020: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter November 2020

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Frankfurt, March 2020: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter March 2020

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Frankfurt, December 2019: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter December 2019

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Frankfurt, December 2019: ACXIT Newsletter Christmas 2019

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Frankfurt, November 2019: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter November 2019

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Frankfurt, December 2018: ACXIT Newsletter Christmas 2018

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Frankfurt, December 2018: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter December 2018

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Frankfurt, May 2018: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter May 2018

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Frankfurt, February 2018: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter February 2018

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Frankfurt, December 2017: ACXIT Newsletter Christmas 2017

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Frankfurt, December 2017: ACXIT Healthcare Newsletter December 2017

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Frankfurt, September 2017: ACXIT Newsletter September 2017

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Frankfurt, December 2016: ACXIT Newsletter Christmas 2016

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Frankfurt, September 2016: ACXIT Newsletter September 2016

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Frankfurt, August 2016: ACXIT Newsletter August 2016

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Frankfurt, July 2016: ACXIT Newsletter July 2016

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Frankfurt, May 2016: ACXIT Newsletter May 2016 – Industry Focus: Health Care

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Frankfurt, April 2016: ACXIT Newsletter April 2016

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Frankfurt, March 2016: ACXIT Newsletter March 2016

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Frankfurt, February 2016: ACXIT Newsletter February 2016

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Frankfurt, May 2015: ACXIT Newsletter May 2015

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