Frankfurt, 29 May 2019. On May 22, 2019, ArchiMed announced the purchase of Diesse Diagnostica Senese SpA (‘Diesse’) by Duomodiag Sarl, a holding company backed by ArchiMed through its MED II fund, with bank finance provided by leading Italian banks MPS Capital Services and BPER. The transaction was completed on May 13, 2019. Diesse was acquired from its founders and from Orphée SA, the Swiss subsidiary of Warsaw listed diagnostics group PZ Cormay SA.
Read MoreFrankfurt, 09 May 2019. In the newly released report ACXIT will more closely examine the current state and future developments of the AI technology as well as the related global M&A transactions and financing activities since 2015.
Read MoreMunich, 06 May 2019. PONS GmbH has acquired the publishing rights of Langenscheidt GmbH & Co. KG and Langenscheidt Digital GmbH & Co. KG. The titles and products will be integrated in the current publishing program of PONS. The Langenscheidt brand, thus, remains in the market.
Read MoreFrankfurt, 29 April 2019. ACXIT Capital Partners, a leading independent European corporate finance and investment advisory firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Managing Directors: Ruta Hildebrand and Tobias Warkus have successfully executed numerous transactions at ACXIT and will strongly contribute to ACXIT’s further growth in their new positions. Both will accelerate the strategic expansion of ACXIT within their respective sectors.
Read MoreZurich, 07 March 2019. On 19 November 2018, ZEAL Network SE (“ZEAL”), a company listed on the Prime Standard sub-segment of the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (“FSE”), with a market capitalization of EUR 197.0m as of 11 February 2019, launched a voluntary public takeover offer (“Public Offer” or the “Transaction”) according to section 10 section 1 sentence 1 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act for all outstanding shares of Lotto24 AG (“Lotto24” or “the Company”), also listed on the FSE, with a market capitalization of EUR 322.2m as of 11 February 2019.
Read MoreAmberg, 28 February 2019. Dr. Hubert Ampferl, Partner of law firm Dr. Beck & Partner, successfully concludes the sale of AUER GUSS Group.
Read MoreFrankfurt, 14 February 2019. Essilor accelerates its digital strategy with the acquisition of Germany-based Brille24, a leading optical e-commerce platform.
Read MoreMunich, 12 February 2019. Due to the insolvency of Bayerische Energieversorgungsgesellschaft (BEV), almost half a million customers lost their electricity provider overnight. Now, preliminary administrator Axel Bierbach of law firm MHBK has reached an agreement with eco-power provider Lichtblick.
Read MoreFrankfurt, 11 February 2019. Fintech company finAPI GmbH, founded in 2008, and SCHUFA Holding AG will closely collaborate in the Access to Account (X2SA) solutions segment in the future. To substantiate this partnership, SCHUFA acquired a majority stake in finAPI in December 2018. finAPI will continue to operate independently.
Read MoreFrankfurt, 06 February 2019. ACXIT Capital Partners, a leading independent European corporate finance and investment advisory firm, is pleased to announce its office opening in New York, and the addition of Managing Partner Dr. Michael W. Ernestus to head its transatlantic practice.
Read More28 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)
27 May 2020: “Trade Sales: Mit konsequenten Strategien schwierigen Zeiten entgegentreten” – article featuring Johannes H. Lucas, Managing Partner ACXIT Capital Partners, published in Venture Capital Magazin, issue 03 2020 (German only)
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)
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)
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)
10 September 2019: “Banking on Tech” – Interview with Hazel Moore on FirstCapital and ACXIT’s new banking powerhouse in Europe for tech.eu
10 September 2019: “M&A-Beratung Acxit findet britischen Partner” – published in FINANCE Magazin (German only)
11 March 2019: “We need globalization” – Interview with ACXIT’s Managing Partner Andreas Thümmler regarding growth drivers published in Venture Capital Magazin (German only)
23 February 2019: “ACXIT Capital Partners opens office in New York” – published in M&A Review (German only)
15 February 2019: “Bavarian power supplier: BEV customers to switch to Gleiss client Lichtblick” – published in JUVE (German only)
6 February 2019: “M&A Advisory ACXIT opens Office in New York” – published in FINANCE Magazin (German only)
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)
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.
20 Oktober 2017: “Grands Chais grows even bigger through Le Filou” in the Lebensmittelzeitung (German only).
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).
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).
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).
05 December 2016: Interview with Benjamin Schroeter of Facelift regarding the 75% sale of the company to DuMont (German only)
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)
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)
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).
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
05 March 2016: Börsen-Zeitung “First Capital Partners joins ACXIT Capital Partners” (German only)
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)
02 February 2016: M&A expert Frank Bruder, formerly at Commerzbank, becomes Managing Director at ACXIT Capital Partners (German only)
25 January 2016: WISeKey has retained ACXIT Capital Partners as arranger & placement agent for the CHF 60 million SSF (German only)
14 January 2016: Succesful completion of M&A process for Tempex GmbH due to ACXIT Recovery Management (German only)
21 December 2015: ACXIT secures EUR 21m for Neuffer Fenster + Türen GmbH / fenster.com (German only)
10 December 2015: ACXIT advised Facelift on Acquisition of Socialbench (German only)
October 2015: Christian Nicolas Bächstädt & Dr. Daniel Kiechle, ACXIT Recovery, in the M&A-Review: Analysis of the stationary healthcare market. (German only)
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)
29 April 2015: Article „Metz-Werke saved“ featuring ACXIT Recovery Management (German only)
28 April 2015: Acquisition of Metz TV Division in Germany by Chinese Group Skyworth
05 April 2015: Article on “Why corporations often fail as incubators” featuring Andreas Thümmler, Managing Partner ACXIT Capital Partners (German only)
30 March 2015: WISeKey engages the Equity Group as investor relations counsel
23 March 2015: Andreas Thümmler’s column in German VC-magazin: Fintech takes off (German only)
9 March 2015: Interview with Johannes Lucas and Andreas Thümmler in the VentureCapital Magazin (German only).
27 February 2015: M&A-Consultants Acxit Capital Management and CFP to merge
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Frankfurt, May 2016: ACXIT Newsletter May 2016 – Industry Focus: Health Care
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