| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.01.2024 | Launchmetrics acquired by Lectra | Munich/Luxembourg – January 08, 2024 – Lectra (Euronext: LSS) announced the acquisition of Cipio Partners portfolio company Launchmetrics. Lectra is acquiring the majority of the shareholding in Lauchmetrics in 2024 and will acquire remaini... |
| 29.01.2024 | UK recruitment platform Otta acquired by our portfolio company, Welcome to the Jungle. | Munich/Luxembourg – January 22, 2024 –Welcome to the Jungle, the leading French employer branding and recruitment platform, has announced the successful acquisition of London-based Otta, the candidate-first job search platform. This acquisi... |
| 10.01.2024 | Cipio Partners promotes Thomas Lenz and Endric Mueller to Senior Associates. | Munich/Luxembourg – January 08, 2024 – Cipio Partners is pleased to announce the promotion of Thomas Lenz and Endric Mueller to Senior Associates
Before joining Cipio in 2022, Thomas worked as Investment Manager at Bayern Kapital focusing ... |
| 26.10.2023 | Industrial Software Startups - A Unique Path to Success | The global industrial software market was valued at US$92.58 billion in 2021, 16.1% of the overall global software market in that year. However, Pitchbook numbers suggest that only 8% of all software startups which were backed by investors ... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners was founded twenty years ago. Time to reflect on twenty years of European Technology Investing. | European technology investment only appeared on the map in the late 90s. When the internet bubble burst, it destroyed the fledging European technology and venture capital industry, which took well over a decade to recover.
In the late 1990... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners wins Thomas Lenz as Associate | Munich/Luxembourg – September 12, 2022 – Cipio Partners hires Thomas Lenz as Associate. He will support the partnership in deal sourcing, due diligence and portfolio management as well as in more finance-oriented topics such as valuations.
... |
| 15.09.2023 | €21 million fundraising for MICROOLED | Grenoble, France, July 12, 2023; MICROOLED, the leading manufacturer of high resolution, low power consumption OLED microdisplays, announces a €21 million fundraising led by Jolt Capital, a specialist in private equity for responsible deept... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners invests in Welcome to the Jungle | Munich/Luxembourg – January 23, 2023 –Welcome to the Jungle raises €50 million to further expand in Europe and the US. Welcome to the Jungle, France’s major player in the employer branding and recruitment space, announced today that it reac... |
| 15.09.2023 | Succession: The Dangers of an Uncertain Legacy | History bears witness to the destructive potential of unplanned succession, but Private Equity and VC funds aren’t planning for it, especially in Europe. Diana Meyel, Managing Partner at Cipio Partners, considers the dangers and strategies ... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners has prospered for twenty years. Time to reflect on the next twenty years of European Technology Investing. | It took European technology well over a decade to rise from the ashes of the internet bubble. Today, the ecosystem seems mature and resilient. What will it take to overcome new challenges and finally be able to narrow the gap with the US an... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners invests in Wire | Berlin/Luxembourg – August 15, 2022 – Cipio Partners leads a €24 million growth round along existing investor Iconical. This funding round will fuel the company’s ability to further develop its industry-leading solution for mission-critical... |
| 15.09.2023 | Are Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning set to revolutionize the PE Industry? | ChatGPT has made the power of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") and Machine Learning ("ML") both visible and easily accessible. Every industry needs to figure out how to leverage these capabilities. Private equity is no exc... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners portfolio company Zappi announced it has raised $170 million in growth capital from Sumeru Equity Partners | Munich/Luxembourg – Dec.13, 2022 – Cipio Partners portfolio company Zappi, the leading consumer insights platform designed for creators, announced it has raised $170 million in growth capital from Sumeru Equity Partners (“Sumeru”) and co-in... |
| 15.09.2023 | Cipio Partners continues to be climate neutral and is proud to support four projects that compensate remaining CO2 emissions | Since 2021 we have actively taken steps to reduce our CO2 emissions and have decided to offset the amount of CO2 which we can’t avoid through four sustainability projects. We support the conservation of the oceans worldwide, moor renaturati... |
| 23.05.2022 | Cipio Partners promotes Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim to Partner | Munich/Luxembourg – Mai 23, 2022 – Cipio Partners announces that it has promoted Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim, who joined the firm’s investment team 18 months ago, to Partner.
Before joining Cipio, Ansgar was a Partner at High-Tech Gründerfonds, o... |
| 04.05.2022 | Cipio Partners holds final close of €202 million on latest fund | Munich/Luxembourg – May 4, 2022 – Cipio Partners, a leading investor in European growth stage technology firms, has closed its latest fund, Cipio Partners Fund VIII, with €202 million in commitments.
Cipio Partners Fund VIII (“CPF VIII”) m... |
| 18.01.2022 | Cipio proudly backs four climate projects which compensate CO2 in Germany, Malawi, Nepal and the worldwide Oceans. | In 2021 we have actively taken steps to reduce our CO2 emissions and we have decided to offset the amount of CO2 which we can’t avoid through 4 sustainable projects. We support the building of fuel-efficient cook stoves and household biogas... |
| 29.11.2021 | The Attraction and Intricacies of Growth Investments in Deep Tech Startups | The merits of investments in Deep Tech startups are significant, yet the challenges posed to investors navigating the space are also considerable. Cipio Partners breaks down the rules of the space for growth investors. |
| 23.11.2020 | The pandemic has made technology the new safe haven for investment. Growth Equity is booming and within it secondary transactions may become more prevalent. | These were some conclusions when, in September 2020, we were privileged to spend 1.5 days off-site and in person with many of our limited partners. One inevitable topic was how the pandemic has changed technology investing.
The pandemic ha... |
| - | European Single Secondary Direct Market valued at €1 billion | February 3, 2014 – The European single secondary direct market for technology firms has been valued at €1 billion per annum, according to in-house research conducted by Cipio Partners. A total of 60 deals per annum were tracked in 2012 and ... |
| - | Eneco Group Invests in British Smart Data Company ONZO | Rotterdam/London, March 13, 2017 – Sustainable energy company Eneco Group has acquired a minority interest in UK-based data analytics company ONZO, as announced by both companies today. This investment strengthens Eneco Group’s ambition to ... |
| - | Single assets | As more funds approach the end of their lives, these single-asset deals represent a growing opportunity for secondaries players, says Diana Meyel, a managing partner at Cipio.
“In today’s environment, people think of secondary directs in t... |
| - | Cipio Partners Appoints Alexander Brand to its Investment Team | Munich/Luxembourg – May 15, 2018 – Cipio Partners announces that Alexander Brand, the former CEO of Windeln.de SE, has joined the firm’s investment team.
Before joining Cipio Partners, Alex co-founded windeln.de SE, grew the business as it... |
| - | Cipio Partners exits DisplayLink to Synaptics | Munich/Luxembourg – July 21, 2020 – Cipio Partners, announces the sale of its portfolio company DisplayLink to Synaptics.
Synaptics Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA), a pioneer and leader of human interface solutions, today announced the signing... |
| - | Cipio Partners Exits Cint AB to Nordic Capital | Munich/Luxembourg – January 11, 2016 – Cipio Partners, a leading European direct secondary investment firm, and co-investors announce the sale of its portfolio company, Cint AB, to Nordic Capital.
Cint AB, headquartered in Stockholm, Swede... |
| - | How to align your go-to-market strategy at every stage of growth - a workshop by Roland Dennert at SaaStr Europe 2022 | Achieving go-to-market fit is critical for the fast and sustainable growth of your company. The tricky part is that what worked in the past will not fit for the entire life of your business. Drawn from his experience as a SaaS investor, Rol... |
| - | Cipio Partners Leads US$15 million Growth Round in Brightpearl | Munich/Luxembourg – July 26, 2018 – Cipio Partners leads US$15 million growth round along existing investors Notion Capital and MMC in Bristol-based Brightpearl Ltd.
Cipio Partners announces that it is leading a US$15 million growth round ... |
| - | French retail funds: Is the model still viable? | France’s FCPI fund model is undergoing a needed evolution, with the market consolidating and regulation becoming more favourable – and these changes could be opening up a new avenue for direct secondaries. Ellie Pullen reports.
France’s FC... |
| - | European Tech Investing Has Tremendous Growth Ahead. | In September 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron announced €5 billion for French start-ups. This has been unprecedented, but we believe it’s only the beginning of sustained growth of European technology investing.
Technology investmen... |
| - | Cipio Partners Invests in Blackwood Seven: Media Planning Powered by Artificial Intelligence | Munich/Luxembourg – June 05, 2018 – Cipio Partners invests in Blackwood Seven: media planning powered by artificial intelligence
Cipio Partners buys a secondary position in Blackwood Seven and invests into the latest growth round of the co... |
| - | Job Opening at Cipio Partners, Munich Office | Wir suchen einen Finance Manager (m/w/d) in Vollzeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in München.
Ihre Aufgaben:
Ihr Profil:
Wenn Sie Interesse haben, dann schicken Sie bitte Ihre aussagekräftigen Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Angabe des frühe... |
| - | Cipio Partners holds final close of €174 million on latest fund | Munich/Luxembourg, July 3, 2017 – Cipio Partners, a leading European secondary direct and growth capital investment firm, has closed its latest fund Cipio Partners Fund VII SICAR with €174 million in commitments. The successful fundraise is... |
| - | Cipio Partners Exits 1-2-3.tv GmbH to ARCUS Capital | Munich/Luxembourg – November 14, 2016 – Cipio Partners, a leading European secondary direct and growth capital investment firm, announces that it has completed the sale of its portfolio company, 1-2-3.tv to ARCUS Capital, a Munich based pri... |
| - | Cipio Partners announces Alexander Brand as Managing Partner | Munich/Luxembourg – May 17, 2021 – Cipio Partners announces that Alexander Brand has been named Managing Partner.
Alexander Brand joined Cipio Partners in May 2018 as a full-time Venture Partner working on both new investments and portfoli... |
| - | Cipio Partners-backed MyOptique Group Acquires 4Care and Eyewearbrands | Luxembourg – August 17, 2015 – MyOptique Group, a Cipio Partners portfolio company specializing in online eyewear retail, has acquired German eyewear business 4Care and UK premium online eyewear business Eyewearbrands.
The combined busines... |
| - | European Growth PE is a booming segment in Europe’s private equity market. With scale comes specialization and the emergence of different investment strategies. | European Growth PE is maturing and a segmentation has emerged
European Growth PE exists at the intersection of venture capital and traditional private equity. It combines organic value appreciation and fast growth as typically seen in vent... |
| - | Cipio Partners invests in La Ruche Qui Dit Oui! | Cipio Partners invests in « La Ruche Qui Dit Oui ! » the iconic leader of the farm-to-the-table movement in Europe.
Launched in 2010, « La Ruche Qui Dit Oui ! » is an innovative online food marketplace, that enables producers to sell their... |
| - | Cipio Partners Invests in ZappiStore | Munich/Luxembourg – February 25, 2019 – Cipio Partners invests in ZappiStore a leading market research automation platform & analytics solution for the consumer product industry.
Zappi has developed a platform to automate the end-to-en... |
| - | Cipio Partners invests in NavVis | Munich/Luxembourg - December 7, 2021 – NavVis adds €25m in fresh funding to fulfill its mission to digitize commercial buildings and assets. The funding complements NavVis’s recent debt funding from the European Investment Bank to solidify ... |
| - | MyOptique Group serves its millionth customer and raises £16 million (€20 million) to complete funding round | MyOptique Group, Europe’s leading online optical retailer, today announced it has secured £16 million (€20 million) additional investment, bringing the total raised in its current Series C funding round to £35 million (€43 million). At the ... |
| - | Job Opening at Cipio Partners, Luxembourg Office | Wir suchen einen Finance Manager (m/w/d) in Vollzeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Luxembourg.
Ihre Aufgaben:
Ihr Profil:
Wenn Sie Interesse haben, dann schicken Sie bitte Ihre aussagekräftigen Bewerbungsunterlagen unter Angabe des fr... |
| - | Cipio Partners in US$10 million Growth Funding Round for Silicon Mobility | Luxembourg/Sophia Antipolis/Oakland – October 11, 2018 – Cipio Partners and Capital-E jointly structured a US$10 million growth financing alongside undisclosed private industry investors to enable Silicon Mobility to meet its ambitious grow... |
| - | Cipio Partners exits Blackwood Seven to Kantar | Munich/Luxembourg – April 25, 2022 – Cipio Partners announces the sale of its portfolio company Blackwood Seven to Kantar.
Kantar, the world’s leading data-driven analytics and brand consulting company today announces it has reached a defi... |
| - | How to build a career in Private Equity | Diana Meyel, Managing Partner of Cipio Partners, shares the three things to keep in mind for women to trail a career in a Private Equity firm:
You need to add clear value to the firm and the partnership
Especially in PE: Do show people an... |
| - | The allure of single asset secondary directs | “European technology companies are providing increasing opportunities for secondaries investors”, says Roland Dennert, a managing partner at Cipio Partners.
Europe is home to an enviable array of up-and-coming venture-backed technology fir... |
| - | Cipio Partners Invests in Launchmetrics | Munich/Luxembourg – September 05, 2018 – Cipio Partners invests in Launchmetrics a leading marketing platform & analytics solution for fashion, luxury and cosmetics brands
Launchmetrics, founded in 2016, is the leading marketing platfo... |
| - | Why Covid-19 will not wreck but strengthen the European technology investment scene. | No one can tell yet what the impact of Covid-19 on our health, our society and our economy will be. Without doubt it will have a tremendous impact on European technology. However, we believe companies and investors will emerge stronger than... |
| - | Cipio Partners Exits MyOptique Group to Essilor International | Munich/Luxembourg – August 16, 2016 – Cipio Partners, a leading European secondary direct and growth capital investment firm, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its portfolio company, the MyOptique Gro... |
| - | Lull in technology exits contrasts buoyant overall exit market in German PE | October 7, 2014 – “Exit activity in the technology market has been subdued over the past few years, owing to a decline in European trade sales,” according to Cipio Partners managing partner Roland Dennert, speaking at the DACH Private Equit... |
| - | tyntec announces financial investment and new corporate structure aimed at accelerating new product introductions | London/Munich/Dallas/Singapore – January 25, 2017 – tyntec, a global cloud communications provider, today announced that it has secured the backing of new investor Cipio Partners and that it has regrouped all its regional operations, namely... |
| - | The pandemic has made technology the new safe haven for investment. Growth Equity is booming and within it secondary transactions may become more prevalent. | These were some conclusions when, in September 2020, we were privileged to spend 1.5 days off-site and in person with many of our limited partners. One inevitable topic was how the pandemic has changed technology investing.
The pandemic ha... |
| - | US venture funds are coming to Europe and this time it is different | The US funds’ foray into Europe is in full swing as Pitchbook’s data shows: Participation of US funds in European venture deals has grown from 8% in 2010 to 17% for early-stage deals and 23% for late-stage deals in 2019
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| - | Launchmetrics acquires IMAXtree | The acquisition will expand Launchmetrics’ Brand Performance Cloud to allow brands to create inspiring, shareworthy and measurable experiences to help attract today’s modern consumer
Launchmetrics, the leading Brand Performance Cloud for t... |
| - | Cipio Partners Exits softgarden to Investcorp | Munich/Luxembourg – September 03, 2018 – Cipio Partners, announces the sale of its portfolio company softgarden e-recruiting GmbH to Investcorp. The sale marks the 29th exit of a Cipio portfolio company from Cipio Partners Fund VI.
softgar... |
| - | Launchmetrics acquires its main competitor DMR | Launchmetrics acquires its main competitor, DMR, strengthening its data and analytic capabilities — becoming the undisputed category leader in Brand Performance for Fashion, Luxury and Beauty
Together, they offer clients the best of both w... |
| - | Cipio Partners sells EyeEm to New Value AG | Munich/Luxembourg – May 28, 2021 – All EyeEm Group shareholders including Cipio Partners sign agreement to sell the global premium stock photography marketplace to New Value AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: NEWN).
EyeEm is the home of some of the w... |
| - | Cipio Partners Invests in Vitafy | Munich/Luxembourg – December 13, 2018 – Cipio Partners leads EUR 10 million financing round in Munich-based VITAFY, one of the leading providers of nutrition and dietary supplements for fitness, weight management and health.
Being one of t... |
| - | „Secondaries sind integraler Bestandteil der Assetklasse“ | Interview mit Diana Meyel und Roland Dennert, Cipio Partners |
| - | Job Opening at Cipio Partners, Luxembourg Office | Wir suchen einen AML/KYC Manager (m/w/d) in Voll- oder Teilzeit zur Verstärkung unseres Teams in Luxemburg.
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| - | Mission accomplished. | In 2003, when Cipio Partners started investing we pioneered in Europe what was soon called secondary direct transactions. Today, we feel we have established a new level of liquidity into a formerly illiquid asset class.
From cradle to exit... |
| - | Technology companies are increasingly defining capital and labour markets | The US and China dominate global business like never before thanks to their technology giants. However, Europe is growing technology scale-ups at a faster pace than ever. These firms are having a vital economic impact on shareholder value a... |
| - | Vitafy merges with leading consumer healthcare company | Munich/Luxembourg – December 17, 2021 – Cipio Partners Fund VII’s portfolio company Vitafy announced that it was combining forces with EVP Group, a leading player in the European consumer healthcare market.
Founded in 2014, Vitafy Brands h... |
| - | Cipio Partners promotes Christoph Wedegaertner to Partner | February 10, 2014 – Cipio Partners, a European secondary direct investment firm, has announced the promotion of Christoph Wedegaertner to Partner.
Christoph joined Cipio Partners in 2005 prior to which he managed the private and public equ... |
| - | Cipio Partners appoints Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim to its Investment Team and promotes David Kreppel and Dennis Koerner | Munich/Luxembourg – January 11, 2021 – Cipio Partners announces that Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim, a former Partner of High-Tech Gründerfonds, has joined the firm’s investment team as a full-time Venture Partner and will focus on new investments an... |
| - | Cipio Partners Invests in Agorapulse | Munich/Paris/San Francisco – September 18, 2019 – Cipio Partners participates in a €16.5 million growth round along Hi Inov and Entrepreneur Venture
Agorapulse, headquartered in Paris, develops a platform that empowers businesses and agenc... |
| - | Cipio Partners exits Brightpearl to Sage Group | Munich/Luxembourg – December 22, 2021 – Cipio Partners announces the sale of its portfolio company Brightpearl to Sage.
The Sage Group plc (FTSE: SGE), the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized ... |
| - | Cipio Partners invests in MICROOLED | Munich/Luxembourg – September 7, 2020 – Cipio Partners participates in a EUR 8 million growth round along with Ventech in Grenoble-based MICROOLED, one of the leading providers of low power high resolution OLED microdisplays
MICROOLED offe... |
| - | Cipio Partners Invests in Whisbi | Munich/Barcelona – September 25, 2019 – Cipio Partners leads a €5 million growth round along existing investors Active & BDMI
Whisbi, headquartered in Barcelona, which has raised €15 million to date, offers a Conversational Sales platf... |
| - | Cipio Partners invests in Nuki | Munich/Luxembourg – August 06, 2021 – Cipio Partners participates in a €20m growth equity round along existing investors Up to Eleven, Fortuna and Venta in the Graz-based company Nuki Home Solutions GmbH. The capital will be used to expand ... |
| - | The Profile: Diana Meyel, Cipio Partners | Cipio's Meyel discusses the importance of being a strategic operator; why CFOs need to be more visible within their organisations as investors and regulators alike demand stable, robust and predictable platforms
The Drawdown (TDD): How did... |
| - | Cipio Partners exits Openet to Amdocs | Munich/Luxembourg – July 23, 2020 – Cipio Partners announces the sale of its portfolio company Openet to Amdocs. The sale marks the 2nd exit of a portfolio company from Cipio Partners Fund VII.
Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX), a leading provider of s... |
| - | Cipio Partners Completes Trade Sale of Ipanema Technologies | Munich/Luxembourg – April 8, 2015 – Cipio Partners, a leading direct secondary investment firm, announced the closing of the sale of its portfolio company, Ipanema Technologies S.A., to Infovista S.A. The sale marks the second major exit of... |
