Carlsquare advises Bogensportwelt on the merger with H&N Sport unter the umbrella of Outdoor Sports Equipment Holding

Bogensportwelt, the leading European online retailer of modern archery equipment, and H&N Sport, one of the world’s largest producers of air gun pellets and bullets, have merged to form Outdoor Sports Equipment GmbH. All previous shareholders remain involved and the operational management remains the responsibility of the previous management.

The combination of Bogensportwelt’s strong online presence and H&N Sport’s established trading relationships with customers in 65 countries will significantly accelerate the group’s geographical expansion and growth.

“Merging with Bogensportwelt is a significant step for the further development of companies. Together, we will have an even stronger position in the shooting sports industry which will allow us to capitalise on existing growth opportunities”, said H&N Sport Managing Director Florian Schwartz.

 

“We consider the merger as the beginning of a successful joint era. Each company has tremendous skills and competences, which result in vast synergy effects and new opportunities. We are delighted about this important step”, according to BSW Managing Director Sven Stiemer.

Carlsquare acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Bogensportwelt.

CatCap advises PersonalMarkt on the sale of a majority stake to Axel Springer's StepStone

The online job platform StepStone has acquired a majority stake in PersonalMarkt, one of Germany’s biggest compensation analysts. PMSG PersonalMarkt Services GmbH operates websites for both employees and employers: Gehalt.de and Gehaltsvergleich.com provide detailed information on salaries and publish vacancies. With Compensation Partner, PersonalMarkt helps employers in all sectors to check compensation structures against current market standards. More than 1,000 customers have already used the services of the Hamburg-based company.

“For a number of years, PersonalMarkt has been a reliable business partner to employers in all salary-related matters,” says StepStone managing director Dr Sebastian Dettmers. “Together with PersonalMarkt, StepStone will position itself more strongly and broadly as an expert and provider of information relating to HR and careers.”

PersonalMarkt was founded in Hamburg in 1999 by Tim Böger and Dr Philip Bierbach. The aim was to exploit the potential of the Internet to offer professional services in the area of salaries, with the initial focus on ascertaining the market rate of employees’ salaries. Just one year later, PersonalMarkt published the first salary database on the Internet for comparing individual and professional salaries. PersonalMarkt quickly evolved to become a company enjoying strong growth and now employs more than 60 people.

“As part of StepStone, we will now take the next step and continue to work hard to grow the business in the coming years,” says Dr Philip Bierbach, who will retain a stake in PersonalMarkt as founder and managing director.

CatCap acted as exclusive financial advisor to PersonalMarkt.

CatCap acts as lead advisor on the sale of DTAD Deutscher Auftragsdienst AG to DuMont

CatCap acted as lead advisor for the shareholder of DTAD Deutscher Auftragsdienst AG (DTAD) on the sale to DuMont Business Information.
DTAD is Germany’s leading B2B business intelligence and information service, publishing more than 600,000 procurement tenders annually. In addition the company also operates Germany’s largest database of public and private purchasers.
The acquisition will allow DuMont to create a new offering aimed at private and public decision-makers and will support the groups wider digitalization strategy. Together with existing offerings, DuMont intends to create the leading integrated provider for public and private tenders and real estate information.

CatCap advises Securepoint on the addition of Maxburg as a new shareholder

Maxburg Beteiligungen III, who is advised by the German financial investor Maxburg Capital Partners GmbH, joins the German IT security company Securepoint GmbH. Founded in 1997, Securepoint is the leading integrated provider of IT security products for small and medium-sized companies with several locations in Germany. CatCap advised Securepoint during the process.

Lutz Hausmann, Managing Partner Securepoint: “Thereby, Securepoint continues to be a strong partner for its customers, employees and suppliers and can rely on the support of a strong financial partner to approach future investments. We are very pleased that Maxburg and Securepoint have joined forces strategically with the goal of expanding their great success stories over the next few years!”

CatCap advised on the acquisition of Lampuga

CatCap advised Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the investment in Telio

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) will invest alongside its advised DBAG Fund VI in the Telio Group (Telio), a telecommunications and software provider. DBAG und DBAG Fund VI will acquire the majority in Telio in a management buyout (MBO). The investment aims to support the company in its strong growth. Telio’s management, which is already invested in the company, will acquire additional interests as part of the transaction. The parties signed a purchase contract on Friday, thereby agreeing not to disclose the purchase price. The transaction is contingent on anti-trust approval and expected to be completed by the end of the year. The vendors include private investors in addition to Telio’s management.

Telio develops, installs and operates communications and media systems in prisons. The European leader in its field, Telio was founded in Hamburg in 1998 and has had subsidiaries in other European countries, including France, Belgium and the Netherlands, for ten years. Telio expects to generate revenues of almost 30 million euros in 2015. It employs a staff of about 100.

“These areas offer Telio solid growth opportunities,” said Torsten Grede, Spokesman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, commenting on the signing. “The company has many similarities with the two other telecommunication companies in our portfolio, and we intend to apply the experience gained there to our new investment.”