SEMSYSCO GmbH has been acquired by Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, California. One of the selling shareholders, a fund managed by Atlantic Bridge (“Atlantic Bridge”), was advised by GvW on this transaction. GvW had already advised Atlantic Bridge on its investment in SEMSYSCO. Headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, SEMSYSCO GmbH is a global provider of wet processing […]

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Vsquared Ventures further expands its participation in CUSTOMCELLS: The manufacturer of lithium-ion battery cells has successfully closed a €60 million Series A financing round. Together with the two lead investors, climate-tech venture capital investor World Fund and Hamburg-based family office Abacon Capital, and the existing investors Porsche, Vsquared Ventures participated in the financing round, thereby […]

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Munich-based Parkdepot has raised €15 million in a Series A financing round with SURPLUS Equity Partners und Armira Growth as well as existing investor henQ. The company intends to use the fresh capital for the international expansion and further development of its products. Parkdepot is a tech company specializing in integrated solutions for barrier- and ticketless […]

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Munich-based start-up Noyes Technologies has secured initial seed funding of EUR 3.2 million. The financing round, in which 468 Capital and Abacon Capital also participated, was led by GvW client Vsquared Ventures. Noyes Technologies develops automated and highly flexible nano warehousing systems offering a space-saving and thus cost-efficient solution for the logistics of industrial and […]

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CUSTOMCELLS has successfully concluded a multi-million financing round. Investors include venture capital specialists Vsquared Ventures and 468 Capital, which were both advised by GvW Graf von Westphalen, and Porsche Ventures, the venture capital provider of Porsche AG. CUSTOMCELLS was founded as a spin-off of the German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. With its sites in Itzehoe and Tübingen, it is […]

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On 15 July 2020, TeamViewer signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ubimax, https://www.teamviewer.com/en/ubimax/?t=1598464094043 GvW Graf von Westphalen advised the sellers of Ubimax on the sale of the company. The GvW team was led by Titus Walek (partner, M&A) and included partners Dr Frank Tschesche (Tax), Dr Joachim Mulch (IP), Christof Kleinmann, Karsten Kujath (both employment), senior associate Dr Michael Engel (Tax) and associate Zehnah Sino (M&A). Earlier […]

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GvW Graf von Westphalen advised the shareholders of dna Gesellschaft für IT Services mbH on the sale of the company to DATAGROUP. dna Gesellschaft für IT Services specialises in services for IT infrastructures and applications. The company, which has offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Hanover and Oldenburg, provides support for savings banks throughout Germany as the […]

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The shareholders of leading German drone developer and manufacturer AirRobot have sold 100 percent of their shares to Norwegian technology company Nordic Unmanned (Euronext Oslo «NUMND»). The transaction is subject to Investment Control Approval from German authorities and is expected to take place before year end. AirRobot is a long-standing supplier for the German armed forces […]

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OQmented GmbH, the technology leader for MEMS-based VR/AR, LiDAR and 3D-camera solutions, has successfully concluded a multi-million-euro seed financing round. The international consortium of investors is led by Vsquared Ventures and includes BioNTech supervisory board chairman Helmut Jeggle and a renowned Chinese tech entrepreneur. GvW Graf von Westphalen advises Vsquared Ventures on this financing round. […]

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GvW Graf von Westphalen advised Munich-based Parkdepot GmbH on a € 4.2 million seed financing round with Amsterdam-based venture capital investor henQ. Parkdepot is a fast-growing startup from Munich specializing in digital solutions for the European parking market. The company fully digitalizes parking lots, relying on camera-based systems instead of traditional technologies such as barriers, ground […]

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GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the technology company Ubimax in the successful closing of a Series B financing round. Fielmann Ventures GmbH is joining as a new investor. In addition, one of the existing investors, Westcott LLC (Dallas, Texas), is increasing its stake in Ubimax. Ubimax is the leading provider of fully integrated industrial augmented […]

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