Contributors
Building long-term relationships is key for me personally – I want to be the advisor of trust for my clients.
Dr. Michael Drill
Managing Director & Head of Germany
FrankfurtMeet Our Senior Team in Germany
I am enthusiastic about creating sustainable growth and the highest value for our clients and strive to leave a positive footprint beyond any successful M&A transaction.
Friedrich Bieselt
Managing Director & Head of Business Services, Europe
Frankfurt
I build trust with my clients through integrity and clear communication. Our clients value providing them with our market insight and expertise.
Ulrich Desl
Managing Director & Co-Head of Industrials, Europe
Frankfurt Building long-term relationships is key for me personally – I want to be the advisor of trust for my clients.
Dr. Michael Drill
Managing Director & Head of Germany
Frankfurt
I enjoy working closely with clients to overcome challenging situations and to develop strategies to meet their business goals.
Dirk-Oliver Löffler
Managing Director & Co-Head of Healthcare, Europe
Frankfurt
I lead with an entrepreneurial mindset and serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, delivering deep process and sector expertise to help them thrive in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Harald Mährle
Managing Director & Global Co-Head, Technology
Munich
I maintain an open and transparent dialogue with clients to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Juan Carlos Montoya
Managing Director
FrankfurtRelated Perspectives
Recent Transactions in Technology, Media & Telecom
Lincoln International Adds Milan Saric-Toplica as Managing Director
Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Milan Saric-Toplica has joined the firm’s Munich office as a Managing Director in Lincoln’s Technology, Media… Read More
Verdane has acquired global marketing technology leader Papirfly Group
Papirfly Group Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices throughout Europe and a global presence, Papirfly Group provides a cloud-based, modular software platform for brand activation management,… Read More
Private Equity Pursues Investments in Engineering and Manufacturing Software Sector
Engineering, simulation and manufacturing software is in high demand as companies across industries shift toward digitizing processes. From the early stages of product design and simulation to manufacturing and usage… Read More
Cybersecurity Year-end Report: Full Year 2021
2021 was a record year, by a wide margin, for cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment volumes – propelled by strong valuations and a material rise in transaction sizes.
ION Solar has received a strategic investment led by Greenbelt Capital Partners with Trilantic Energy Partners, Blackstone Credit and Energy Impact Partners
ION Solar ION Solar is a top-ten United States provider of premium, turnkey engineering, procurement and construction of solar energy solutions. ION sells, designs and installs residential solar systems in… Read More
InfoDesk has been sold to Cuadrilla Capital
InfoDesk InfoDesk is a leading software provider of mission-critical information to global enterprise customers across the life sciences, management consulting, financial services and government industries. InfoDesk’s cloud-native, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled… Read More
Lincoln International Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Spurrier Capital Partners
Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Spurrier Capital Partners (SCP), a technology and software-focused investment bank… Read More
EPE Corporation has been sold to Intervala, a portfolio company of Primerock Capital
EPE EPE was founded in 1957 and manufactures high-quality, complex printed circuit board assemblies and integrated electronic and electromechanical systems. EPE is located in Manchester, New Hampshire, and has a… Read More
Management of Blue.cloud has sold a majority stake to Hudson Hill Capital
Blue.cloud Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Blue.cloud is a rapidly growing provider of cloud-native and artificial intelligence (AI)-focused services, including cloud data analytics, data warehousing solution design, cloud operations and digital… Read More
Audax Private Equity has sold Mobileum to H.I.G. Technology Partners
Mobileum Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Mobileum is a leading global software provider of mission-critical solutions that allow communications service providers to manage increasingly complex networks. The company’s innovative suite of… Read More
Growing Local & Global Private Equity Interest in French Technology
The technology ecosystem in France is booming. In 2021 alone, French startups raised more than €10 billion in venture capital financing, a 2x increase over 2020. To date, the number… Read More
SSB Spins Out Pro Sports Vertical to KORE Software; Renames Itself Affinaquest
The Deal SSB, the market leader in constituent engagement, data management, data enhancement and predictive analytics for higher education and collegiate athletics, announced it is sharpening its focus on the… Read More
Private shareholders of Intermate Group have partnered with Equity Capital Management
Intermate Group Intermate, based in Berlin, Germany, is the leading German technology-driven influencer and social media marketing agency. Intermate is a one-stop-shop solution for content and traffic on social media… Read More
A majority stake of Eperi GmbH has been sold to Equistone
Eperi GmbH Headquartered in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Germany, Eperi GmbH has grown since its foundation in 2014 into a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions for data protection and security in… Read More
Lincoln’s Valuations Database Request
Every quarter, Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group values between 1,600 to 1,800 privately held companies owned by private equity groups. At the end of every quarter Lincoln anonymizes and aggregates… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q4 2021
2021 met and then quickly exceeded all forecasts for M&A activity in the education technology and services market. Across the board, from venture funding to IPOs to the volume of… Read More
Gamma Technologies, a portfolio company of Cove Hill Partners and TA Associates, has received a strategic growth investment from Insight Partners
Gamma Technologies Gamma Technologies (GT) is a global leader and innovator in integrated multi-physics system simulation software. GT is dedicated to building the most advanced system simulation tools, complemented with… Read More
Lincoln International Celebrates Sustained Growth in Europe
Lincoln International is pleased to celebrate another outstanding year globally. In 2021, the firm advised on a record number of transactions and achieved significant growth across all of its M&A industry sectors and… Read More
Scale your Career: What Makes a Good Investment Banker Great?
For new analysts and associates, communication, collaboration and coordination are essential components of a successful investment banking career. Individuals who can communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues across title levels… Read More
RedSail Technologies has sold Publiq Software to Springbrook Software, a portfolio company of Accel-KKR
Client: RedSail Technologies, LLC Client Location: United States Target: PUBLIQ Software Target Location: United States Acquirer: Springbrook Software Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: PUBLIQ Software has developed a comprehensive… Read More
EMS Quarterly Review Q4 2021
There continues to be further investment by private equity into EMS as well as consolidations through existing private equity-backed backed platforms and strategic investment.
Lincoln Private Market Index Wraps 2021 at a Record High, Inspiring a Borrower-Friendly Private Credit Market
Sustainability of enterprise value levels hinges in part on private companies’ ability to address supply chain, hiring and inflationary pressures In Q4 2021, private company enterprise values grew 3.9%, bringing… Read More
Founders, management and NextStage AM have sold Once For All to Fortius, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus
Once For All Started in 2012 under the name Attestation Légale and based in Lyon, France, Once For All (OFA) is a leading European compliance and certification Software as a… Read More
Compass Electronics Solutions has sold its Texas and Mexico-based operations to East West Manufacturing
Compass Electronics Solutions The El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico-based operations of Compass Electronics Solutions (CES), formerly known as Protech Global Solutions, offers electronics design, development, manufacturing and support services.… Read More
Sentaca has been sold to IBM Corporation
Client: Sentaca Client Location: United States Target: Sentaca Target Location: United States Acquirer: IBM Corporation Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Sentaca is a leading provider of automation software and services for the enterprise.