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MegaCAD announces the majority acquisition of the renowned Bausoft Informatik AG from Switzerland, a leading provider of CAD for technical building services. This strategic acquisition marks a significant milestone for both companies, turning a long-standing partnership into an even closer relationship.

After a successful history of joint cooperation, FarMedvisie and MediCheck App are pleased to inform about FarMedvisie’s acquisition of MediCheck App. The combination of MediCheck App’s mobile SaaS solution for medication intake administration with FarMedvisie’s ePrescription SaaS suite marks an important milestone as from now on, the complete medication lifecycle will be covered by one common platform. Together, the solutions will ensure medication safety for more than 200,000 patients per year.

BID Equity Fund III announces the acquisition of REALVIEW AG, a renowned Swiss provider of modern software solutions in the field of construction project management.

JustRelate Group, a leading provider of a powerful and holistic "digital experience platform" (DXP), has acquired French Bmobile with its innovative email builder Dartagnan.

EvidentIQ, an international provider of clinical trial software, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in asthenis GmbH, the market leader in cancer documentation software in Germany and Switzerland. Marcus van den Bergh, founder of asthenis, will continue to support the company and its customers in his role as managing director and shareholder.

In July 2023 BID Equity closed its third and largest fund at the hard cap of EUR 310 million. Albeit the challenging fundraising environment the fund was oversubscribed. BID Equity is proud to have attracted again a diversified institutional investor base from across Europe and the United States.

Oldenburg-based CAD manufacturer Megatech Software GmbH became part of the BID Equity Fund II portfolio in April 2023.

The union of Kobold Managment Systeme GmbH and untermStrich Software GmbH from Austria, realized by BID Equity Fund II, grows by another member. The acquisition of WIDEMANN SYSTEME GmbH from Wiesbaden complements the product portfolio with diverse functionalities for landscape planning.

The software group for commercial construction processes initiated by BID Equity Fund II realizes further steps of its growth plan with the acquisition of Orgit GmbH and the software solution Flink2Go.

Cybersecurity specialist Nextron Systems GmbH has been acquired by a fund advised by BID Equity. The partnership aims to continue Nextron's strong growth trajectory through internationalization and strategic acquisitions.

BID Equity Fund II has acquired Woerden-based FarMedvisie Holding B.V.

The BID Equity Fund II software group everii Group GmbH ("everii") has acquired J+D Software GmbH ("J+D") and julitec GmbH ("julitec"), thereby becoming market leader for agency software in the DACH region.

The Austrian intevo.websolutions GmbH ("intevo") from Vienna joins forces with the German HQLabs GmbH ("HQLabs") from Hamburg (together "the group"). BID Equity is thus continuing the development of its new professional services software platform.

The Austrian/German untermStrich software GmbH ("untermStrich") merges with the German Kobold Man-agement Systeme GmbH ("Kobold", together "the Group"). This alliance of two leading providers of soft-ware solutions for commercial and administrative processes for architects and construction engineers, which was realised by BID Equity, thus results in the new market leader in the German-speaking region.

EvidentIQ, a pioneering provider of end-to-end eClinical solutions, and Dacima Software Inc. of Montréal, a leading provider of data management software solutions for clinical trials, have signed an agreement that will result in the acquisition of Dacima.

The digital transformation is in its full progress! A fundamental building block for this is cloud migration. The pandemic has once again fueled this transformation: More than 80 percent of German companies now rely on applications in the cloud.

Finding and retaining brilliant minds? This is essential for sales optimization, but it's not that easy - especially in the IT industry. IT experts are needed not only in development, but especially also in sales. The shortage of skilled workers in this field is enormous and the "War for IT-Talents" is in full swing! But what is the best way to counter this?

BID Equity Fund II, advised by BID Equity, has acquired Hamburg-based HQLabs GmbH, an established provider of agency software.

Berlin-based digital experience specialist JustRelate Group, a BID Equity portfolio firm, acquires Munich-based PLANWARE Beratung & Software GmbH, a specialist for product configuration software. This acquisition marks another significant step for the JustRelate Group in providing customers with an integrated platform for the digitization of their sales processes.

BID Equity Fund II, advised by BID Equity, has acquired AB CUBE, SAS based in Paris, an established provider of multivigilance software in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors.

BID Equity Fund II acquires Kobold Management Systeme GmbH based in Wuppertal, an established software provider for industry-specific project controlling software for architects and engineers.

Following a successful period of organic growth, product upgrades and strengthening its international sales capabilities, BID Equity Investment I ("BID Equity") sells its enterprise energy management platform eSight Group Ltd. ("eSight") to MRI Software Limited ("MRI"). 

After a highly successful period of organic growth, acquisitions, and platform building, BID Equity Investment III (“BID Equity”), backed by its institutional investor LFPI Group, sold the leading European social care software provider myneva Group (“myneva”) to Summa Equity Fund II (“Summa”).

BID Equity announces the successful close of its BID Equity Overflow Fund II at the hard cap volume of €50 million. The fund will provide additional equity to the most promising BID Equity Fund II software platforms to allow continued buy & build.

The BID Equity-backed myneva Group announces that at the beginning of the year it acquired software provider Patronis Software GmbH from Linz, Austria and the Dutch elderly care software vendor “TTS – Technology To Serve”.

BID Equity Fund II, a fund advised by BID Equity, acquires Fortress Medical Systems, the US-based vendor of Clindex®, an integrated CTMS and EDC system.

BID Equity Fund II, a fund advised by BID Equity, acquires France-based Carenity, an anlytics platform supporting +500,000 patients and caregivers worldwide.

BID Equity portfolio firm myneva Group acquires software provider SWING Gesellschaft für EDV-Systemlösungen mbH headquartered in Freiburg (Brsg) and Sursee (Switzerland).

BID Equity Fund II, a fund advised by BID Equity, announces the acquisition of Berlin-based PiSA sales GmbH, a leading vendor of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Configure Price Quote (CPQ) software.

BID Equity Fund II, a fund advised by BID Equity, acquires the majority of Infopark Group GmbH. Infopark is the manufacturer of the web-based Content Management Software Scrivito, which is used by well-known organizations in the private and public sector for the creation of highly secure and maintenance-free websites, web applications, portals and apps.

After very successful years of organic growth, continued internationalization, and the acquisition of Umbrella AG in Switzerland, BID Equity Investment II ("BID Equity") sells a majority stake in Midoco Holding together with its partner Afinum Siebte Beteiligungsgesellschaft ("Afinum") GmbH ("Midoco") to LEA Partners. BID Equity continues to hold a minority stake to support the group's continued growth.

BID Equity announces the successful final close of BID Equity Fund II. The fund closed at the targeted hard cap volume of €125 million plus a significant commitment by the BID Equity team.

BID Equity Fund II, a fund advised by BID Equity, acquires a majority stake in XClinical GmbH. XClinical is a leading international provider of software solutions for drug and medical device studies. The XClinical platform fully implements the CDISC standard, which significantly accelerates the analysis and submission of data to regulatory authorities.

omneva Group acquired majority stakes both in CareCenter, the leading Austrian software provider, and Rair, a specialist for elderly care software. The group hereby significantly extends its customer base and its local market footprint in Austria as well as southern and eastern Germany. Both transactions were closed in Q4 2018.

Midoco GmbH, a BID Equity portfolio firm and leading provider of Midoffice software solutions for the travel industry, has acquired a majority stake in Umbrella U+O AG, Wetzikon, Switzerland.

BID Equity has acquired 100% of eSight Energy Group Ltd’s shares. eSight Energy is a global energy management software developer and solutions provider. The transaction was closed in April ’18.

In December 2017 German software investor BID Equity has simultaneously acquired majority stakes in the Dutch Regas Group and German Heimbas GmbH. The investment has been made via BID Equity Fund III, which is backed by the international multi-strategy asset manager LFPI Group as cornerstone investor. BID Equity Fund III focuses on investments in European software companies in the social care sector. Key management members reinvested in the newly formed group.

BID Equity has acquired a majority stake in Midoco GmbH based in Hilden/Germany. The three co-founders and Managing Directors of Midoco, Steffen Faradi, Marcus Haarmann, and Jörg Hauschild will remain significant shareholders of the company. The transaction became effective on 6 December 2016.

Effective 22 August 2016 BID Equity acquired a majority stake in Z-Wave Europe GmbH.