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McDermott advises Verdane on majority stake in Cropster

Photo: Hanno M. Witt, LL.M., Part­ner at McDer­mott Will & Emery in Munich (Photo © MWE)
23. Octo­ber 2024

Munich — Verdane, an invest­ment company specia­li­zing in growth capi­tal, is acqui­ring a majo­rity stake in the soft­ware company Crops­ter. Verdane will support Crops­ter on its further growth path. Crops­ter offers soft­ware solu­ti­ons for use throug­hout the coffee value chain, from produ­cers, buyers and roas­ters to whole­sa­lers and retail­ers. Since the company was foun­ded in 2008, Crops­ter has steadily expan­ded its global presence and now works with leading coffee compa­nies in over 100 count­ries. Verdane’s funds have capi­tal commit­ments of more than 7.7 billion euros. Since 2003, the company with offices in Berlin, Munich, Copen­ha­gen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stock­holm has inves­ted in over 400 fast-growing compa­nies. The invest­ment in Crops­ter is the eleventh in the DACH region in the last 12 months and the fourth tran­sac­tion in Austria. Advi­sor Verdane: McDer­mott Will & Emery Hanno M. Witt, LL.M., Foto (Private Equity, Munich, lead), John Zukin (Private Equity, Chicago), Dr. Florian Schie­fer, Marcus Fischer (Coun­sel; both Tax, Frank­furt), Raminta Deres­ke­vici­ute (Inter­na­tio­nal Trade, London), Nico­lette Kost De Sèvres (Regu­la­tory, Paris/Washington, DC), Amy C. Pimen­tel (Data Protec­tion, Boston), Dr. Felix Ganzer (Private Equity, Frank­furt); Asso­cia­tes: Nicole Kaps, Marion Dalvai-König (both Private Equity, Munich), Elea­nor B. Atkins (IP, Washing­ton, DC), Michal Chaj­du­kow­ski (Inter­na­tio­nal Trade, London), Erin Kansy (Tran­sac­tional, Los Ange­les), Stavroula Niko­lai­dou (Regu­la­tory, Paris), Riley O’Far­rell (Tran­sac­tional, Chicago), Melis Solak­sub­asi (Employ­ment, Chicago). 

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