VR Equitypartner and SüdBG acquire majority stake in DEKOM

Stutt­gart / Frank­furt am Main / Hamburg — Süd Betei­li­gun­gen GmbH (SüdBG), Stutt­gart, toge­ther with VR Equi­typ­art­ner GmbH (VREP), Frank­furt, and the DEKOM manage­ment, is acqui­ring the DEKOM Group (DEKOM), Hamburg, as part of a succes­sion solu­tion. With over 25 years of expe­ri­ence, more than 200 employees and over 6,000 custo­mers, DEKOM is a leading inter­na­tio­nal AV inte­gra­tor with loca­ti­ons in Europe and the USA. — The joint vision is to further expand DEKOM’s leading role in the Euro­pean market for audio and video tech­no­logy, taking into account mega­trends such as ESG and AI, and to open up new growth markets. The tran­sac­tion is still subject to appr­oval by the anti­trust authorities.

DEKOM is charac­te­ri­zed in parti­cu­lar by custo­­mer-speci­­fic solu­ti­ons, a high level of tech­ni­cal exper­tise and a unique sales approach. DEKOM acts as a one-stop store and takes on the plan­ning and design, instal­la­tion of hard­ware and soft­ware for its custo­mers and also offers licen­ses, cloud services and main­ten­ance services. The current Group CEO, Simon Härke, will conti­nue to manage the company after the tran­sac­tion and, toge­ther with seve­ral mana­gers of the foreign subsi­dia­ries, will acquire a signi­fi­cant stake in the company as part of the transaction. 

Chris­tian Futter­lieb, Mana­ging Direc­tor of VR Equi­typ­art­ner, explains: “At a time when inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons are crucial for the success of compa­nies, we are parti­cu­larly plea­sed about our invest­ment in DEKOM. The management’s outstan­ding know-how and strong commit­ment to quality and perfor­mance as well as its ability to adapt to the dyna­mic demands of the market are impres­sive. We are ther­e­fore plea­sed to be invol­ved in a company with forward-looking solu­ti­ons and look forward to shaping the next phase of growth toge­ther with a strong manage­ment team.” Simon Härke, CEO of DEKOM AG, adds: “With VREP and SüdBG, we have the ideal support to further expand our market posi­tion and take it to the next level. I am convin­ced that with the new inves­tors we have the right part­ners at our side who share our vision and will conti­nue to deve­lop DEKOM toge­ther with us in a future-orien­­ted manner.”

About SüdBG

SüdBG is a wholly owned subsi­diary of Landes­bank Baden-Würt­­te­m­­berg (LBBW) and has been support­ing medium-sized compa­nies for more than 50 years with custo­mi­zed equity and equity-rela­­ted solu­ti­ons in the context of succes­sion plan­ning, growth finan­cing and share­hol­der changes.

About VR Equitypartner 

VR Equi­typ­art­ner is one of the leading equity finan­ciers in Germany, Austria and Switz­er­land. The company supports medium-sized family busi­nesses in a goal-orien­­ted manner and with deca­des of expe­ri­ence in the stra­te­gic solu­tion of complex finan­cing issues. Invest­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties include growth and expan­sion finan­cing, corpo­rate succes­sion or share­hol­der chan­ges. VR Equi­typ­art­ner offers majo­rity and mino­rity invest­ments as well as mezza­nine finan­cing. As a subsi­diary of DZ BANK, the central insti­tu­tion of the coope­ra­tive banks in Germany, VR Equi­typ­art­ner consis­t­ently puts the sustaina­bi­lity of corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment ahead of short-term exit thin­king. VR Equitypartner’s port­fo­lio curr­ently compri­ses around 40 commit­ments with an invest­ment volume of EUR 400 million. Further infor­ma­tion can be found at www.vrep.de. The VR Equi­typ­art­ner tran­sac­tion team:
Thiemo Bisch­off, Sarah Oster­mann, Vincent Mrohs, Jens Schöf­fel, Oliver Landau, Wiebke Langhans 

Consul­tancy firms invol­ved in the tran­sac­tion by VREP and SüdBG:

Legal: Orrick (Dr. Chris­toph Bren­ner, Stefan Riedl and Dr. Timo Holz­born) Timo Holz­born) Commer­cial & ESG: Inven­sity (Matthias Welge and Daniel Meyn) Finan­cial: RSM Ebner Stolz (Matthias Kran­kow­sky, Tobias Fritz, Sophie Lehnert, Louis Perrino and Felice Micheln) Tax: RSM Ebner Stolz (Wolf­gang Klöve­korn and Arnd Mönch) Anti­trust: Lupp+Partner (Tilman Siebert and Diana Proschniew­ski) Debt Advi­sor: Network Corpo­rate Finance (Diet­rich Stol­ten­burg and Domi­nik Waitschekauski)