FTAPI: € 65 million from Armira Growth and Tikehau Capital

Munich — FTAPI, a provi­der of secure data exch­ange, has raised 65 million euros in its latest finan­cing round. The inves­tors Armira Growth, an inves­tor specia­li­zing in tech scale-ups, and Tike­hau Capi­tal, a global asset mana­ger with a focus on cyber secu­rity, want to use the funds to drive the company’s expan­sion in the Euro­pean market, among other things. 

FTAPI has deve­lo­ped into a leading plat­form for secure data exch­ange and is now a relia­ble part­ner for more than 2,000 custo­mers from various sectors — inclu­ding finan­cial service provi­ders, public autho­ri­ties, indus­trial compa­nies and compa­nies in the health­care sector. With the support of Armira Growth and Tike­hau Capi­tal, FTAPI plans to build on its leading market posi­tion in its core markets of Germany, Austria and Switz­er­land and to expand into other Euro­pean markets. 

Ari Alber­tini, new CEO of FTAPI: “The stra­te­gic coope­ra­tion with Armira Growth and Tike­hau Capi­tal under­lines our clear focus on Euro­pean tech­no­lo­gies and values. Our mission is to give our clients full control over their data while main­tai­ning the highest stan­dards of compli­ance and cybersecurity.”

As part of the finan­cing, Daniel Nies­ler, foun­der and long-stan­­ding CEO of FTAPI, is step­ping down as Mana­ging Direc­tor, but will remain part of the company as an important share­hol­der and member of the Advi­sory Board. At the same time, the previous inves­tor Yttrium has sold all of its shares. The manage­ment would like to thank the Yttrium team for the many years of trustful coope­ra­tion and support, which have contri­bu­ted signi­fi­cantly to FTAPI’s growth and success to date. 

The invest­ment will be used to further expand FTAPI’s product port­fo­lio for secure, trust­wor­thy data exch­ange. FTAPI aims to offer solu­ti­ons “made and hosted in Europe” to support compa­nies in comply­ing with Euro­pean secu­rity stan­dards. This ensu­res inde­pen­dence from inter­na­tio­nal compa­nies and streng­thens Europe’s digi­tal sovereignty. 

The part­ner­ship between FTAPI, Armira Growth and Tike­hau Capi­tal under­lines the common stra­te­gic direc­tion: With a clear focus on Euro­pean values and stan­dards, the coope­ra­tion sends a strong signal for inde­pen­dence and data sove­reig­nty and under­lines the common goal of streng­thening the digi­tal ecosys­tem in Europe.

About FTAPI

The Munich-based soft­ware company FTAPI offers a compre­hen­sive plat­form for simple and secure data work­flows and auto­ma­tion. FTAPI connects people, data and systems secu­rely, quickly and easily. Since 2010, over 2,000 compa­nies, public autho­ri­ties and medi­cal faci­li­ties with more than one million users have placed their trust in the Secu­Mails, Secu­Rooms, Secu­Forms and SecuF­lows products — regard­less of whether they are sending or recei­ving data, recei­ving struc­tu­red data, sharing confi­den­tial infor­ma­tion or secu­rely auto­ma­ting data work­flows: FTAPI’s secure data work­flow plat­form protects sensi­tive data at all times. www.ftapi.com

About Armira Growth

Armira Growth invests in fast-growing compa­nies in Europe that are driving tech­no­lo­gi­cal change and revo­lu­tio­ni­zing tradi­tio­nal value chains through inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons. Buil­ding on Armira’s entre­pre­neu­rial values and unique capi­tal base from leading German and inter­na­tio­nal entre­pre­neurs and entre­pre­neu­rial fami­lies, Armira Growth supports foun­ders and entre­pre­neurs in buil­ding market leaders in the tech­no­logy sector through growth invest­ments of 10–100 million euros as a long-term and trus­ted part­ner. https://www.armira.de.

About Tike­hau Capital

Tike­hau Capi­tal is a global alter­na­tive asset manage­ment group with 47.1 billion euros in assets under manage­ment (as of Septem­ber 30, 2024). Tike­hau Capi­tal has broad exper­tise across four asset clas­ses (private debt, real assets, private equity and capi­tal markets stra­te­gies) as well as multi-asset and special oppor­tu­ni­ties stra­te­gies. Tike­hau Capi­tal is a foun­­der-led team with a diffe­ren­tia­ted busi­ness model, a strong balance sheet, proprie­tary global deal flow and a track record of support­ing world-class compa­nies and mana­gers. Deeply rooted in the real economy, Tike­hau Capi­tal provi­des custo­mi­zed and inno­va­tive alter­na­tive finan­cing solu­ti­ons to the compa­nies in which it invests, crea­ting long-term value for its inves­tors while deli­ve­ring posi­tive social impact. The Group lever­a­ges its strong equity base (EUR 3.1 billion in equity as of June 30, 2024) and invests along­side its invest­ment clients’ capi­tal as part of their indi­vi­dual stra­te­gies. Tike­hau Capi­tal is led by its mana­gers toge­ther with leading insti­tu­tio­nal part­ners and guided by a strong entre­pre­neu­rial spirit shared by its 767 employees (as of Septem­ber 30, 2024) across its 17 offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Tike­hau Capi­tal is listed on Segment A of the regu­la­ted market of Euron­ext Paris (ISIN code: FR0013230612; ticker: TKO.FP). www.tikehaucapital.com.