Patrimonium Private Equity and Wille Finance Buy Majority Stake in Netzlink Informationstechnik
Posted on 01/27/2022
Patrimonium Private Equity and Wille Finance AG acquired a majority stake in IT company Netzlink Informationstechnik GmbH, headquartered in Braunschweig (DE). This shareholding also includes the 100% subsidiary Grouplink GmbH. This shareholding additionally applies to 50% of the joint venture Netzlink Polska sp. Z o.o. based in Gdansk, Poland.
Netzlink Informationstechnik GmbH was founded in 1997 and has its headquarters in Braunschweig as well as additional locations in Germany and Poland.
The aim of the participation is to consolidate and implement the further growth and strategy of Netzlink and Grouplink through national and international acquisitions, and to strengthen the organizational structure – jointly with all participants. A specially founded holding company (Grouplink Holding GmbH) will serve to control the new constellation. Netzlink employs more than 80 people and is internationally active in the fields of e-health, IT consulting and cloud services, among others.
The previous owners of Netzlink and Grouplink, Harald Lies and Sven-Ove Wähling, will remain strong shareholders and the sole managing directors. In this capacity, they will continue to steer and lead the companies.
Buyers
The Patrimonium Private Fund Scsp, advised by Patrimonium Private Equity Advisors AG, is part of Patrimonium Asset Management AG, a Swiss private market investment manager that operates in the asset classes of real estate, private debt, private equity and infrastructure. Wille Finance AG is a family office founded in 2007.