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February, 2019Munich/Luxembourg – February 25, 2019 – Cipio Partners invests in ZappiStore a leading market research automation platform & analytics solution for the consumer product industry. Zappi has developed a platform to automate… -
December, 2018Munich/Luxembourg – December 13, 2018 – Cipio Partners leads EUR 10m financing round in Munich-based VITAFY, one of the leading providers of nutrition and dietary supplements for fitness, weight management and health. -
October, 2018Luxembourg/Sophia Antipolis/Oakland – October 11, 2018 – Cipio Partners and Capital-E jointly structured a US$ 10m growth financing alongside undisclosed private industry investors to enable Silicon Mobility to meet its ambitious… -
September, 2018Munich/Luxembourg – September 05, 2018 – Cipio Partners invests in Launchmetrics a leading marketing platform & analytics solution for fashion, luxury and cosmetics brandsLaunchmetrics, founded in 2016, is the leading marketing platform… -
September, 2018Munich/Luxembourg – September 03, 2018 – Cipio Partners, announces the sale of its portfolio company softgarden e-recruiting GmbH to Investcorp. The sale marks the 29th exit of a Cipio portfolio company from Cipio Partners Fund VI.softgarden… -
July, 2018Munich/Luxembourg – July 26, 2018 – Cipio Partners leads US$ 15m growth round along existing investors Notion Capital and MMC in Bristol-based Brightpearl Ltd.Cipio Partners announces that it is leading a US$ 15 million growth round… -
June, 2018Munich/Luxembourg – June 05, 2018 – Cipio Partners invests in Blackwood Seven: media planning powered by artificial intelligenceCipio Partners buys a secondary position in Blackwood Seven and invests into the latest growth round…
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May, 2018Munich/Luxembourg – May 15, 2018 – Cipio Partners announces that Alexander Brand, the former CEO of Windeln.de SE, has joined the firm’s investment team.Cipio Partners buys a secondary position in Blackwood Seven and invests into…
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July, 2017Munich/Luxembourg, 3 July 2017 – Cipio Partners, a leading European secondary direct and growth capital investment firm, has closed its latest fund Cipio Partners Fund VII SICAR with €174 million in commitments. The successful fundraise…
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March, 2017ROTTERDAM/LONDON, 13 MARCH 2017 – Sustainable energy company Eneco Group has acquired a minority interest in UK-based data analytics company ONZO, as announced by both companies today. This investment strengthens…
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January, 2017London, Munich, Dallas, Singapore – January 25, 2017 – tyntec, a global cloud communications provider, today announced that it has secured the backing of new investor Cipio Partners and that it has regrouped all its regional operations…
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November, 2016Munich/Luxembourg – November 14, 2016 – Cipio Partners, a leading European secondary direct and growth capital investment firm, announces that it has completed the sale of its portfolio company, 1-2-3.tv to ARCUS Capital, a Munich…
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August, 2016Munich/Luxembourg – August 16, 2016 – Cipio Partners, a leading European secondary direct and growth capital investment firm, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its portfolio company…
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January, 2016Munich/Luxembourg – 11 January 2016 – Cipio Partners, a leading European direct secondary investment firm, and co-investors announce the sale of its portfolio company, Cint AB, to Nordic Capital. Cint AB, headquartered in Stockholm…
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August, 2015Luxembourg – 17 August 2015 – MyOptique Group, a Cipio Partners portfolio company specializing in online eyewear retail, has acquired German eyewear business 4Care and UK premium online eyewear business Eyewearbrands…
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April, 2015The deal marks its second significant exit in only a few months.Munich/Luxembourg – April 8, 2015 – Cipio Partners, a leading direct secondary investment firm, announced the closing of the sale of its portfolio company, Ipanema…
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October, 20147 October, 2014 – “Exit activity in the technology market has been subdued over the past few years, owing to a decline in European trade sales,” according to Cipio Partners managing partner Roland Dennert, speaking at the DACH Private…
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September, 2014As more funds approach the end of their lives, these single-asset deals represent a growing opportunity for secondaries players, says Diana Meyel, a managing partner at Cipio.“In today’s environment, people think of secondary…
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August, 2014France’s FCPI fund model is undergoing a needed evolution, with the market consolidating and regulation becoming more favourable – and these changes could be opening up a new avenue for direct secondaries. Ellie Pullen reports…
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July, 2014“European technology companies are providing increasing opportunities for secondaries investors”, says Roland Dennert, a managing partner at Cipio Partners.Europe is home to an enviable array of up-and-coming venture-backed…
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June, 2014MyOptique Group, Europe’s leading online optical retailer, today announced it has secured £16 million (€20m) additional investment, bringing the total raised in its current Series C funding round to £35 million (€43m). At the same time…
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February, 201410 February 2014 – Cipio Partners, a European secondary direct investment firm, has announced the promotion of Christoph Wedegaertner to Partner.Christoph joined Cipio Partners in 2005 prior to which he managed the private…
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February, 20143 February 2014 – The European single secondary direct market for technology firms has been valued at €1bn per annum, according to in-house research conducted by Cipio Partners. A total of 60 deals per annum were tracked in 2012 and…
Roland Dennert
Roland is a Managing Partner. He is located in Munich and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management. He started his private equity career at 3i Group doing technology and mid-market buyout deals. Before 3i, Roland was a strategy consultant with Roland Berger and The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, as well as a robotics engineer with Hitachi Ltd. in Japan.
Roland holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a Master of Electrical Engineering from ETH Lausanne, Switzerland.
