Over the past decades, SAMHAMMER has successfully developed into a highly innovative technology and service excellence partner. The company provides services in the areas of AI-assisted service centers and IoT lifecycle management. As part of the optimization of customer service centers, the approximately 500 SAMHAMMER employees focus on solution modules such as AI-powered assistants, knowledge logistics platforms, bots and intelligent self-services. The in-house developed digital service platform METIS, the technological core of the AI-supported service center, is based on comprehensive software and AI capabilities and forms the basis for the operation of the solutions. Its loyal customer base includes market-leading SMEs and corporate customers from various sectors such as retail, automotive, mechanical and plant engineering, IT, financial services and healthcare (eHealth).

Klaus Weinmann, CEO & Co-Founder of PRIMEPULSE SE: “With SAMHAMMER, we warmly welcome an established AI company in the German market to our IT portfolio and look forward to working together. With our specialized teams and our network access to the IT industry, we are ready to drive expansion and technological development even further and take growth to the next level together.”

The SAMHAMMER management will remain on board and continue to play a key role in the company and its successful development.

Thomas Hellerich, CEO of SAMHAMMER: “We are delighted to have PRIMEPULSE at our side as an entrepreneurial partner that supports our vision of becoming Europe’s leading provider of AI-assisted services. Together, we are in a position to significantly shape the transformation towards AI-based service excellence for market-leading companies and SMEs.”

About SAHAMMER
SAMHAMMER is a solution provider for AI-assisted service excellence and, with around 500 employees, offers innovative cross-industry solution modules such as AI-powered assistants, knowledge logistics platforms, dialog bots and intelligent self-services. For IoT devices, SAMHAMMER provides highly efficient processes for the retail, eHealth, finance and IT security sectors with rollout management and AI-assisted maintenance. Innovation, sustainability and customer focus – SAMHAMMER is firmly committed to investing in AI solutions based on these values and combines this with the vision of becoming one of the leading providers of AI-assisted services in Europe.

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glueckkanja is a pioneer in the cloud with more than 25 years of experience in the Microsoft technology landscape. The unique combination of standardized cloud managed services (Managed Workplace, Managed Azure), its own Cloud Security Operations Center (Managed Security) and its own technologies and SaaS solutions (“companion products”) makes glueckkanja one of the leading Microsoft Public Cloud Partners in Europe. With numerous specializations and a wide range of Microsoft Solutions Partner Designations, the company is one of Microsoft’s top partners in Germany, has been named Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year eight times, most recently in 2024, and has been at the top of the ISG Microsoft 365 Germany quadrant for years. In addition, glueckkanja is considered a top employer for medium-sized companies with 4.8 out of 5 points in the kununu employee rating. The visionary management team around CEO & Co-Founder Christian Kanja and the team of around 180 people live a unique corporate culture that attracts outstanding experts. The total of eight Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) on the glueckkanja team highlights the remarkable level of expertise in highly relevant areas such as security.

With the support of PRIMEPULSE, the consistent development of the Managed Services (Workplace, Security, Azure) and companion products as well as the international expansion of the company have been successfully driven forward in recent years. With offices in Germany, Austria, Spain and Australia, the global team offers customers a global presence and highly available services in business-critical areas.

Klaus Weinmann, CEO & Co-Founder of PRIMEPULSE, comments: “As IT investors, we have accompanied glueckkanja on its growth path with heart and soul. We would like to thank the entire team for their outstanding commitment and fruitful partnership. With our PRIMEPULSE approach of accompanying the portfolio companies as a strategic advisor and sparring partner, we were able to provide the right impetus and are delighted to have found a renowned new majority shareholder for glueckkanja in Norvestor, with whom the extremely successful development can be continued.”

Following the sale of the majority stake, the entire glueckkanja management team will remain on board and will also continue to be invested in the company.

Christian Kanja, CEO & Co-Founder of glueckkanja, adds: “We would like to express our special thanks to the PRIMEPULSE team, especially Klaus Weinmann and Stefan Fritz. PRIMEPULSE’s setup, which combines successful entrepreneurship, IT industry and investment expertise, has always been very valuable to us and has strengthened our leadership position. I am now looking forward to working with Norvestor, who have a strong track record in internationalizing IT companies while putting Nordic values and corporate culture at the forefront.”

About glueckkanja
glueckkanja, a renowned Cloud Managed Service Provider, is a Microsoft partner offering comprehensive cloud solutions. With a unified blueprint approach, glueckkanja uses Infrastructure as Code to transition and support customer infrastructures to the cloud. The service offerings include workplace integration and management for Microsoft 365, Azure infrastructure modernization and management, and 24/7 managed security services via its Cloud Security Operations Center.

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PRIMEPULSE and GENUI had acquired the majority in mindcurv in late 2019 and have since supported the digital commerce specialist to triple its sales and grow from around 200 to more than 700 employees – both organically and through add-on acquisitions. The firm was able to win and implement several big enterprise accounts, leading to substantial organic growth. With the acquisitions of Cloud Consulting Group, igniti, wysiwyg, initions and eccelerate, mindcurv was able to significantly broaden its service offering in areas such as Data Sciences, Internet of Things or Data Analytics.

Oliver Serg, Co-Founder and Investor at GENUI commented: “We enjoyed supporting mindcurv on their path to significantly scale their business and would like to thank the team for their great partnership. Our GENUI approach, investing together with renowned entrepreneurs that support our portfolio firms as strategic advisors, has once more proven successful. We’re happy to have now found the right next owner for the group to continue their successful growth story.”

mindcurv’s development over the past years was closely supported by GENUI Entrepreneur and PRIMEPULSE CEO Klaus Weinmann, founder of one of Germany’s largest IT Services companies, Cancom SE.

Amjad Liaquat and Nazareno Avila, co-founders of mindcurv, said: “We would like to express specials thanks to GENUI and PRIMEPULSE and our Chairman of the Advisory Board, Klaus Weinmann. GENUI’s setup, combining investment experts and successful entrepreneurs, and Klaus’ valuable experience in building Cancom have truly helped us and supported us in pursuing our big ambitions. The acquisition by Accenture confirms that together we have created a strategically highly relevant firm.”

Klaus Weinmann added: “It has been a pleasure for our PRIMEPULSE team and for me personally to have been a part of mindcurv’s growth story. Amjad and Nazareno, along with the entire global mindcurv team, have built a firm that offers highly relevant services to a growing client base. I see a perfect fit with the new owners and wish them every success for their combined future.”

TCG Corporate Finance acted as exclusive financial advisor to the Mindcurv shareholders. Financial and tax advice was provided by Crowe BPG, with SNP Schlawien and CMS Hasche Sigle supporting on legal aspects.

About Genui
GENUI is a private investment firm based in Hamburg/German and founded in 2014 by renowned entrepreneurs and investors who believe in “Good Entrepreneurship.” GENUI partners with companies with the aim of creating sustainable growth and positive social or environmental impact. The companies receive professional ownership and access to GENUI’s Entrepreneurs with relevant experience and corresponding networks.

About mindcurv
Headquartered in Essen, Germany, mindcurv and its team of over 700 experts based across 13 different locations including Spain and India serve more than 200 clients worldwide.Founded in 2011, mindcurv is recognized by the Lünendonk Survey as one of the leading German companies providing digital experience services. A certified member of the MACH Alliance, mindcurv helps businesses design and implement scalable digital platforms and cloud infrastructure through modern and agile composable ecosystems across several industries, including chemicals, manufacturing, building materials, wholesale, consumer goods, utilities, life sciences, and retail.

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The listed companies KATEK SE and KONTRON AG want to jointly drive and accelerate their successful development in the future. To this end, KONTRON AG has concluded a share purchase agreement with PRIMEPULSE SE for the acquisition of its stake in KATEK SE of approximately 59.4 percent.

KATEK has written a success story, particularly in the last five years. The aim was and is to make the difference in the European electronics industry and contribute to the independence of key industries in Europe such as medical technology, electromobility, renewable energies/solar, mechanical engineering/robotics and aviation – especially in the important areas of electronics development, prototyping and production.

Both vision and driver is the unbroken trend of the “electronification of the world”, in which almost all devices become intelligent through electronics, use sensors to record information, process and store it and communicate with other devices and people via the so-called IoT (Internet of Things). At the same time, the proportion of value added by electronics, hardware and software continues to increase from year to year. Electronics is IoT and vice versa: this is the core driver of the KATEK business model.

This strategy has enabled KATEK to achieve above-average growth in the European electronics industry in recent years and to develop from a regional supplier into a globally active company with locations in the USA, Canada, Malaysia and Singapore. Today, KATEK is the electronics partner of choice for leading German and European SMEs and corporations and, with an annual turnover of more than three quarters of a billion euros and more than 3,200 employees, is one of the most important medium-sized players in the electronics industry in Europe. “This development is all the more remarkable in the context of the crises of recent years, which have led to supply bottlenecks and price increases. We were even able to use the situation to further expand our market share,” says KATEK CEO and co-founder Rainer Koppitz. In addition to the “Electronics” segment, KATEK has also successfully established a second segment, “Systems & Products”, and thus occupies a leading position in the European market for green technologies, primarily in the areas of solar/renewables and charging for electromobility.

Against this backdrop, the second phase of the efficiency strategy was defined and communicated in Q3 2023: KATEK now wants to translate the economies of scale it has achieved into sustainable profitability. As a result, all parties involved have come to the conclusion that the fastest and most promising way to implement this strategy is to join forces with KONTRON, a market leader in the IoT sector. The two companies complement each other very well. In addition, there has been an intensive partnership between the two companies for many years. KONTRON is currently one of KATEK’s three largest customers and may already become the largest customer this year. KATEK already has significant business with KONTRON in North America and Europe in industries such as aerospace/defense, medical and robotics. With KATEK as part of the KONTRON Group, synergies arise for both companies in many respects, for example through access to dedicated know-how for the expansion of the particularly valuable system and product business (High Value Electronics) in promising target markets that are characterized by special growth rates and prospects.

The new strategic partner KONTRON enables KATEK to continue its growth story both organically and through targeted acquisitions. Against the background of the successful track records in M&A projects of both companies, KATEK and KONTRON would like to pursue this path together in order to take advantage of the opportunities in the market. The previous anchor shareholder PRIMEPULSE SE supports this step, as it offers KATEK, its employees, shareholders and business partners the opportunity to continue the growth story, move successfully into the future and reach the next level of sustainable profitable growth.

Rainer Koppitz comments: “KATEK and KONTRON are two companies with the same convictions, the same language, the same DNA and the same entrepreneurial culture. I am convinced that Hannes Niederhauser, the CEO of KONTRON AG, will personally ensure a smooth integration of the two companies.” Rainer Koppitz will step down from the Management Board and leave the company on February 29, 2024, but will continue to be available in an advisory capacity, particularly in matters relating to post-merger integration and future M&A projects.

KATEK CFO Dr. Johannes Fues will be responsible for KONTRON’s new “GreenTec” division, which will include the eMobility/Charging and Renewables/Solar businesses of KATEK’s “Systems & Products” segment.

See press release

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NEURA Robotics has risen to become a global pioneer in cognitive robotics in just three years and claims innovation leadership in the industry. As the first company to combine AI and robotics, NEURA unveiled the world’s first market-ready cognitive cobot shortly after its founding. This robot, called MAiRA, is able to fully perceive its environment and people and acts autonomously. By combining all relevant sensors and components with artificial intelligence in one device, Neura Robotics offers its partners a platform for the joint development of applications for a wide range of sectors from industry to service and household. The resulting and steadily growing NEURAverse offers unmatched flexibility and cost efficiency in automation.

David Reger, Founder and CEO of Neura Robotics, said:

“Since our genesis in 2019, Neura Robotics has been working to push the boundaries of innovation in robotics by rethinking the subject with artificial intelligence and a platform approach, ushering in a new era in robotics. Today’s funding round enables us to keep up the pace in delivering on our visionary promises.“

Stefan Fritz, Partner at PRIMEPULSE: „Automation and robotics have huge potential in and for medium-sized businesses. It takes (needs) cooperative, decentralized and semi-autonomous robotic systems with a completely new approach to unlock (tap into) the many thousands of use cases. Neura Robotics has built a unique, vertically integrated hardware-software stack that is now conquering the market together with strong and experienced partners.”

Read the full press release.

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