Rautenberg & Company advises Maxburg Capital Partners on the investment in Securepoint.

The team around Jens Moritz advised Maxburg Capital Partners on the investment in Securepoint GmbH. The closing took place on September 10, 2018.

Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focused on the German speaking market. Set up by three partners with long standing track records as entrepreneurs and investors in public and private equity, Maxburg concentrates on long-term investments with the aim of lasting and successful value creation. Maxburg is able to draw on an exceptionally flexible investment mandate and invests in privately owned as well as in publicly listed companies, using a broad range of equity and quasi-equity means (straight equity to mezzanine and related options). With the latest transaction Maxburg is increasing its commitment in the fast growing and highly attractive market for cybersecurity, after the first investment into the software company Paterva.

Securepoint GmbH, located in Lüneburg, is the German market leader for the development of professional „Unified Threat Management“ solutions. Worldwide, more than 50,000 networks are protected by Securepoint solutions. Securepoint as the largest German provider of these solutions offers high-quality protection also in the cloud area as „Security as a Service“. The portfolio is completed by email archiving (UMA), access protection for networks and simple protection of secure WLAN connections (BYOD), a management system for all solutions and a variety of training opportunities. Typical customers are medium-sized companies.

The team of Rautenberg & Company advised and supported the buyer during the investment process by preparing a study regarding market and competition, covering international and national developments of the IT security market.