BID Equity is a new generation Private Equity firm investing in software and technology companies in Europe. We consider ourselves a partner for entrepreneurs and management teams, believing in active ownership and operational value creation to help companies reach the next level of their development. The BID Equity team contributes a unique set of capabilities and expertise well beyond the contribution of traditional financial investors to its portfolio firms.
Our portfolio consists of several investment platforms in attractive, growing markets. Each platform has a distinct strategy to become a leading group in its respective market, both through organic growth and by acquiring synergistic new companies. We actively contribute our broad experience as well as a standardized set of value levers for software companies to fast-track sales growth, efficiency in development and delivery, and cloud transitions. As a result, most of our groups have significantly grown since the initial anchor investment was made.
We go well beyond the classic value creation levers addressed by traditional Private Equity investors. The future belongs to businesses that continuously reinvent themselves to stay on top. We enable small and medium sized companies to address some of their most challenging yet rewarding opportunities: Rolling-up markets through ‘Buy & Build’ strategies, unlocking the potential of global markets through advanced ‘Internationalization’, or by transforming the company into a ‘Digital Business’.
We are experiences investors with a clear focus: Successful, small- and medium-sized software companies across Europe that have a sustainable business model. We prefer situations in which we can help owners and management teams to successfully reach the next step in a company’s life cycle. To best support such transitions we offer our broad experience from similar situations as well as a proprietary toolbox with software-specific levers for organic value creation.
Company transactions require experience, know-how, and a lot of diligence. BID Equity is known for a collaborative and professional acquisition process. We strive to be a reliable and transparent partner both for entrepreneurs as well as M&A advisors on the sell-side to ensure a smooth completion of the transaction.