fronttrail Equity Partners

15/11/2024

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The acquisition of aixigo marks a significant milestone, reinforcing Amundi's position as a leading provider of technology and services for the financial sector. Integrating aixigo's high-speed, API-driven WealthTech platform into Amundi Technology will enhance its wealth management offerings while expanding its reach in key markets like Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.

For fronttrail Equity Partners, this marks the culmination of a transformative six-year journey with aixigo. During this time, we supported its evolution from a founder-led business to a managerial-driven software growth company, significantly increasing its scalability and securing major clients across DACH and the UK.

Founded in 1999, aixigo is a leading-edge software technology and service provider specializing in high-speed, API-driven WealthTech solutions that empower banks and financial institutions to deliver innovative digital wealth management services. Customers include leading wealth managers and retail banks such as Allianz Global Investors, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, LGT, MLP, Raiffeisen, Targobank and Vontobel.

Founded in 2016, fronttrail Equity Partners is a specialized growth equity investor in European B2B software companies. We partner with extraordinary founders, entrepreneurs and management teams to rapidly transform their businesses into sustainable leaders and winners in their field.

A special thanks to Christian Friedrich, Tobias Haustein, Erich Borsch, Rüdiger von Nitzsch and Sascha Hancke as founders, Arnaud Picut, Hicham El Bonne, Stephan Hastenrath as managers, Roland Schlager as chairman, and the incredible aixigo employees for their dedication and innovation.

We are also deeply grateful to the outstanding team of Taylor Wessing, incl. Ernst-Albrecht von Beauvais, Daniel Mursa, Katrin Anwey, Rudi Hasenberg and Jan Feuerhake for their legal expertise and to the dedicated FinTech team of Perella Weinberg, incl. Timm Schipporeit, Cyrus Toumaj, Marius Hoffmann, Philipp Martens and Mahin Azhar for their financial guidance throughout this transaction.

14/01/2020

One of the best ways to prepare yourself for your career in venture capital, private equity and/or technology investment banking is through a comprehensive internship at fronttrail. We offer our interns meaningful, on-the-job experience, and give them the chance to work on and learn from real software technology investment cases.

At fronttrail, we partner with extraordinary tech founders, entrepreneurs and management teams to rapidly transform their software businesses into sustainable leaders and winners in their field.

As a software-focused Swiss growth equity firm, we invest €5-20m and more into mature European enterprise software and SaaS technology companies with revenues of €5-30m in expansion stage and transformation situations.

We are currently looking for interns to work for 3 - 6 months in our Zurich office in 2020.

As a Software Growth Equity Intern, you will
• Research and analyze software markets, sectors and companies
• Analyze and verify software business models and business plans
• Identify and analyze software peer groups and recent M&A transactions
• Prepare comparable company and transaction valuation analysis
• Prepare investment memoranda
• Prepare management supporting documents and materials

What we look for
• Top performing students in the final phase of their studies, preferably focused on Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or Economics, and/or candidates who have successfully completed their apprenticeships in banking or similar
• Previous work/internship experience in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Consulting, Auditing, Controlling, Finance appreciated
• Strong analytical, quantitative and computer skills
• Understanding of valuation and accounting principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with fluency in both German and English (additional language skills are also advantageous)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• An ability to work well under pressure, to focus on detail and a passion for excellence
• Minimum length of internship: 3 months

To apply, please submit your CV (incl. relevant references) and cover letter to [email protected]. Please indicate your availability for an internship within your application. For further information see www.fronttrail.com.

19/12/2019

aixigo inside: massive campaign for Vontobel's Volt offering in the heart of Zürich, Switzerland. www.volt.vontobel.com is a state-of-the-art digital active wealth management solution for wealthy clients based on technology from www.aixigo.com.

10/10/2019

At fronttrail, we partner with extraordinary tech founders, entrepreneurs and management teams to rapidly transform their software businesses into sustainable leaders and winners in their field.

As a software-focused Swiss growth equity firm, we invest €5-20m and more into mature European enterprise software and SaaS technology companies with revenues of €5-30m in expansion stage and transformation situations.

Transactions contain first institutional series A/B fundings (primary) and/or secondary investments to provide liquidity to the current shareholders.

On this page, we keep you posted on actual investments, trends in enterprise software, SaaS technologies and growth capital topics.

We look forward to hearing from you! See www.fronttrail.com for more information.

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17/09/2019

SpotMe inside: social and interactive capabilities recognized in Forrester Now Tech report

Events are the top budget item for marketers; however, few can demonstrate measurable ROI. The right event management software can be the key to creating memorable, engaging experiences that yield insights that hold value for marketers. A recent report from Forrester aims at providing B2B marketers with criteria to understand the value they can expect from an event management software (EMS) provider and to select a vendor based on size and functionality.

In Forrester’s Now Tech: B2B Event Management Software, Q2 2019, Forrester confirms event management solutions as a high business-value investment, which includes www.spotme.com.

Download: www.forrester.com/report/Now+Tech+B2B+Event+Management+Software+Q2+2019/-/E-RES144377

18/07/2019

Interesting interview of finews.ch with Christian Gmünder, COO Wealth Management of Vontobel regarding Vontobel Volt (https://volt.vontobel.com/), the banks new state-of-the-art digital wealth management platform, mainly built on banking technology from aixigo AG.
Interview: https://youtu.be/uaQj08HLvy0

Die Bank Vontobel hat eine digitales Risiko-Tool für ihre reichen Kunden lanciert. Wealth-Management-COO Christian Gmünder will die neue Lösung auch für Konk...

10/07/2019

Comprehensive, directory-based WealthTech report, featuring 447 international banking technology solution providers by https://www.thewealthmosaic.com. Interesting article from aixigo AG on p. 11.
Download https://www.thewealthmosaic.com/vendors/twm/news/welcome-to-the-uk-wealth-technology-landscape-repo/

05/07/2019

Interesting article from Fintech Singapore on seven European solution vendors that matter from an Asian perspective mentioning aixigo AG.

Ten wealthtech companies from Europe Singaporeans should know.

07/06/2019

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advises fronttrail Equity Partners on acquisition of stake in aixigo AG

With a team of legal professionals from several offices led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr. Günther M. Bredow, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised investment firm fronttrail Equity Partners on the acquisition of a strong minority stake in Aachen-based software specialist aixigo AG. The stake was acquired from the existing shareholders by way of a combination of share purchase and capital increase in the tens of millions of euros.

aixigo AG is a leading provider of infrastructure software in digital asset management for financial services providers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as in France, the Benelux countries, and the United Kingdom. Clients include Commerzbank, BNP Paribas, Vontobel, Haspa, Investify, Targobank, DAB Bank, and MLP.

The stake was acquired by a Luxemburg-based special purpose entity of various European institutional investors, family offices, and private individuals under the management of frontrail Equity Partners, headquartered in Wollerau/Switzerland.

fronttrail, founded by Urs Ehrismann, invests in mature European software companies that have been in business for 5 to 20 years, have an established software product in use with various major customers, and generate sales between €5m and €30m. Transactions include expansion financing and acquisitions from existing shareholders in the €5m to €20m range or higher. fronttrail actively assists its portfolio companies to achieve their operational, financial, and strategic goals.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek performed the legal due diligence, advised on designing and implementing the transaction, and supported in the negotiations.

Counsel to :

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Dr. Günther M. Bredow (Lead)
Finn-Michael Liebscher
Alexander J. Thum (all Corporate / M&A)
Dr. Ali Şahin
Dr. Ubbo Aßmus (both IT Law)
Bernd Weller (Employment, all Frankfurt)
Kai Runkel (Trademark, Cologne)

PKF Fasselt Schlage
Marcus Jüngling (Finance, Frankfurt)
Eric Strauss (Finance, Frankfurt)
Horst Wörner (Tax, Frankfurt)
Dr. Dominic Paschke (Tax, Frankfurt)

KMC Kroll Management & Consulting
Axel Kroll (Operations, Berlin)

NevaCoast
Alexander Aptus (Technology, Stuttgart)

fronttrail Equity Partners
Urs Ehrismann, General Manager

04/06/2019

AACHEN, (May 21, 2019) – aixigo AG, provider of wealth and portfolio management software solutions, has announced a raise in capital by Equity Partners.

is the only solution in the market that is capable of processing millions of portfolios at an exceptional speed, making the asset and wealth management available for the retail banking market.

www.drakestar.com acted as exclusive financial advisor to aixigo on this transaction.

aixigo provides the highest performance and lowest latency technology for financial advisory and service, digital wealth management and portfolio management, providing complex functionalities for mass operations for a variety of customers and extremely low single-request latency in compliance with regulations.

aixigo raised a double-digit amount of investment to strengthen its market position, increase marketing activities globally and extend its state-of-the-art software platform.

http://drake-star.com/news/drake-star-partners-advises-aixigo-on-its-capital-increase-to-continue-its-international-expansion

27/05/2019

We are excited to announce our growth equity investment in aixigo AG, a leading German WealthTech and banking technology provider. We look forward to working with the founders and management to support the further international growth of www.aixigo.com.

18/03/2019

has a nice research piece on the sector out this month mentioning , a recent investment.
Download:https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/drake-blog-content/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/21113915/Drake-Star-Partners-2019-WealthTech-Report.pdf …