OMMAX Advised Bibliotheca Group on Its Refinancing Round With Apera
Tailoring its offering to public and academic libraries’ needs, the company helps its clients reach higher levels of automation and offer a seamless digital patron experience. Bibliotheca plans to utilize the refinancing with Apera to further expand its product portfolio and service offering for strong future growth and market reach.
OMMAX advised Bibliotheca with a commercial due diligence analyzing market dynamics, competitive landscape, customer economics, the company’s technology infrastructure and its business growth potential; all of which were benchmarked against major competitors.
It was a pleasure to work with the management of Bibliotheca together on this successful refinancing round. Digital transformation is accelerating strongly in the global library market and Bibliotheca is well positioned to advance this development!
Toni Stork, CEO and Partner at OMMAX
About Bibliotheca Group
Bibliotheca offers high-quality hardware, software, and services to public and academic libraries all over the world. Its product portfolio centers on extensive library facility administration and management systems as well as state-of-the-art cloud and mobile applications for libraries. It further provides low-cost asset identification and security solutions along with a wide range of support services. Bibliotheca thereby enables libraries both to respond to more digitalized patron usage patterns and to achieve higher productivity and seamless services with the introduction of high-end technology. With its headquarters in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, Bibliotheca employs 400 people worldwide.
For more information, please visit: https://www.bibliotheca.com/
Michael Burstein, CFO at Bibliotheca points out:
“Libraries around the world are in need of introducing advanced technology to raise productivity and security of their operations. At the same time, library patrons have rapidly gotten used to accessing resources in digital formats such as e-books, audiobooks and increasingly video. Bibliotheca closely assists its library clients in responding to these trends. The refinancing we have now arranged with Apera allows us to further develop our offering and seize the great market potential globally.”
About Apera Asset Management
Apera is a provider of private capital solutions for midsized companies in Western Europe with a total investment of more than EUR 3.5 billion across industries. Part of the pan-European fi-Group that provides access to private debt and equity for SMEs, Apera was founded in 2016. It today has a team of around 25 experienced professionals based on Munich, London, Paris, and Luxembourg along with an extensive network of private equity sponsors and advisors. Apera invests in leading companies that are drivers of long-term sustainable growth and value generation for investors, businesses, the environment, and society in general.
For more information, please visit: https://apera-am.com/
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