Houlihan Lokey Advises EMH Partners

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that funds advised by EMH Partners have signed an agreement for a significant minority investment in DIGITEC, the market standard for FX swaps pricing technology and workflow automation. The founding Joost family will retain majority ownership and continue to lead the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

EMH Partners is a leading growth investment firm that partners with technology businesses and entrepreneurs. With its true entrepreneurial heritage, the company helps businesses through strategic capital, deep industry expertise, and a shared vision for growth. EMH Partners has more than €1.5 billion in committed capital to build long-term value alongside entrepreneurs and management teams.

Founded in 1980, DIGITEC enables banks and financial institutions to price, manage, and distribute liquidity in FX swaps and related OTC instruments. DIGITEC’s flagship product, the D3 Pricing Engine, is a high-performance, low-latency platform relied upon by many of the world’s top FX-trading institutions. The company also operates the Swaps Data Feed (SDF), developed in partnership with 360T, which provides high-quality, interbank-grade FX swaps market data, alongside complementary workflow solutions, including the D3 OMS.

“Our technology sits at the core of how global banks price and trade FX swaps,” said Peer Joost, CEO of DIGITEC. “Partnering with EMH Partners allows us to accelerate our long-term roadmap—expanding our data products, scaling our cloud and workflow automation solutions, and driving innovation that reshapes how OTC markets operate. As a family-owned and -run business, we are especially delighted to partner with a founder-owned and -led fund whose values and entrepreneurial spirit align so closely with our own.”

“DIGITEC combines engineering excellence with a uniquely strong position in a structurally growing market,” added Jens Zuber, Partner at EMH Partners. “We are excited to partner with Peer and the DIGITEC team to scale the platform, deepen its product leadership, and support the company’s ambition to define the next generation of FX swaps technology.”

Tobias Schultheiss, Managing Director and European Head of Technology at Houlihan Lokey, said, “We are very proud to have supported EMH Partners on the acquisition and truly believe that it is the right partner to further scale an outstanding company.”

Houlihan Lokey served as the financial advisor to EMH Partners. The partnership with EMH Partners will support DIGITEC in accelerating product innovation, global expansion, and data-driven workflow automation in FX swaps and related OTC markets.

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