Houlihan Lokey Advises Sophora Unternehmerkapital

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Sophora Unternehmerkapital (Sophora) has acquired a majority stake in indevis IT-Consulting and Solutions GmbH (indevis), a leading pure-play managed cybersecurity service provider in the DACH region. This enables Sophora to strategically merge indevis with Data-Sec GmbH (Data-Sec), which was acquired at the beginning of the year, to create a leading cybersecurity group. Houlihan Lokey acted as debt advisor on the financing.

Founded in 2009, Data-Sec has extensive expertise in the areas of incident response, managed detection, and the implementation of security solutions, with a particular focus on regulated areas. Founded in 1999, indevis is a long-standing managed security services provider (MSSP) with a comprehensive portfolio of solutions in the areas of protection and detection, including its own security operations centre (SOC). Together, the two companies form the basis of a full-service cybersecurity group that supports more than 1,000 customers in coping with increasing cyber threats and complying with regulatory requirements.

Based in Munich, Sophora is an independent, owner-managed investment company specialising in medium-sized companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The partnership of Data-Sec and indevis marks the launch of Sophora’s latest thematic investment platform, which aims to address the growing need for scalable, mission-critical IT security solutions.

Houlihan Lokey provided debt advice on all commercial aspects of the financing transaction and assisted in securing a highly attractive, tailor-made, and flexible financing structure that will support the group’s organic and inorganic growth strategy.

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