Houlihan Lokey Advises Waterland

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Waterland Private Equity (Waterland) has engaged in a partnership with NETCONOMY GmbH (NETCONOMY), a leading SAP specialist.

NETCONOMY is a leading provider of modern digital solutions specialised in the SAP Customer Experience Suite (SAP CX), which offers cloud-based applications for all of a company’s customer-related processes. Based in Graz, Austria, the company helps well-known large enterprises devise fully integrated customer experiences that connect all their online and offline customer contact points. By providing strategic consulting, NETCONOMY prepares business models for unified commerce in both the B2B and B2C segments. The company develops seamless, user-friendly digital platforms, implements powerful technologies, and provides professional services, ensuring the stability of business-critical systems.

Through the new partnership with Waterland, one of Europe’s most active investment firms with numerous investments in the digitisation and IT sectors, NETCONOMY plans to continue its growth both within the SAP ecosystem and in adjacent service areas. This development will be driven by investments in the offering and strategic acquisitions. Martin Barzauner, founder and CEO of NETCONOMY, is retaining a significant stake in the company and will continue to lead it.

Houlihan Lokey provided debt advice on all commercial aspects of the financing transaction to Waterland. Given Houlihan Lokey’s previous successes in advising SAP-related companies and its network of suitable lenders that can provide the needed flexibility and adequate terms, a highly attractive, tailor-made, and flexible financing structure for NETCONOMY has been secured.

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