KKR's SoftwareOne acquires UC Point

With the acquisition of UC Point, SoftwareOne believes it will be able to extend and further develop its Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams integrated products, and strengthen its presence on the market of unified communications. 

SoftwareOne is a software portfolio management company that was acquired by KKR in August 2015. The GP provided growth capital and acquired a 25% equity stake in the business. 

Company
Luzern-based UC Point is a unified communications software company specialising in the integration of enterprise communications. The company mainly works with Microsoft products such as Skype for Business and Office 365. It was founded in 1998.

People
SoftwareOne – Patrick Winter (CEO).
UC Point – Markus P Keller (founder, CEO).

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