IK buys Schema Group

The GP drew capital from IK Small Cap II, a €550m fund targeting buyouts of northern European companies with an enterprise value of less than €100m.

It is the third transaction the fund has completed and the second in Germany after the buyout of Bahr Modultechnik in April.

IK currently has two other deals in its pipeline and aims to be 20% invested across five deals by the fund's first anniversary in February, Unquote understands.

One of the founders plans to step back from their operational role in the business and take a seat on the advisory board, and will be replaced internally.

IK plans to strengthen the company's position within the DACH market during its holding period, as well as looking to expand to neighbouring European countries.

Company
Schema was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Nürnberg. It provides component content management software for a range of companies within the industrial, healthcare and technology industries.

People
IK Investment Partners – Nils Pohlmann, Gregor Korte (partners); Ingmar Bär (associate director); Matthias Schiessl, Florian Kofler (associates).
Schema Group – Stefan Freisler, Marcus Kesseler (co-founders).

Advisers
Equity – CatCap (corporate finance); Ebner Stolz (financial due diligence); Renzenbrink & Partner (legal); WDP (commercial due diligence).

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