Technology, media & telecom

Clairfield International’s TMT sector team focuses on advisory to midcap technology and media clients, whether advising on a growth strategy, fundraising, or on selling a business.

In the face of an uncertain economy, TMT activity offers a bright spot, with many thriving small and midcap companies ready for the next stage. The midmarket is a good slice of TMT, commanding higher multiple valuations. Valuations are expected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. In this market companies must grow in order to survive with the acquisition of market shares, technology, or complementary solutions/products. TMT businesses also lend themselves to crossborder transactions.

With TMT experts located around the world in 23 countries, Clairfield International understands your business and is perfectly positioned to make the right connections on your behalf in local markets around the globe.

Clairfield focuses on the following segments:

Entertainment

Fintech

Hardware

Internet services

IT services

Media

Programs, apps and software

Telecom equipment

Telecom services

Chairs

Bertrand Hermez

Piotr Kolodziejczyk

Deal in the spotlight

Clairfield advises Confirma Software on two Nordic acquisitions

Clairfield teams in Sweden and in Finland advised Confirma Software on its latest acquisitions in those two countries. Confirma Software acquired DataVara AB, a leading Swedish provider of payroll systems and services, and simultaneously acquired SKJ Systems, a Finnish provider of point-of-sales systems. Confirma is a longtime client of Clairfield and has made numerous acquisitions of Nordic software companies advised by members of Clairfield’s technology team in Finland, Norway, and now Sweden as well.

Deal spotlight & perspectives on fintech

CLAIRFIELD ADVISES Nets Group on the acquisition of Polskie ePłatności (PeP)

Nets Group acquired 100% shares of PeP, a leading merchant acquirer in Poland with an installed base of more than 125,000 point-of-sales terminals, offering a broad set of payment solutions focused on the attractive SME segment. The transaction values PeP’s Enterprise Value at EUR 405 million.

Deal in the spotlight & perspectives on digital marketing

CLAIRFIELD ADVISES SOLOCAL GROUP (LOCAL:PA) ON DIVESTMENT OF SPANISH UNIT TO PRIVATE EQUITY

Solocal Group, a Euronext-listed digital marketing company, sold its Spanish subsidiary QDQ Media to AS Equity Partners. Solocal Group, a major player in the French marketing technology universe, is a long-standing client of Clairfield International.

Cloak and dagger for the digital age: Q&A with Stephane Salies of Boss Industries

Stephane Salies is founder and CEO of Boss Industries, a growing cyber intelligence group including Nexa Technologies.

Other recent TMT transactions:

Ielo Group, a French independent fiber-optic operator, raised funds from DIF Capital Partners, a leading global independent infrastructure fund manager with EUR 7.6 billion of assets.

Pagantis, a fintech group based in Spain, sold QueBueno, its business line of online consumer microcredits, to an individual shareholder of the group.

Holte, the Norwegian market leader in workflow management software for the SME building construction industry, was sold to EG, a Danish industry-specific software provider backed by Francisco Partners.

Clairfield assisted the minority shareholders of 2C Solution, controlled by Namirial, in the sale of their shares to the parent company, which was
simultaneously acquired by the PE fund Ambienta.