Following several recent success stories in the development and expansion of specialized software providers, Bregal Unternehmerkapital (“BU”) is now expanding its portfolio in the cloud and managed services sector. Funds advised by BU are acquiring a majority stake in the Swiss company Netrics Holding AG (“Netrics”) from Waterland Private Equity. BU will support the company in its next stages of growth, including the continuation of its successful M&A strategy.
Formed in 2020 as a merger of the Waterland portfolio companies, ‘Netrics’, ‘Tineo’, and ‘nexellent’, Netrics has since then developed into one of the largest and most powerful cloud and modern workplace providers in Switzerland. In the past two years, Netrics has also completed two further acquisitions, ‘BlueStone Consulting Group’ and ‘PageUp’.
Netrics currently serves more than 600 enterprise and SME customers from diversified industries, allowing their employees to work in a modern, efficient, and secure way. The company is a ten-time Microsoft Gold Partner for applications, cloud, modern workplace, and data center services, employing approximately 140 people across four offices in Switzerland. At the end of 2022, Netrics’ own data center division was sold as part of the strategic focus on cloud and the modern workplace. At that time, Netrics also founded an independent consulting boutique for the digitalization of the workplace in Basel under the name ‘AliceBlue AG’.
With our capital commitment and industry expertise, BU looks forward to supporting Netrics as a long-term partner. Given the immense need for digitization in the economy and Netrics' optimal market positioning, there is excellent potential ahead for organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
