Inflexion, a leading European mid-market private equity firm, is pleased to announce that it has agreed an investment in Finanzen.net Group (“Finanzen” or the “Group”), the digital broker and market leading financial information portal in the DACH region, alongside the founders. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s Buyout Fund VI and is the second investment in the DACH region after Tierarzt Plus Partner since Inflexion opened its office in Frankfurt earlier this year.
The Group consists of three divisions: high-growth low-cost digital investment platform, also known as a neobroker, called Zero, a capital markets information platform called Finanzen.net, and a trading software platform for semi-professional retail investors called TraderFox. The business will be acquired from Axel Springer, a leading transatlantic media company. Inflexion will work with Finanzen.net Group’s founders and management to carve-out the business as a standalone integrated company and drive future growth. In particular, Inflexion will support the launch of additional saver and investing products.
Inflexion has a strong track record in carving out businesses from large corporates, and this will be the sixth carve-out in four years following investments into Marlowe (GRC), GlobalData Healthcare, Curinos, aosphere and Giacom.
This transaction exemplifies the power of collaboration between regions and sectors, with our Frankfurt team working with our Financial Services specialists in London, leveraging the full capabilities of Inflexion, including our extensive experience in supporting carve-outs. Such collaboration will be pivotal in driving the future growth of Finanzen.net, as we aim to create a leading digital investment platform in the DACH region.
We are excited to partner with the founders of Finanzen, a company that has a leading position in a high growth market. We are committed to supporting the business in accelerating its growth and capitalising on the attractive market trends to build a leading investment platform in the region.
The goal is clear: We want to develop Zero in connection with the financial news business into the broker of choice for investing, trading and saving. More than ever, the focus of Finanzen will be on delivering innovative technological solutions for capital markets. I am thrilled that with Inflexion we are partnering with a successful investor who will support us in executing on this strategy with investments in products and technology. Special thanks are due to the excellent Finanzen team and our shareholder Axel Springer who provided us with entrepreneurial freedom, thereby creating the conditions under which we have been able to open this new chapter of our growth story.
Maximilian von Richthofen, CEO, Finanzen.net Group
The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
