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MCF advised gingco Systems GmbH on its sale to Main Capital Partners

Main Capital Partners (“Main”) announces the acquisition of a majority stake in gingco Systems GmbH (“gingco”), a German provider of intelligent workplace and resource management software. The management team will remain significantly invested in the company, ensuring the continued long-term development of the business.

Founded in 1999 and employing 30+ people, gingco is a Braunschweig-based all-in-one enterprise resource management platform. gingco serves a broad set of around 200 enterprise and public customers with more than four million users, including BMW Group, Bosch, RWE, Zeiss and many more. gingco operates in a highly attractive market segment, fueled by the recent strong developments in the new work era and financial requirements for efficient & optimized utilization of enterprise resources.

Its core platform, gingco Share®, combines powerful booking functionality with comprehensive workflow configuration & automation as well as in-depth integration features, ensuring significant process optimizations and providing critical / valuable enterprise-wide data regarding the utilization and administration of assets, such as real estate, workplaces, working & meeting rooms, parking spaces, etc.

The gingco Share® platform plays a central role in managing increasingly hybrid and complex workplace environments. Through its modular architecture and strong system integrations, gingco has established long-standing customer relationships and a solid position within the enterprise resource management software market.

MCF served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to gingco Systems GmbH throughout the entire transaction process.

Strong positioning in a structurally evolving market

The enterprise resource management market is undergoing structural change driven by hybrid work models, increasing demand for operational transparency and growing requirements for digital integration across corporate environments. Organizations are seeking scalable solutions that allow them to manage office space and related resources efficiently while providing administrative and analytical features, enabling them to successfully optimize their corporate facility management tasks.

gingco has built a strong position in this environment through its modular product architecture and long-standing customer relationships. The company combines decades of product expertise with a scalable technological foundation, enabling continuous functional expansion and adaptation to evolving workplace requirements.

Through the partnership with Main Capital Partners, gingco will focus on accelerating its SaaS transition, investing in further AI driven product development and strengthening its organizational structures to support continued growth. Additionally, Main will support gingco in evaluating complementary add-on opportunities to broaden its product capabilities and expand its market presence.

Frank Dippel, CEO of gingco, commented: “We are delighted to have joined forces with Main Capital Partners, an internationally successful and experienced partner in the B2B software sector. As part of this network, we aim to further expand our market leadership through both organic growth and targeted acquisitions.”

Dorian Berndt, Investment Director at Main Capital Partners stated: “gingco has built a highly scalable and deeply embedded platform, addressing a structurally growing market driven by hybrid work and increasing workplace complexity. We look forward to supporting the management team in the next stage of growth and expanding the platform’s capabilities and footprint.”

About gingco

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, gingco Systems GmbH develops modular software solutions for intelligent workplace and resource management. The company serves more than 200 customers worldwide across over 100 countries. Its gingco Share® platform supports more than four million active users and integrates with Microsoft 365, ERP systems and other building service engineering systems. https://www.gingco.systems/

About Main Capital Partners

Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor managing private equity funds active in the Benelux, DACH, the Nordics, France and the United States with approximately EUR 7.0 billion in Assets under Management. Main has over 20 years of experience in strengthening software companies and works closely with the management teams in its portfolio as a strategic partner to achieve profitable growth and larger outstanding software groups. Main has approximately 90 employees operating out of its offices in The Hague, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris and an affiliated office in Boston. Main maintains an active portfolio of over 50 software companies. The underlying portfolio employs over 15,000 employees. Through its Main Social Institute, Main supports students with grants and scholarships to study IT and Computer Science at Technical Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences. https://main.nl/

 

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