IK Partners takes majority stake in Datapart Factoring

Announced in May 2025, the agreement executed by private equity firm IK Partners orchestrates the majority acquisition of DATAPART Factoring GmbH, backing the incumbent leadership team through capital deployed from the IK Small Cap IV Fund. The buyout transaction arranges the complete equity exit of previous majority owner German Equity Partners V, an institutional vehicle managed by Frankfurt-based independent private equity manager ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH. At the time of this transaction, market sources identified by financial intelligence indicated that the target platform had achieved an ebitda run-rate of €5–25M. The future governance framework ensures continuous leadership stability, with Co-Chief Executive Officers David Wimpff and Max Thielemann reinvesting their equity to participate alongside the incoming financial sponsor in the subsequent growth cycle. Strategically, this sponsor-to-sponsor recapitalization aims to accelerate the company's platform evolution through sustained software development, geographic expansion beyond its domestic German footprint, and targeted commercial diversification into adjacent niche service verticals across the DACH area. Sell-side advisory coordination and the competitive sales procedure initiated in the third quarter of 2024 were managed by Lincoln International, while IK Partners utilized advisory support from its regional direct investment division led by partner Nils Pohlmann. The resulting ownership architecture enables the software-enabled business process outsourcing operator to access institutional resources, strategic industry relationships, and programmatic capital reserves to support accelerated organic growth and selective external acquisitions.