goetzpartners advised IHSE management and Brockhaus Private Equity 

Fortlane Partners' Private Equity Consulting team supported IHSE management and Brockhaus Private Equity with a Commercial Vendor Due Diligence on the sale of IHSE Group.

The Commercial Vendor Due Diligence included a comprehensive discussion of the company’s product portfolio in the area of real-time and low latency audio-visual data transmission technology. Also, the company's business model was assessed, incl. a detailed analysis of IHSE's routes-to-market and customer structure. A bottom-up market assessment of multiple end-segments in the pro audio-visual industry as well as an evaluation of IHSE's competitive positioning was conducted. Conclusively, the results were used to assess the management's business plan and to evaluate further growth opportunities. 

ABOUT IHSE GROUP

IHSE Group is one of the global technology leaders for high-performance IT infrastructure components for latency-free, loss-free and highly secure transmission of mission-critical data. Located at Lake Constance, Germany, IHSE has been developing and manufacturing switches and Keyboard Video Mouse ("KVM") networking technology for efficiently operating and switching computers and consoles as well as extenders for loss-free extension of computer signals for more than 35 years. As a cross-sectional technology, IHSE products are used in a variety of end markets - wherever "mission critical" data transmission takes place - and thus benefit from increasing connectivity and digitization. Including its subsidiaries in the USA and Singapore, IHSE has approximately 110 employees.

ABOUT BROCKHAUS PRIVATE EQUITY

Brockhaus Private Equity ("BPE") was founded in Frankfurt am Main in 2000. As an independent growth investor for buy-outs and expansion financing, BPE focuses on innovation and technology leaders in the German-speaking market and manages and advises funds with a total volume of over Euro 285 million.

TRANSACTION TEAM

Dr. Sigurd Kitzer
Partner
 

Dr. Norbert Danneberg
Senior Industry Advisor

Dr. Burak Yahsi
Senior Consultant

David Oesterschlink
Consultant