AMSTERDAM, 28 SEPTEMBER 2021 – Capital A has acquired a stake in QS solutions, which, through a global partner channel including major IT distributors such as ALSO, Ingram Micro and Tech Data, provides their self-developed software products: Cyber Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) and PortalTalk – a Security & Governance add-on for Microsoft Teams.
With its products and services, QS Solutions is responding to the increased demand for IT Security since the outbreak of COVID-19. QS Solutions serves its key markets in Europe, the US, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and Asia from offices in Amersfoort, Cologne, and Vietnam and is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) within the Microsoft Partner channel. The CSAT product from QS Solutions is part of the Microsoft Solution Assessment program. The ambition is to grow to a subscription base of 6 million users worldwide in the coming years.
Capital A has come on board to accelerate the international growth of QS Solutions and further explore European acquisition opportunities together. Paul Dols, CEO of QS Solutions, believes that attracting growth capital is an important step toward realizing QS Solutions’ ambitions: “We have been able to grow rapidly in recent years and establish QS Solutions internationally. We want to further accelerate this growth with our new partner.” The current management team retains a stake and will continue to expand QS Solutions in the coming years. In the past, the same team successfully sold DBS Business Solutions, a payroll, HR, and accounting tool, to Visma. Friso Janmaat, Managing Partner of Capital A, is pleased with the partnership with QS Solutions: “We believe in the market in which QS Solutions operates, have confidence in the management that has proven itself in the past, and can actively support the company in Europe with our buy-and-build expertise.”
Capital A is one of the oldest private equity firms in the Netherlands and originated at ABN AMRO in the 1980s as an investment fund focused on SMEs. Since 2018, Capital A has continued independently with the same strategy and focus it has had since 2012: investing in rapidly growing companies, both autonomously and through acquisitions. From offices in Amsterdam and Antwerp, Capital A manages approximately 700 million euros in assets and has a portfolio of more than 30 growth companies, primarily active in Europe. Some of the investors in Capital A include ABN AMRO, Five Arrows, Alpinvest, Bregal, LGT, entrepreneurs from former portfolio companies, and the Capital A team itself.
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