Main Capital continues to invest in the market for managed cloud solutions through business combination Denit and Dutch Cloud

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Main Capital Partners
14/03/2017

Denit and Dutch Cloud join forces and form a leading managed cloud solutions provider. The aim of this investment and collaboration is to establish a strong and solid company with an even better and broader service to customers.

 

Denit has built a leading position in the managed cloud solutions market with a strong focus on customercentricity , proactivity and unburdening of the customer. Denit’s customers are mainly active in the IT- and software sector. Dutch Cloud is a fast-growing, innovative cloud solutions provider, focused on large corporates and SaaS companies. Key customers of the group are among others MAIN Energie, Fiber Nederland, Euretco, Boska, Roxit, Ticketscript, Ultimum, BVA Auctions and Heinz.

In recent year both Denit and Dutch Cloud show healthy growth in terms of turnover, employees and profitability. The combined company has more than 50 employees. By joining forces, the companies increase the quality of their managed services offering, customer support and innovation. Also, the range of products of the combination will become  stronger and  includes secure cloud solutions, twin data centre services, hosted desktop solutionsIn coming period  also managed public cloud services based on  Amazon and Azure will be launched.

Denit’s strength are  found in the high level of specialized technical knowledge, customer service and the excellent quality of their services. offering. Dutch Cloud distinguishes itself by a personal approach and high level of knowledge in the field of security, compliance and privacy. Moreover, it has a strong commercial footprint in the cloud industry, driven amongst other by organizing various industry events such as the Get (C)loud! event. Therefore both organizations will complete each other in an excellent way. The companies will move in to one shared office space. The management of both companies will stay on board and will jointly continue to build the company further in the years to come.

Edwin Cornelissens (Managing Director at Denit): “The collaboration with Dutch Cloud leads to an increase in scale which willresult in important benefits for our customers, such as a higher level of service, a broader portfolio of services and even more attention to customers. Nowadays the customer requires inreceased guarantees in terms of continuity and security. With this cooperation, we have more talented people and new technologies, making both companies capable to serve more and more customers with an high-quality and safe solution.

Martijn van Zoeren (CEO and founder of Dutch Cloud): “Dutch Cloud is leading in the offering true cloud solutions. Since 2009, the high-end compliance and security expertise, form the foundation for where we are now. Therefore, cooperation with Denit is a logical next step. It offers our joint customers an even more robust and more balanced perspective in terms of a wide range of products, higher customer satisfaction through extra attention and continuity for the longer term. I am very pleased with the investment of Main Capital in this partnership.

Pieter van Bodegraven (Partner at Main Capital): “We are very excited about this partnership which fully supports our growth strategy. Together Denit and Dutch Cloud can deliver even better service to their key focus customers. “

About Denit

Denit is a managed cloud service provider from Amsterdam, founded in 1999. Denit specializes in reliable and secure cloud solutions for complex, mission-critical applications ranging from Managed Hosting to a complete Cloud Computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) portfolio. Customer orientation, proactivity and unburdening form our DNA. With over 35 talented employees, Denit serves a large number of ISV’s and IT companies. Denit makes – with a personal touch – the translation between the technical possibilities and their use in highly reliable, scalable and secure cloud solutions.

Denit manages and operates its own premium network and cloud infrastructure. In terms of uptime, Denit holds the 2nd place of 440 providers (source: http://webhostingtalk.nl/uptime.php). All cloud solutions are 100% Dutch. The services of Denit are ISO9001:2015 and ISO27001:2013 certified. Denit is an active member of the DHPA (Dutch Hosting Provider Association) and they are Enterprise Service Provider Partner of VMware.

For more information, go to: www.denit.nl

About Dutch Cloud

Dutch Cloud specializes in cloud computing. We deliver fully shielded Cloud environments and take end-to-end responsibility for the quality of the overall cloud infrastructure for you. Dutch Cloud is often used when expanding the existing IT department. Among our clients are MAIN Energy, Boska, e-office, Euretco, Fiber Netherlands, FlexService and Development Center.

Our service answers to the demand of (medium) large organizations who need to post complex and critical applications in the Cloud while having the running IT managed. The service is characterized by experienced personal touch combined with quality, transparency and providing maximum control and flexibility. Dutch Cloud is ISO 27001: 2013 certified and also meets the NEN7510 standard. Dutch Cloud is a member of the DHPA Foundation.

About Main Capital

Main Capital is a private equity and Mezzanine Capital investor with an exclusive focus on the software sector in the Benelux and DACH area. Within this sector, we are the most specialized company in management buyouts and later-stage growth capital. Main Capital has approximately € 150 million under management for investments in mature but growing software companies in the Benelux and DACH area. An experienced team of professionals manages the Private Equity Funds.

In the current portfolio of Main Capital are rapidly growing (SaaS) software companies like Artegic (Germany), OBI4wan, Axxerion, b+m Informatik (Germany), Ymor, Roxit, OnGuard, Sharewire, SecondFloor, ABIT/EuroSystems (Germany), Sofon, Connexys, Regas, ChainPoint, RVC and TPSC. Main Capital realised many successful exits like IASO to GFI/Solarwinds, Zetacom to Gilde Healthcare, Actuera to Waterland Private Equity and VisionWaves to IFS AB.

Note to the editor:

This press release is issued by Main Capital.

For more information, please contact:

Charly Zwemstra (Managing Partner)

Main Capital Partners BV, Paleisstraat 6, 2514 JA, Den Haag

Tel: +31 (0) 70 324 3433 / +31 (0) 6 512 77 805

charly@main.nl

www.main.nl

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