Taylor Wessing advises FTAPI on a growth financing round by Digital+ Partners

Taylor Wessing, led by Munich partner Peter Hellich, has advised FTAPI Software GmbH on a growth financing round by Digital+ Partners. Digital+ Partners' investment of €15 million may be increased by a further €6 million in a second tranche and will serve to strengthen the company's dynamic growth.

About FTAPI:

FTAPI specialises in process automation and encryption of data packages, such as corporate invoices and payrolls and patient data, and their secure transmission within and between companies, government agencies, hospitals, laboratories and other healthcare providers. The core product FTAPI SecuTransfer is based on FTAPI's proprietary security technology and stands for simple and secure data exchange, complemented by data rooms, secure forms and processes. Almost 1200 companies, public authorities and medical institutions already use the software offered by FTAPI. Among them are well-known customers such as ADAC, Eberspächer, the German Medical Association, the Austrian Red Cross and Samsung SDI.

About Digital+ Partners:

Based in Frankfurt and Munich, Digital+ Partners is a leading technology growth investor focused on DACH and European technology companies with over €550 million in assets under management. Digital+ Partners focuses on B2B technology companies and leverages an extensive network of companies to help portfolio companies access new markets and build new partnerships.

Legal Advisors to FTAPI GmbH:

Taylor Wessing: Dr. Peter Hellich (Partner, Corporate M&A, lead), Dr. Philip Cavaillès (Partner, Corporate M&A), Dr. Christian Frank (Partner, Corporate M&A), Dr. Daniel Schrembs LL.M. (Salary Partner, Corporate M&A), Alicia Müller (Associate, Corporate M&A), Fritz Krings (Associate, Corporate M&A), Justus Hohenlohe (Paralegal, Corporate M&A), all Munich

Legal Advisors to Digital+ Partners:

HEUKING KÜHN LÜER WOJTEK: Dr. Marc Scheunemann (Partner, Corporate M&A, Duesseldorf/Frankfurt, lead), Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten (Partner, Corporate M&A, Cologne, lead), Alexander Weber (Partner, Corporate M&A, Munich), Dr. Christian Appelbaum (Salaried Partner, Corporate M&A, Duesseldorf), Roman Ettl-Steger (Senior Associate, Corporate M&A, Munich), Dominik Eickemeier (Partner, IP/IT, Cologne).