Investee Company – AtoBe Mobile Solutions
Investee Company Country – Netherlands
Investee Company Business Type – Wireless Application Service Provider to business customers
Type of Financing – Second round
Equity Providers – Advent International, ABN AMRO Corporate Investments and Gilde IT Fund
Equity Leader (Individuals)- Daniel van Meer, ABN AMRO Corporate Investments
Amit Shah, Advent International
Debt Providers – N/A
Debt Type – N/A
Debt Leader (Individual) – N/A
Equity Amount – euro12 million
Total Deal Value – euro12 million
Other Advisors – De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Comments – Founded in 1999, AtoBe provides strategic consulting, applications development, hosting and deployment services to customers such as The Financial Times, KPN Telecom and Versatel who need to provide their content and data across multiple mobile carrier networks and access devices. In December last year the company received euro3 million from the Gilde IT Fund, which also participated in the most recent round of financing, which was led by global technology investor, Advent International, and ABN AMRO Corporate Investment, a subsidiary of the Dutch bank. According to Nick Haasnoot, chief executive officer of AtoBe, the new name “symbolises the increasing mobility of people” while also emphasising the company’s professional approach and independence from back-office systems, operators, devices and technology. AtoBe, with its headquartered in Haarlem, employs over 80 people in offices in London, Hannover and the Netherlands. The company plans to use this round of funding to further expand its product and services portfolio.