Hampleton Partners Advises ComAround On Acquisition By BMC

Stockholm, Houston and London – 13 October 2020.  Hampleton Partners, the international M&A  and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised ComAround Scandinavia AB, the best-of-breed provider of knowledge management & digital self-service SaaS, on its acquisition by BMC, a global leader celebrating 40 years of delivering IT solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise.

ComAround’s market-leading KCS® v6 verified AI, NLP-based knowledge management and self-service cloud-native platform has delivered value to global enterprises for over two decades as it enables organizations to create, manage and share knowledge across all channels. Its flagship offering, ComAround Knowledge™, is trusted by hundreds of blue-chip customers worldwide to power their critical ITSM, service desk and customer contact processes.

Magnus Holmqvist, CEO of ComAround, said: “We selected Hampleton for their strong track record in enterprise software, their extensive network but most critically, their understanding of our business and the value we bring customers. Hampleton helped us find the perfect partner in BMC, and we’re excited to embark on the next stage of the journey in powering tomorrow’s enterprise service needs.”

Michel Annink, Director Nordics at Hampleton, said: “We are extremely proud to have worked with ComAround to find its ideal strategic partner. We believe the combination will create a clear leader in the ITSM self-service Knowledge Management space.”

“The Nordic region continues to be a one of the most successful hot beds for technology innovations globally, and ComAround is another excellent example of this.”

Miro Parizek, Principal Partner and Founder at Hampleton, commented: “The transaction was completed during a pandemic, using the most modern remote computing technologies available.”

The engagement was led by Michel Annink and Nicholas Milligan.

Hampleton remains on the cutting edge of technology M&A and regularly publishes research reports covering transaction activity in the sectors it serves. The most recent reports released in September and October cover Autotech, Digital Commerce, Enterprise Software, Healthtech and IT Services, and are downloadable from www.hampletonpartners.com/reports.

Michel Annink
Director, Nordics
michel (at) hampletonpartners.com
+46 73 997 8993

Nicholas C Milligan
Senior Associate
Nicholas (at) hampletonpartners.com
+44 7423 167237

Media contact for Hampleton Partners

Jane Henry
jane (at) marylebonemarketing.com
+44 789 666 8155
www.marylebonemarketing.com

Hampleton Partners is at the forefront of international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory for companies with technology at their core. Hampleton’s experienced deal makers have built, bought and sold over 100 fast-growing tech businesses and provide hands-on expertise and unrivalled advice to tech entrepreneurs and companies which are looking to accelerate growth and maximise value.

With offices in London, Frankfurt, Stockholm and San Francisco, Hampleton offers a global perspective with regional and sector expertise in: Automotive Tech, IoT, AI, FinTech, High-Tech Industrials, Cybersecurity, VR/AR, HealthTech, Digital Marketing, Enterprise Software, IT Services, SaaS & Cloud, E-commerce.

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ComAround is a global software company that specializes in knowledge management and self service. ComAround helps customer service and support organizations to create an excellent agent and customer experience by building and sharing knowledge across channels using the ComAround Knowledge Management software and ComAround’s expertise.
Further information about ComAround is available at: www.comaround.com.

From core to cloud to edge, BMC delivers the software and services that enable over 10,000 global customers, including 84% of the Forbes Global 100, to thrive in their ongoing evolution to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise.

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Further information about BMC is available at: www.bmc.com.