Nera Digital Holding

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL TECH-INVESTOR

About Us

We are an investment holding specialized in partnering with the ‘German-speaking Mittelstand’. We focus on direct investments in small- & mid-cap buy-outs and transformation situations with strong operational expertise and experience in digitalizing and supporting companies. Nera has a highly specialized team that provides practical support in improving scalability and digitalization processes, helping companies optimize their sales and marketing activities.

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Team

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Peter Schaberger

Founder & Managing Director

Peter Schaberger

+25 years of experience

+30 transactions with focus on Succession and mid-cap buy-outs

  • Software/IT

  • Technology/eCommerce

  • Digital Consumer

  • Business Services

  • Industrial

Dominik Lanz

Founder & Managing Director

Dominik Lanz

+15 years of experience

+20 transactions with focus on Carve-outs, transformation situations and small-cap buy outs

  • Software/IT

  • Technology/eCommerce

  • Digital Consumer

  • Media

  • Retail

Daniel Mels

Operations & Value Creation

Daniel Mels

+13 years of experience in marketing and sales

+7 years of experience in value creation focused on digital business models

  • Software/IT

  • Technology/eCommerce

  • Digital Consumer

  • Media

Philipp Schillinger

Deals & Valuation

Philipp Schillinger

+4 years of experience in corporate development and transaction advisory

+20 due diligences covering IT-services, consumer staples and e-commerce

  • Software/IT

  • Technology/eCommerce

  • Digital Consumer

  • IT-/Business Services

Rene Wieckhorst

Operations & Value Creation

Rene Wieckhorst

+10 years of experience in corporate development and M&A

+100 due diligences covering IT-services, AdTech and e-commerce

  • Software/IT

  • Technology/eCommerce

  • Media

  • Digital Consumer

Ben Schillinger

Operations & Value Creation

Ben Schillinger

+Experience in software and programming

Portfolio

We focus on companies in sectors that benefit from our past experience and our broad network of industry-specific experts. Our primary investment focus is on companies in the software & technology, tech-enabled business services, and non-discretionary consumer goods sectors.

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comforte AG

Cybersecurity specialist with proprietary software for data tokenization. Trusted by over 500 clients worldwide, including Visa, Mastercard, and ACI Worldwide.

Aquisition

April 2025

Seller

Shareholders

Industry

B2B Software

ABOUT COMFORTE

  • comforte AG (“comforte”) is a Ieading provider of data-centric security solutions that empower enterprises to protect sensitive information throughout its lifecycle while maintaining its usability for business operations.

  • comforte’s Data Security Platform “SecurDPS" automates the discovery, classification and protection of data within complex IT environments.

  • With over 25 years of expertise, comforte safeguards data for over 500 global customers, including industry leaders like ACI Global, Visa and Mastercard, enabling them to drive digital transformation, optimize operations, and achieve sustainable growth with confidence.

GQSystems GmbH

SAP Gold Partner specialising in S4/HANA migrations in the food industry with its own software for consumption control processing in S4/HANA.

Aquisition

July 2024

Seller

Founder / Management

Industry

Business Service/ Software

ABOUT GQS

  • The GQS Group (“GQS”), consisting of GQSystems GmbH and GQSystema AG, is an SAP consultancy with SAP Gold Partner status and a clear focus on the food and beverage industry.

  • The service portfolio covers the complete conception, implementation (both R/3 migration and new implementation) of the SAP ERP system S4/HANA.

  • In addition, GQS offers its own software products, including a solution for the standard-compliant calculation and processing of all excise duties. The internationally applicable solution gqs@tax is used by customers throughout Europe for excise tax processing.

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Brandconsult GmbH

All-round service provider for company pension schemes with its own software platform ‘EasyPension’ for the complete digitalisation of HR and customer-side occupational pension processes.

Aquisition

June 2023

Seller

Founder

Industry

Business Service/ Software

ABOUT BRANDCONSULT

  • Brandconsult is a occupational pension scheme (bAV) consultant with an in-house developed end-2-end software platform “EasyPension” for digitalization of HR- and customer-side bAV processes

  • To date, Brandconsult’ s holistic and independent bAV advisory service, paired with the digitalization of all associated processes for HR departments and employees is unique and highly successful

  • The platform is built on the +30 years of industry intelligence of Brandconsult’s founder Andreas Brand and currently manages +6,000 bAV contracts

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Apaloo GmbH

Market leader for a 100% natural, non-prescription, clinically tested effective patch treatment for mosquito bites at >15 thousand POS

Aquisition

June 2023

Seller

Founder

Industry

Non-discretionary Consumer goods

ABOUT APALOO

  • Apaloo has two brands:

    • MOSKINTO, the leading provider of patches for treating mosquito bites with proven itch-relief and anti-swelling effect

    • KINTEX, Apaloo' s first and smaller brand, selling kinesiology tapes via a custom webshop

  • MOSKINTO sales channels include most of the biggest drug and retail chains in Germany, pharmacies, airlines and online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay with +10,000 POS in the DACH region.

  • Apaloo already shows strong growth and high profitability. Products are sold – on a small scale – already globally, including the US and several countries in Asia

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