In 2019, AURELIUS Wachstumskapital, the Growth segment of AURELIUS, acquired a majority stake in ID.KOM, a managed services provider from southern Germany. The company offered strong buy-and-build potential and ample opportunities for growth, a potential AURELIUS went on to unlock.

In just four years, with support from specialists at AURELIUS Operations Advisory, ID.KOM was transformed into the connexta group. In the process, nine add-on companies were acquired and fully integrated. AURELIUS advised connexta throughout, particularly on complex issues such as succession planning, a technically challenging issue as the companies were founder-led.

The establishment of an integrated group also required operational expertise, delivered through the advice of AURELIUS’ Operations Advisory. This included setting up the legal holding entity and its structures, hiring the holding management and key support functions such as sales, M&A and HR, as well as promoting cross-selling between the companies and establishing the umbrella brand connexta.

Today, a fully integrated connexta group utilizes cost and growth synergies as well as its innovation potential, and is geographically close to its customers across Germany. In 2023, connexta was sold to the private equity investor Fremman Capital, where its growth story continues.