DGAP-News: Mountain Super Angel AG: Trade Sale VisuMotion
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24.02.2010 14:35
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High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Mountain Super Angel and Beteiligungsmanagement
Thueringen have successfully sold VisuMotion GmbH to a strategic partner
Bonn / St. Gallen / Jena / Malaysia, February 24, 2010 - The 3D company
VisuMotion GmbH, Jena, has been completely sold to 3D International Sd.
Bhd., Kuala Lumpur/ Malaysia. One of the major shareholders of the buyer is
the Malaysian Venture Capital firm MAVCAP, a wholly government owned
investment company.
VisuMotion is a supplier of universal 3D-display infrastructure and is
independent of any hardware provider. As such VisuMotion develops and sells
specialized software and hardware for 3D visualization.
'The take-over of 3D International enables VisuMotion to make a big leap in
its business development. In particular, it will accelerate the company in
achieving its strategic target to become engaged in international
partnerships and to enter the Asian markets', states Ingo Drexler,
Delegated Member of the Board of Mountain Super Angel AG. After the
founding of the company in 2006, VisuMotion was financed primarily by
Venture Capital firms, such as High-Tech-Gruenderfonds,
Beteiligungsmanagement Thueringen (bm-t), Mountain Super Angel AG, PET
fonds and TI fonds Thuringia. For these VC firms and funds, this sale of
the company was a successful exit. The parties agreed to maintain silence
about the details of the transaction The transaction has been advised by
Oertel Scheller.
'We are very pleased to show our investors with the sale of VisuMotion not
only significant exits but also substantial gains', says Dr. Alex v.
Frankenberg, CEO of of High-Tech Gruenderfonds. 'With 3D International we
have gained a strategic partner, which will boost the already very positive
growth of the operational business of VisuMotion', amends Klaus Lehmann,
Senior Investment Manager of High-Tech Gruenderfonds.
Dr. Markus Klippstein, CEO of VisuMotion states: 'Together with our highly
committed and involved investors that gave us the needed financial
capabilities VisuMotion has grown into one of the leading suppliers of 3D
visualization technology with international visibility which led to this
pleasant take-over.
About VisuMotion:
VisuMotion is a supplier of universal 3D-display infrastructure and is
independent of any hardware provider. As such VisuMotion develops and sells
specialized software and hardware for 3D visualization. Amongst other
applications, its technology is used for 3D-cameras and animation of
virtual environments and video games, such as World of Warcraft. VisuMotion
is able to provide professional solutions for 3D visualization which do not
require the viewer to wear any type of glasses.
Contact: VisuMotion GmbH, Dr. Markus Klippstein, Managing Director,
Prüssingstraße 35, 07745 Jena/Germany, Tel.: +49 3641 698670, Fax: +49 3641
6986799, info(at)visumotion.com, www.visumotion.com
About High-Tech Gruenderfonds:
The High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests venture capital into young and
innovative technology companies which turn promising new research results
entrepreneurially into new businesses. With the help of seed financing from
up to 500,000 Euro the start-up companies should lead their R&D projects to
the point of an appropriation of a prototype and a 'proof of concept' or
even to the market launch. The High-Tech Gruenderfonds has a fund volume of
about 272m Euro. Investors of the public-private partnership are the
Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the KfW banking group as
well as the six industrial groups BASF, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Robert
Bosch, Daimler and Carl Zeiss.
Contact: High-Tech Gruenderfonds Management GmbH, Klaus Lehmann, Senior
Investmentmanager, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn, Tel.: +49 228
96568500, Fax: +49 228 96568550, info(at)high-tech-gruenderfonds.de,
www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
Press Contact: Gabriela Fricke, Public Relations, High-Tech Gründerfonds
Management GmbH, Tel.: +49 228 96568505, Fax: +49 228 96568550,
g.fricke(at)high-tech-gruenderfonds.de, www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de
About Mountain Super Angel:
Mountain Super Angel AG is a public Swiss investment company based in
St.Gallen. The corporation was initiated by the MountainPartners Group and
draws upon the group's widespread network. The company considers itself as
an 'institutional investor with business angel character'. Thus, Mountain
Super Angel AG invests in companies and in return offers market expertise
and management-know-how to support growth potential.
Theinvestment focus is on technology-driven markets with a high growth
potential - primarily in German speaking countries. The equity is mainly
invested into early-stage financing, restructuring and pre-IPO
transactions. Mountain Super Angel AG shares are traded under 4MS
(ISIN:CH0033050961) on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Contact: Volker Rofalski, Mountain Super Angel AG, Investor Relations,
Phone: +41 44 783 80 30, Fax: +41 44 783 80 40, vr(at)mountain-partners.ch,
www.super-angel.ch
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Company: Mountain Super Angel AG
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Phone: +41 44 783 80 49
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Listed: Freiverkehr in Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in
Frankfurt; Foreign Exchange(s) BX
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