{"id":11462,"date":"2017-08-08T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T09:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/v4\/2021\/viennese-it-specialist-rubicon-it-gmbh-takes-over-pinkey-ag\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T14:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T13:42:24","slug":"viennese-it-specialist-rubicon-it-gmbh-takes-over-pinkey-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2017-en\/viennese-it-specialist-rubicon-it-gmbh-takes-over-pinkey-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Viennese IT specialist rubicon IT GmbH takes over PiNkey AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH realises exit<\/li>\n<li>rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH acquires major\u00adity stake in PiNkey AG and plans to estab\u00adlish a cen\u00adtre of excel\u00adlence for lost prop\u00aderty man\u00adage\u00adment in Thuringia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal investor bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH (bm|t) has sold its shares in PiNkey AG to the Vienna-based IT com\u00adpany rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH. With this takeover, rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH plans to expand its mar\u00adket-lead\u00ading posi\u00adtion in the field of lost prop\u00aderty man\u00adage\u00adment in Aus\u00adtria and Switzer\u00adland to Ger\u00admany. PiNkey AG offers a range of ser\u00advices nation\u00adwide in the field of key stor\u00adage and the return of lost&nbsp;keys.<\/strong><br>\nFounded in 2009 by Stef\u00adfen Malessa, PiNkey AG is a provider of var\u00adi\u00adous ser\u00advices related to the topic of \u201clost keys\u201d. For this pur\u00adpose, the com\u00adpany has built up a nation\u00adwide net\u00adwork for the secure stor\u00adage or, if required, short-term deliv\u00adery of keys for its prod\u00aduct www.Schluesseldepot24.de. As a fur\u00adther prod\u00aduct, PiNkey sells key rings with inte\u00adgrated key find\u00ading ser\u00advice as a com\u00adpany give-away with addi\u00adtional ben\u00ade\u00adfits and cus\u00adtomer feed\u00adback chan\u00adnel at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.einkaufswagenloeser.de\">www.einkaufswagenloeser.de<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Keymortizer.de\">www.Keymortizer.de<\/a>. At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Code24.de\">www.Code24.de<\/a>, the com\u00adpany also oper\u00adates a cen\u00adtral reg\u00adis\u00adter for per\u00adsonal&nbsp;items.<br>\nAs a busi\u00adness divi\u00adsion, Vienna-based rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH has been oper\u00adat\u00ading the funds ser\u00advice plat\u00adform <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundamt.gv.at\">www.fundamt.gv.at<\/a> since 2003. This is an inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive e\u2011government soft\u00adware solu\u00adtion for the entire lost prop\u00aderty sys\u00adtem of a coun\u00adtry. In Aus\u00adtria, it is used in 500 cities and munic\u00adi\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties as well as by \u00d6ster\u00adre\u00adichis\u00adche Post and Wiener Lin\u00adien. In Switzer\u00adland, it is the offi\u00adcial stan\u00addard solu\u00adtion for lost prop\u00aderty under the name easyfind and is thus avail\u00adable to 3.9 mil\u00adlion cit\u00adi\u00adzens in nine can\u00adtons and numer\u00adous munic\u00adi\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties as well as to pas\u00adsen\u00adgers of the Swiss Fed\u00aderal Rail\u00adways SBB. In addi\u00adtion, rubi\u00adcon oper\u00adates easyfind, a loss pro\u00adtec\u00adtion sys\u00adtem based on unique codes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyfind.com\">www.easyfind.com<\/a>).<br>\nWith the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of PiNkey AG, rubi\u00adcon has found an already estab\u00adlished local part\u00adner for the expan\u00adsion of its finds man\u00adage\u00adment ser\u00advices to Ger\u00admany and plans to expand the loca\u00adtion in Thuringia as a finds man\u00adage\u00adment cen\u00adtre for Ger\u00admany. The par\u00adties have agreed not to dis\u00adclose the pur\u00adchase&nbsp;price.<br>\n\u201cAfter hav\u00ading been able to accom\u00adpany and sup\u00adport PiNkey AG for almost six years in build\u00ading up the busi\u00adness, I am very pleased to have found in rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH a part\u00adner expe\u00adri\u00adenced in the mar\u00adket who wants to fur\u00adther develop the com\u00adpany at the Thuringia loca\u00adtion,\u201d says Stephan Beier, Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager of bm|t.<br>\n\u201cThe syn\u00ader\u00adgies result\u00ading from the coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion between rubi\u00adcon and Pinkey allow for a uni\u00adform dis\u00adcov\u00adery solu\u00adtion for the entire D\u2011A-CH region. This has enor\u00admous advan\u00adtages for cit\u00adi\u00adzens in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, as in the future they will only have to search for their valu\u00adables on a sin\u00adgle plat\u00adform in the event of a loss,\u201d Peter Grass\u00adnigg, Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor of rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH, explains the prospects.<\/p>\n<h4>About PiNkey AG<\/h4>\n<p>PiNkey AG, based in Oberwei\u00dfbach\/Thuringia, was founded in 2009 by Stef\u00adfen Malessa and Katrin Linke and offers ser\u00advices for key stor\u00adage and the return of lost keys. With cur\u00adrently more than one mil\u00adlion active key find\u00aders in the mar\u00adket, PiNkey AG holds a lead\u00ading posi\u00adtion in Ger\u00admany. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkey.de\">www.pinkey.de)<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>About rubicon IT&nbsp;GmbH<\/h4>\n<p>rubi\u00adcon, an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adally active soft\u00adware com\u00adpany with head\u00adquar\u00adters in Vienna and branch offices in Berlin and Bern, spe\u00adcialises in improv\u00ading cen\u00adtral busi\u00adness processes through inte\u00adgra\u00adtive IT solu\u00adtions based on rubi\u00adcon stan\u00addard prod\u00aducts or indi\u00advid\u00adual soft\u00adware devel\u00adop\u00adments. A cen\u00adtral busi\u00adness area are the inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive fund ser\u00advice solu\u00adtions. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubicon.eu\">http:\/\/www.rubicon.eu<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>About bm|t<\/h4>\n<p>bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH, head\u00adquar\u00adtered in Erfurt, is a sub\u00adsidiary of Th\u00fcringer Auf\u00adbaubank and one of the top addresses for invest\u00adments in Thuringia. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages eight funds with a total vol\u00adume of around EUR 320 mil\u00adlion, which invest in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in almost all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2014 both in the start-up and growth phases or in com\u00adpany suc\u00adces\u00adsion sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions. Cur\u00adrently, aroundEUR 100 mil\u00adlion is avail\u00adable for early-stage projects, for growth com\u00adpa\u00adnies and for estab\u00adlished medium-sized and large com\u00adpa\u00adnies in Thuringia\u2019s SME sector.<\/p>\n<h4>Contact:<\/h4>\n<p>bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen&nbsp;GmbH<br>\n<em>Stephan Beier<\/em><br>\nInvest\u00adment Manager<br>\nGork\u00adistra\u00dfe 9<br>\n99084 Erfurt<br>\nPhone: +49 361 7447\u2013607<br>\nFax: +49 361 7447\u2013635<br>\nstephan.beier@bm\u2011t.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH realises exit rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH acquires major\u00adity stake in PiNkey AG and plans to estab\u00adlish a cen\u00adtre of excel\u00adlence for lost prop\u00aderty man\u00adage\u00adment in Thuringia The ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal investor bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH (bm|t) has sold its shares in PiNkey AG to the Vienna-based IT com\u00adpany rubi\u00adcon IT GmbH. 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