{"id":12652,"date":"2021-10-04T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/2021\/software-specialist-ifesca-secures-e-7-2-million-in-financing-round\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:45:24","slug":"software-specialist-ifesca-secures-e-7-2-million-in-financing-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2021\/software-specialist-ifesca-secures-e-7-2-million-in-financing-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Software specialist ifesca secures \u20ac 7.2 million in financing round"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics group KION Group takes a stake of nearly 20 per cent and an invest\u00adment of around 5 mil\u00adlion euros in ifesca GmbH<\/li>\n<li>lead investor bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen invests once again around 2.2 mil\u00adlion euros in the Ilme\u00adnau-based company<\/li>\n<li>ifesca devel\u00adops soft\u00adware solu\u00adtions for opti\u00admal energy management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ifesca, a soft\u00adware com\u00adpany based in Ilme\u00adnau has won &nbsp;one of the world\u2019s lead\u00ading sup\u00adpli\u00aders of fork\u00adlift trucks and ware\u00adhouse logis\u00adtics, the Linde Mate\u00adr\u00adial Han\u00addling GmbH, a sub\u00adsidiary of KION GROUP AG, as an impor\u00adtant strate\u00adgic investor. With an invest\u00adment of around 5 mil\u00adlion euros and a stake of almost 20 per cent, the intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics group has become the sec\u00adond-largest owner of the young com\u00adpany. At the same time, the KION Group and ifesca agreed on a strate\u00adgic coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. The largest investor, bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen, is also par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading with around 2.2 mil\u00adlion euros. \u201cWe are delighted to have suc\u00adcess\u00adfully com\u00adpleted the cur\u00adrent round of financ\u00ading and to win the KION Group as an indus\u00adtrial and glob\u00adally active part\u00adner for the future,\u201d reports Sebas\u00adt\u00adian Rit\u00adter, CEO and co-founder of ifesca GmbH, and is pos\u00adi\u00adtive about the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s future development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince our seed invest\u00adment, we have seen how the team and tech\u00adnol\u00adogy have sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly devel\u00adoped. We are con\u00advinced that ifesca will play an impor\u00adtant role in the excit\u00ading mar\u00adkets of AI-based deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading processes. The inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive part\u00adner\u00adship with KION Group for opti\u00admised energy man\u00adage\u00adment in intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics is a per\u00adfect exam\u00adple of the huge poten\u00adtial,\u201d com\u00adments Cor\u00adnelia B\u00f6se, Senior Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager at bm\u2011t.<\/p>\n<p>The KION Group will use ifesca\u2019s soft\u00adware plat\u00adform in the intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics sec\u00adtor. \u201cWith ifesca\u2019s AI-based soft\u00adware, we will offer our cus\u00adtomers a holis\u00adtic solu\u00adtion for their energy man\u00adage\u00adment in the future,\u201d explains Ste\u00adfan Prokosch, Senior Vice Pres\u00adi\u00addent Brand Man\u00adage\u00adment at Linde Mate\u00adr\u00adial Han\u00addling GmbH. \u201cWith the accu\u00adrate fore\u00adcast\u00ading results of this plat\u00adform, our cus\u00adtomers will be able to plan opti\u00admal load\u00ading times for their indus\u00adtrial truck fleets, avoid load\u00ading peaks and thus sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly reduce their energy costs.\u201d In addi\u00adtion, the plat\u00adform can be eas\u00adily and flex\u00adi\u00adbly inte\u00adgrated into exist\u00ading energy man\u00adage\u00adment sys\u00adtems through open inter\u00adfaces. \u201cA real added value for our cus\u00adtomers and thus also for us,\u201d Ste\u00adfan Prokosch is con\u00advinced about the ifesca plat\u00adform. Super\u00admar\u00adket chains, auto\u00admo\u00adtive pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, DIY stores and many other users will thus be able to gain easy access to mod\u00adern tech\u00adnol\u00adogy for the energy-sus\u00adtain\u00adable appli\u00adca\u00adtion of their KION logis\u00adtics solu\u00adtions in the future.<\/p>\n<p>How\u00adever, the intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics sec\u00adtor is just one of many other pos\u00adsi\u00adble appli\u00adca\u00adtions in which&nbsp;the<br>\n35-mem\u00adber com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s energy man\u00adage\u00adment sys\u00adtem can be used with great added value for sav\u00ading and opti\u00admis\u00ading the use of energy and thus increas\u00ading sus\u00adtain\u00adabil\u00adity. \u201cOur goal is to opti\u00admally sup\u00adport deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading processes by offer\u00ading inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive soft\u00adware solu\u00adtions in the field of fore\u00adcast\u00ading, opti\u00admi\u00adsa\u00adtion and asso\u00adci\u00adated ser\u00advices,\u201d explains Sebas\u00adt\u00adian Rit\u00adter. \u201cThe focus is on max\u00adi\u00admum ease of use and intu\u00aditive han\u00addling of busi\u00adness processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new cap\u00adi\u00adtal is to be used for the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s growth, the expan\u00adsion of sales activ\u00adi\u00adties in other Euro\u00adpean and inter\u00adna\u00adtional coun\u00adtries and for the devel\u00adop\u00adment of newly acquired markets.<\/p>\n<h5>About ifesca GmbH<\/h5>\n<p>ifesca GmbH is an IoT com\u00adpany based in Ilme\u00adnau, Thuringia, and offers soft\u00adware prod\u00aducts for indus\u00adtry and the energy sec\u00adtor. With the cloud-based plat\u00adform ifesca.AIVA\u00ae and the stand-alone com\u00adpo\u00adnent ifesca.ADAM\u00ae, the com\u00adpany has devel\u00adoped two appli\u00adca\u00adtions with which all mar\u00adket roles in the energy indus\u00adtry as well as energy-inten\u00adsive indus\u00adtrial com\u00adpa\u00adnies can use the dig\u00adi\u00adtal ser\u00advice in the area of fore\u00adcast\u00ading and opti\u00admi\u00adsa\u00adtion of energy data. By pro\u00advid\u00ading fully auto\u00admated real-time fore\u00adcasts, the AI-based intel\u00adli\u00adgent fore\u00adcast\u00ading sys\u00adtem sup\u00adports deci\u00adsions for energy sup\u00adply and demand. This makes it pos\u00adsi\u00adble to reli\u00adably serve plan\u00adning processes that are becom\u00ading increas\u00adingly com\u00adplex due to the grow\u00ading amount of&nbsp;data.<\/p>\n<p>The speed with which rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions for action can be made is also sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly increased. ifesca cus\u00adtomers are thus enabled to meet the require\u00adments of dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion and a holis\u00adtic view of energy issues in the com\u00adpany. They can use the poten\u00adtial gained in this way to increase their competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifesca.de\">www.ifesca.de<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>About KION&nbsp;Group<\/h5>\n<p>The KION Group is one of the world\u2019s lead\u00ading sup\u00adpli\u00aders of indus\u00adtrial trucks and sup\u00adply chain solu\u00adtions. Its range of prod\u00aducts and ser\u00advices includes indus\u00adtrial trucks such as fork\u00adlift trucks and ware\u00adhouse trucks as well as inte\u00adgrated automa\u00adtion tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies and soft\u00adware solu\u00adtions for opti\u00admis\u00ading sup\u00adply chains \u2014 includ\u00ading all asso\u00adci\u00adated ser\u00advices. In more than 100 coun\u00adtries, the KION Group\u2019s solu\u00adtions improve the flow of mate\u00adri\u00adals and infor\u00adma\u00adtion in pro\u00adduc\u00adtion plants, ware\u00adhouses and dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion centres.<\/p>\n<p>The MDax-listed Group is the largest man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adturer of indus\u00adtrial trucks in Europe in terms of units sold in 2020. In China, the KION Group is the lead\u00ading for\u00adeign pro\u00adducer in terms of rev\u00adenue in 2020 and the third-largest sup\u00adplier when domes\u00adtic man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders are included. In addi\u00adtion, the KION Group is one of the world\u2019s lead\u00ading sup\u00adpli\u00aders of ware\u00adhouse automa\u00adtion in terms of rev\u00adenue in&nbsp;2019.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2020, more than 1.6 mil\u00adlion indus\u00adtrial trucks and over 6,000 installed sys\u00adtems from the KION Group were in use world\u00adwide by cus\u00adtomers of var\u00adi\u00adous sizes in numer\u00adous indus\u00adtries on six con\u00adti\u00adnents. The Group cur\u00adrently employs more than 36,000 peo\u00adple and gen\u00ader\u00adated rev\u00adenue of \u20ac8.3 bil\u00adlion in the 2020 finan\u00adcial&nbsp;year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiongroup.com\">www.kiongroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>About bm|t<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>bm|t is one of the first addresses for invest\u00adments in Thuringia, Ger\u00admany. bm|t invests in start-up teams and com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the Free State with a clear aim of gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading pos\u00adi\u00adtive invest\u00adment returns. This is how inno\u00adva\u00adtion and eco\u00adnomic growth in Thuringia are financed. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages ten funds with a total vol\u00adume of over 440 mil\u00adlion euros and invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in nearly all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2014 from the start-up and growth phases to buy\u00adouts and other suc\u00adces\u00adsion situations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bm-t.com\">www.bm\u2011t.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>intral\u00ado\u00adgis\u00adtics group KION Group takes a stake of nearly 20 per cent and an invest\u00adment of around 5 mil\u00adlion euros in ifesca GmbH lead investor bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen invests once again around 2.2 mil\u00adlion euros in the Ilme\u00ad\u00adnau-based com\u00adpany ifesca devel\u00adops soft\u00adware solu\u00adtions for opti\u00admal energy man\u00adage\u00adment &nbsp; ifesca, a soft\u00adware com\u00adpany based in Ilmenau&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[176,177,210,159,171],"class_list":["post-12652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3","tag-bm-t-en","tag-bmt-en","tag-investeepartner","tag-investment-en","tag-thuringia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}