Cloudflight

Profile

Cloudflight is one of the leading full-service providers for industrial digital transformation in Europe. With more than 1,000 qualified employees from the areas of software development, cloud architecture, data science and strategic IT, the company enables the successful digitalisation of its customers. Cloudflight's expertise includes artificial intelligence, cloud applications and operations, embedded software development, human-machine interface design and global e-commerce solutions for B2B and B2C customers. Cloudflight delivers scalable, flexible custom software that its IT specialists implement quickly and seamlessly in the enterprise. Clients benefit from a rapid return on investment, a future-proof technology stack and significant operational efficiencies.

Cloudflight was formed in 2019 through the merger of custom software pioneer Catalysts and IT analyst Crisp Research. Two years later, Cognostics, macio and Divante have joined the Cloudflight community, deepening expertise in AI, HMI and eCommerce. Together, Cloudflight offers its customers an end-to-end service portfolio - from consulting to custom software development and cloud native solutions to operations.

First invested

June 2019

Revenues 2021

€80mn

As of 31 December 2022

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Lucas Herbert

Managing Director

Lucas Herbert joined Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in 2007 and became a Managing Director in 2015.

Lucas Herbert has 15 years of experience in the private equity sector. During this time, he has gained extensive knowledge, particularly in the IT services/software, mechanical and plant engineering and healthcare sectors. Lucas Herbert has been involved in a large number of corporate investments and disposals. These include Romaco, Spheros, Gienanth and Silbitz. He also led the investment process in blikk, Cloudflight and operasan.

He holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and also studied at the Maastricht University and the University of Newscastle, Australia.