congatec, Deggendorf (Germany)

Computer modules

Profile

congatec based in Deggendorf, Bavaria, is a rapidly growing technology company focusing on high-performance embedded computing products, so-called computer-on-modules (CoMs) and industrial single-board computers (SBCs). congatec focuses on CoM hardware design, which accounts for approximately 80 per cent of revenues. CoMs are deployed for specific applications within a larger system – for example, in industrial robots, image processing, or ultrasonic devices. Typically, CoMs must fulfil special requirements such as a high level of reliability and longevity (even under adverse conditions), real time processing, zero error tolerance, or small unit size. CoMs are not complete computing units in their own right – they comprise a processor, memory and the processor’s periphery, and are optimised for specific applications. The increased use of CoMs is essential for the ongoing digitization process, which increasingly requires computing power "on the edge", i.e. not in a central cloud, but closer to the application itself in order to reduce latency - among other things for the increasing networking of machines and networks, but also for applications in the field of artificial intelligence. In addition, congatec's RTS Hypervisor is an innovative software solution that can set new standards in terms of real-time performance - both as a stand-alone software solution and in conjunction with the CoMs produced by congatec.

Established in 2004, congatec is the global market leader in the computer-on-modules segment. The company has a wide-ranging customer base, from start-ups to international blue-chip enterprises. congatec has branches in the US, Taiwan, China, Japan and Australia, as well as in the United Kingdom, France and the Czech Republic.

Management Buyout

Majority investment of DBAG Fund VIII
First invested
October 2020
Revenues 2022
€148mn

As of 31 December 2023

 

Contact

Maximilian Hegel
Maximilian Hegel
Maximilian Hegel
+49 69 95787-232

Maximilian Hegel

Director

Maximilian Hegel joined Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in 2014.

Maximilian Hegel has eight years of experience in the private-equity sector. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, and a Master of Science in Management from the University of Mannheim. He also studied at the Olin Business School at Washington University, St Louis, and at Bentley University, Boston.

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Former portfolio companies