The manufacturer of the content services platform M-Files focuses on accelerating international growth and innovations in product development, AI and the cloud platform.
Reading, UK, Jan. 12th, 2021 – M-Files Corporation, the intelligent information management company, today announced, that it has received a strategic investment of EUR67 million. Bregal Milestone, a European growth capital firm, led the round with current investors Partech, Tesi and Draper Esprit also participating.
M-Files provides an intelligent, repository neutral platform that utilises metadata and artificial intelligence (AI) to break down information silos and unify systems, data and content across an organisation. M-Files seamlessly embeds within popular digital workplace platforms, including Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Google Workspace, enabling users to access and manage documents and information from the applications where they prefer to work.
From small and medium-sized businesses to large global enterprises, M-Files is a trusted partner to thousands of customers in over 100 countries, helping them increase efficiencies and drive productivity. M-Files has more than 500 employees located across 11 global offices. The company”s software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model continues to propel its strong growth. M-Files has been featured in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Services Platforms (formerly Enterprise Content Management) since 2012 and named a Visionary for the last five consecutive years.
“Bregal Milestone”s extensive experience investing in the B2B enterprise software sector and their philosophy in partnering with fast-growing companies like M-Files made the firm an attractive investment partner. We”ve identified opportunities to accelerate our growth and further expand M-Files” market penetration, especially in North America. The valuable investment from Bregal Milestone, bolstered by support from our existing shareholders Partech, Tesi and Draper Esprit, will enable M-Files to deliver further innovations in product development, AI and our cloud platform.”
“We are thrilled to partner with the M-Files team to support Antti and his team on their very exciting growth journey. M-Files has a robust and cutting-edge solution that brings tangible value-add to its customers. We look forward to supporting management in accelerating growth and further consolidating M-Files” leadership position, namely in the US and other key geographies. The transaction is the 9th investment made by Bregal Milestone”s inaugural growth capital fund in just over two years, and we couldn”t be more proud to partner with Antti and the world-class M-Files team.”
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Bregal Milestone is a growth capital firm managing a EUR495 million pan-European fund dedicated to making investments in high-growth European companies. The firm provides growth capital and strategic assistance to support market-leading companies in the technology and technology-enabled services sectors. Bregal Milestone is part of Bregal Investments, who have invested over EUR15 billion to date. bregalmilestone.com
M-Files provides a next-generation intelligent information management platform that improves business performance by helping people find and use information more effectively. Unlike traditional enterprise content management (ECM) systems or content services platforms, M-Files unifies systems, data and content across the organization without disturbing existing systems and processes or requiring data migration. Using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in its unique Intelligent Metadata Layer, M-Files breaks down silos by delivering an in-context experience for accessing and leveraging information that resides in any system and repository, including network folders, SharePoint, file-sharing services, ECM systems, CRM, ERP and other business systems and repositories. Thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries use M-Files for managing their business information and processes, including NBC Universal, OMV, SAS Institute and ThyssenKrupp. For more information, visit www.m-files.com
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