Cologne-based partner Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten advised venture capital firm Iris Capital on an investment in enterprise performance management company Jedox AG. A consortium consisting of Iris Capital, eCAPITAL IV, and Wecken & Cie will be investing EUR 20 million in the software company. The funding will be used to accelerate Jedox’s global expansion and product development.

Iris Capital is a European venture capital firm specializing in the digital economy. It invests in companies at different stages of maturity, from start-ups to late-stage and growth players. Iris Capital has offices in Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Dubai. IrisNext fund's investments include ReBuy, Studitemps, Talend, and Unu Motors.

Jedox was founded in Freiburg in 2002. Today, the company employs more than 160 people at eight sites in Germany, France, the USA, Australia, and Asia. Jedox’s integrated CPM platform is used by 2,300 companies in 140 countries for their real-time planning solutions on the web, in mobile solutions, or in the cloud.

Dr. aus der Fünten regularly advises Iris Capital, most recently on its EUR 21 million investment in Open-Xchange AG

    Counsel to Iris Capital
    Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek:
    Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten (Corporate/M&A), Project Lead, Cologne
    Dr. Oliver Böttcher (Corporate), Cologne
    Dirk Stolz (IP), Cologne
    Dr. Lutz Keppeler (IP), Cologne
    Dr. Sascha Schewiola (Employment), Cologne
    Beatrice Stange, LL.M. (Antitrust), Düsseldorf