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Merapar is a leading investment & advisory firm established by senior executives from the Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) industry. Its mission is to help investors and management teams create value through transformational change in their assets and a relentless focus on key value creation drivers.
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Jul 3, 2019
By Tim Dams2019-07-03T09:59:00+01:00 Remote production technology specialist Aperi has raised $10m (£8m) in a funding round. Much of the investment has come from venture capitalist firms led by software and cloud technology experts Merapar, and including Ocom, Manuardeo, Innov8on and Malvern Ventures LLC, which are based in the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. Aperi microservers are used in remote production by service providers, content owners, rights holders and broadcasters. Aperi will use the new funding to expand its range of broadcast functions and grow its global presence. Joop Janssen (pictured above), CEO of Aperi, said: “This demonstration of confidence in Aperi’s revolutionary open and software-defined technology will enable us to further expand our range of innovative broadcast functions, while continuing to grow our global presence.” Erwin van Dommelen, CEO of Merapar, said: “The recent speed of adoption of its software driven low latency media processing platform has exceeded our expectations, and shows that Aperi will play significant leadership role in the future of live production.” Topics
Merapar Investments
4 Investments
Merapar has made 4 investments. Their latest investment was in Aperi as part of their Series A on July 7, 2019.
Merapar Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/3/2019 | Series A | Aperi | $10M | Yes | 3 | |
5/8/2019 | Series A | |||||
1/14/2014 | Series A | |||||
12/16/2013 | Seed VC |
Date | 7/3/2019 | 5/8/2019 | 1/14/2014 | 12/16/2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series A | Series A | Series A | Seed VC |
Company | Aperi | |||
Amount | $10M | |||
New? | Yes | |||
Co-Investors | ||||
Sources | 3 |
Merapar Portfolio Exits
4 Portfolio Exits
Merapar has 4 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was SDNsquare on September 06, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/6/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 9/6/2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | |||
Companies | ||||
Valuation | ||||
Acquirer | ||||
Sources | 2 |
Merapar Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
Merapar has 2 strategic partners and customers. Merapar recently partnered with Vamp.io on September 9, 2018.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/17/2018 | Partner | Netherlands | Vamp.io and Merapar announce strategic partnership to help cloud native adopters to increase velocity and minimize blast radius . | 1 | |
9/11/2017 | Client |
Date | 9/17/2018 | 9/11/2017 |
|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Client |
Business Partner | ||
Country | Netherlands | |
News Snippet | Vamp.io and Merapar announce strategic partnership to help cloud native adopters to increase velocity and minimize blast radius . | |
Sources | 1 |
Merapar Team
1 Team Member
Merapar has 1 team member, including former Managing Partner, Pascal Dormal.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Pascal Dormal | Managing Partner | Former |
Name | Pascal Dormal |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | Managing Partner |
Status | Former |
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