"I believe the investment from MML will empower us to supercharge our ambitions through their smart capital approach. We needed a partner with strategic alignment coupled with an impeccable track record of taking their portfolio companies into the USA."

Dave Stevinson, CEO at QBS

QBS Technology Group

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Minority growth equity, backing an ambitious international and acquisitive growth plan.

The business

QBS is a UK headquartered software delivery platform.

The deal

The Founder CEO has led the transition from a UK based distributor to a pan-EMEA software delivery platform with an impressive portfolio of customers and publishers. MML partnered with QBS as a minority investor to support the team to deliver an ambitious growth plan to become the global market leader.

Fund
Enterprise
Region
Europe
Deal Status
Current
Sector
TMT

Catch up with Founder CEO, Dave Stevinson, shortly after investment

How would you describe what QBS does?

QBS delivers the critical software that global enterprises depend on all day, every day. With a publisher base in excess of 11,000 – we have the solution for every software need.

What was QBS's story before MML invested?

QBS scaled to a £250 million software delivery platform through the fusion of people, process and technology across EMEA. Our growth was bootstrapped and I was continually frustrated that our opportunities were far in excess of our financial capability.

What made you chose MML as a partner?

I believe the investment from MML will empower us to supercharge our ambitions through their smart capital approach. We needed a partner with strategic alignment coupled with an impeccable track record of taking their portfolio companies into the USA.

Associated deal team

Luke Jones

Managing Partner (Enterprise)
Europe

Rob Knight

Partner
Europe

Christian Brown

Investment Manager
Europe

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