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Clearwater advises Warpcom Services on its sale to Evolutio

Transaction

Warpcom Services sold to Evolutio

Sell-side

Undisclosed

Role

Adviser to Warpcom Services on its sale to Evolutio

Sector

Tech & Tech Services

Region

Portugal

Clearwater has advised the shareholders of Warpcom Services (Warpcom), a leading technology integrator on the sale of 100% of the business to Evolutio Cloud Enabler (Evolutio), a key specialist in cloud services.

Warpcom is a leading system integrator operating in the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) sector in Portugal. Warpcom’s business model comprises the sale of products and consulting services across different business lines, including networking and infrastructure, collaboration and customer experience, data centre and multi-cloud, and cybersecurity and public safety. The company operates across Portugal and Spain.

Evolutio is a leading provider of telecom and ICT solutions for the corporate market, with an integrated portfolio of connectivity and ICT solutions that arises from the assets of BT Group in Spain. It provides networking services to around 600 major enterprises, including most of the IBEX-35 index companies. Evolutio has been backed by the Spanish private equity fund Portobello Capital since 2020.

With this acquisition Evolutio gains a leadership position in the IT system integration market in Portugal.

Tech software

We are pleased to announce this partnership with Evolutio. The complementarity between Warpcom and Evolutio is great from a geographical standpoint but also in terms of services offered to our clients. We believe that our clients will benefit from larger solutions offer and that our teams will grow together with more professional opportunities. We look forward to seeing our teams growing together and playing an active role in the rapidly changing ICT world. A special thanks to Clearwater who helped us find the appropriate solutions at different stages of the project and the current stage of our lives.

Carlos Inocêncio and Carlos Duarte, Warpcom Services
Tech software

Under both Carlos Inocêncio’s and Carlos Duarte’s leadership, Warpcom became the leading system integrator in the Portuguese ICT market and established a successful operation in Spain. Now the right time has come for Warpcom to become part of a leading Iberian group with an integrated strategy for the corporate ICT solutions market. We are confident that Warpcom will be the perfect platform and partner to Evolutio in Portugal and that this transaction will help them to benefit from the rapidly expanding ICT market.

Jose Lemos, Partner, Clearwater

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