Main Capital takes a majority stake in Paderborn IT asset firm Raynet

Main Capital takes a majority stake in Paderborn IT asset firm Raynet

6 October 2026: Main Capital Partners, the Dutch private equity investor that specialises in software, has bought a majority stake in Raynet, the Paderborn company behind the Raynet One platform for IT asset visibility, software asset management and endpoint management. Raynet announced the deal on 6 October. The previous investor, Pinova, is selling its stake, and no price has been disclosed.

Not yet independently verified. The deal rests on Raynet's own release; we could not read a matching release on Main Capital Partners' site. No price, closing date or stake size beyond a majority has been published. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.

Who sells, who stays

Raynet's release says founder and chief executive Ragip Aydin reinvests a substantial amount and stays significantly invested for the long term, and that the existing management team reinvests as well. The current employee share programme is being paid out, and Raynet and Main have designed a new one for the next stage. The management stays in place, and the release announces no change to products, contracts or support.

Main describes itself in the release as managing about 12 billion euros, with around 105 staff and offices in The Hague, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris and London plus a branch in Boston. It holds more than 55 software companies employing over 15,000 people.

What the new owner wants from Raynet

The plan is growth by three routes: a much faster international expansion and a larger partner ecosystem; more AI features and more cybersecurity functions in Raynet One; and selective acquisitions to add technology, skills or access to new markets.

The release also frames the deal around European control of software: giving European companies more transparency and independence over the software they run. That is a selling point for IT asset tools at a time when public bodies and regulated firms are trying to map what they depend on.

What Raynet sells and to whom

Raynet One covers IT management, cybersecurity and software asset management, and the company also sells a technology catalogue, a data hub, unified endpoint management, and the RayPack Studio, RayFlow, Package Store and RaySAMi tools for software packaging and licence work. Raynet says it has served customers for more than 25 years from Paderborn. The customers it names are Metro AG, where Raynet provides IT visibility across more than 30 group companies, and Türk Telekom, which Raynet says reported a fifteen-fold return on investment. Its partners include USU, Bechtle, Deloitte and Matrix42, and it cites recognition from Gartner and Forrester.

The deal appeared in the weekly round-up of deutsche-startups.de on 10 October, which dates Raynet's founding to 1999. Customers renewing in the coming months have no statement yet on prices or licence terms under the new owner.

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Sources

• Raynet: Discover to Manage: Mit Main Capital Partners startet Raynet die nächste Wachstumsstufe, 6 October 2026
• deutsche-startups.de: Wochenrückblick 41/2026, 10 October 2026