Corum Advises Twikey in Majority Acquisition by Smile Sail
SEATTLE, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Corum broadcasts right now that Smile Sail has acquired a majority stake in its consumer, Belgium-based Twikey, a number one Fintech scale-up specializing in streamlining recurring funds. The Smile Sail funding will assist Twikey’s subsequent part of progress, together with world growth beginning with Germany, Scandinavia and the UK.
“This transaction brings collectively a best-in-class recurring funds platform and a growth-focused funding accomplice with deep expertise in scaling European software program corporations. The Twikey workforce is outstanding and has a transparent ambition to increase internationally, and Smile Sail gives the strategic assist, capital and cultural alignment to speed up that journey. We’re delighted to have supported Twikey in securing the suitable accomplice for its subsequent part of progress,” mentioned Joe Lynam, Senior Vice President at Corum Group.
“Working with Corum Group was instrumental within the success of our transaction. From the beginning, the workforce mixed a structured strategy with robust sector perception and entry to a broad community of related buyers. Their capacity to run a disciplined course of and interact the suitable events created robust momentum all through the transaction. We particularly valued their pragmatic steering, persistence and professionalism in serving to us obtain a profitable final result,” confirmed Dominique Adriansens, CEO at Twikey.
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About Corum Group
Corum Group is the worldwide chief in merger and acquisition companies, specializing in serving sellers of software program and associated expertise corporations worldwide. With places of work globally, Corum has accomplished over 500 software program M&A transactions in 40 years. Corum’s M&A advisors are extremely skilled former tech CEOs, supported by industry-leading researchers, writers and valuators. For extra details about Corum’s M&A companies or calendar of upcoming M&A academic occasions, go to corumgroup.com.
About Twikey
Twikey is a Ghent-based Fintech that streamlines recurring funds. It achieves a hit price of greater than 99%. With greater than 3,500 connections to banks and fee suppliers throughout Europe, Twikey helps corporations course of funds extra cost-effectively and scale back income loss from failed direct debits from a mean of three% to lower than 1%. Since 2013, Twikey has grown by a minimum of 30% yr after yr. In 2025, Twikey processed greater than 29 billion euros in recurring funds for greater than 2,000 clients throughout Europe and the UK, together with the Dutch Public Broadcasting service, 4411 and Q8. For extra details about Twikey, go to twikey.com
About Smile Sail
Smile Sail invests alongside entrepreneurs and administration groups as they scale their corporations into Software program and AI leaders (SAIL). Smile Sail invests via an evergreen non-public fairness fund of EUR 275 million, centered on software program, AI, and IT companies corporations. Smile Sail is a part of the Smile group of funds, with property underneath administration (AUM) approaching EUR 1 billion, and is completely backed by influential households, entrepreneurs and captains of {industry}. For extra details about Smile Sail, go to smile-sail.com
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