{"id":8928,"date":"2024-04-08T11:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blue-cap.de\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:22:37","slug":"newsletter-q2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blue-cap.de\/en\/newsletter-q2-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Q2 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsletter Q2 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71,85],"tags":[],"acf":{"header_bg_type":"fd_header-basic","header_bg_images":{"header_bg_image":"none","header_bg_image_position":false,"header_bg_image_desktop":false,"header_bg_image_mobile":false,"header_bg_video":false},"global_variable_fields":[{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock_default","textblock_h1":true,"textblock_headline":"","headline_color":"fd_tcolor-white","headline_size":"fd_text-h2","headline_background":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-black","headline_line":"fd_headline-line-long","textblock_subline":"Newsletter Q2 2024","textblock_subline_color":"fd_tcolor-accent","textblocks":[{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-white fd_tcolor-black","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-normal","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"Dear shareholders,<br \/>\r\nLadies and Gentlemen,<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCurrently, our entire Finance & IR team at Blue Cap is focused on finalizing our annual report, which will be released by the end of April. In it, we will provide you with comprehensive insights into our strategy, our portfolio companies, and, of course, our financial metrics. However, we don't want to miss the opportunity to offer you a glimpse into our daily operations in this quarter\u2019s newsletter.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe early months of the year have been marked by numerous trade fairs involving our portfolio companies \u2013 a reflection of which can also be seen in our \"Portfolio News.\" Within the \"Blue Cap Insights\" section, you'll find an engaging interview with our two board members on the topic of M&A. We warmly invite you to delve deeper into the subject of text automation through Artificial Intelligence at our subsidiary, Transline, in our \"Portfolio Deep Dive.\"<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPlease contact us if you have any questions or suggestions at ir@blue-cap.de.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWe wish you an interesting read and thank you for your interest!<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nYour Blue Cap team"}],"button_br":false,"textblock_buttons":[{"textblock_button_link":null}],"textblock_background_color":"fd_bg-lightgrey","container":"container","container_mobile":false,"container_mobile_margin":false,"columns_desktop_xl":"col-xxl-12","columns_desktop":"col-lg-12","columns_tablet":"col-md-12","columns_mobile":"col-12","columns_offset_desktop_xl":"m-xxl-auto","columns_offset_desktop":"m-lg-auto","columns_offset_tablet":"m-md-auto","columns_offset_mobile":"m-auto","spacing_above":"mt-0","spacing_beneath":"mb-0","spacing_inner_above":"fd_pt-xs","spacing_inner_beneath":"fd_pb-xs","zindex":"0","base_horizontal_padding":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock_default","textblock_h1":true,"textblock_headline":"","headline_color":"fd_tcolor-white","headline_size":"fd_text-h2","headline_background":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-black","headline_line":"fd_headline-line-long","textblock_subline":"Blue Cap Insights","textblock_subline_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblocks":[{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-white fd_tcolor-black","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-normal","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"In an interview, Dr. Henning von Kottwitz (CEO) and Henning Eschweiler (COO) discuss the adjusted acquisition focus of Blue Cap and when a company is considered exit-ready in our opinion."}],"button_br":false,"textblock_buttons":[{"textblock_button_link":{"title":"Read more","url":"https:\/\/www.blue-cap.de\/en\/newsletter-q2-2024-blue-cap-insights\/","target":""}}],"textblock_background_color":"fd_bg-darkgrey","container":"container","container_mobile":false,"container_mobile_margin":false,"columns_desktop_xl":"col-xxl-12","columns_desktop":"col-lg-12","columns_tablet":"col-md-12","columns_mobile":"col-12","columns_offset_desktop_xl":"m-xxl-auto","columns_offset_desktop":"m-lg-auto","columns_offset_tablet":"m-md-auto","columns_offset_mobile":"m-auto","spacing_above":"mt-0","spacing_beneath":"mb-0","spacing_inner_above":"fd_pt-xs","spacing_inner_beneath":"fd_pb-xs","zindex":"0","base_horizontal_padding":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock_default","textblock_h1":true,"textblock_headline":"","headline_color":"fd_tcolor-white","headline_size":"fd_text-h2","headline_background":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-black","headline_line":"fd_headline-line-long","textblock_subline":"Portfolio News","textblock_subline_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblocks":[{"textblock_accent_color":"fd_headline-bg fd_headline-bg-white fd_tcolor-black","textblock_text_color":"fd_tcolor-black","textblock_weight":"fd_tweight-normal","textblock_accent":"","textblock_text":"_con-pearl: The beginning of the year was characterized by \"get logistics rolling\". 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