Copenhagen Optimization, the world’s leading optimisation platform for airport operators, has entered into a purchase agreement with InfraVia, a leading independent private equity firm, in which InfraVia will acquire a majority stake in Copenhagen Optimization.
Copenhagen, Denmark –Copenhagen Optimization has made the transaction with InfraVia with the view to accelerating commercial development, and enabling the business to augment and broaden the scope of its software at a faster pace. Under the continued leadership of Co-CEOs Anders Dohn and Kasper Hounsgaard, Copenhagen Optimization will remain committed to its vision and core values, ensuring stability as the company embarks on a new journey of growth with InfraVia. The transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approval in Denmark and is expected to close early 2025.
Copenhagen Optimization develops a software-as-a-service platform which optimises airport passenger and baggage operations from check-in to boarding. The company’s flagship product, Better Airport, is composed of nine modules and allows its clients to accurately forecast passenger and baggage flows within their premises and consequently optimise their operations across several different functional areas such as check-in, baggage sorting, security scanning, or boarding gates. Through more efficient staffing and equipment allocation, airport operations teams can optimise revenues (as passengers are spending more time in retail areas, or by slotting in more flights in a given terminal) and decrease cost base (through more efficient staffing), leading to a direct and traceable return on investment. The product’s value has been demonstrated time and again in the past; the company has never lost a client and notably kept growing during 2020 and 2021 while the Covid crisis put air travel to a halt.
The company was founded by Kasper Hounsgaard and Anders Dohn as a specialized airport consultancy. It then rapidly transitioned to an innovative and disruptive airport operations management software provider, recognised by major airports worldwide for its superior solutions, best-in-class support, and strong value perception.
Copenhagen Optimization has grown quickly (c. 50% 2019-23 CAGR) and very efficiently since then, and now works with more than 40 airports globally, including renowned customers such as London Heathrow (UK), Singapore Changi (Singapore) and JFK Terminal 4 (USA).
Copenhagen Optimization was supported by PwC as corporate finance advisor and Bird & Bird as legal counsel throughout the transaction.
About InfraVia:
Founded in 2008, InfraVia is a leading independent private equity firm, specialized in real assets – infrastructure, critical metals, real estate* – and technology investments.
InfraVia is a conviction-driven investor focusing on resilient businesses partnering with management teams, entrepreneurs, or industrials to develop their businesses and drive long-term value creation through active hands-on asset management.
Headquartered in Paris, InfraVia has a 100+ strong team and is 100% partner-owned. InfraVia manages EUR 15 billion of capital** and has invested in 50+ companies across Europe.
For more information please visit: www.infraviacapital.com
*The real-estate activities are managed by OREIMA, an affiliate of InfraVia
**Total amount of capital raised
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A global software-as-a-service platform with a passion for making airport operations simple and efficient. The software solution Better Airport® is a cloud-based solution that uses data and a combination of AI and advanced mathematical algorithms to bring clarity and confidence to plans, data, and complex decision-making, empowering airports to better predict, operate, and optimize. Better Airport is currently deployed and live in operations in more than 40 medium and large airports globally, spanning across USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, and now also Australia.