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Acronis International GmbH
Backup and cybersecurity software company founded in Singapore in 2003, headquartered in Schaffhausen and majority-owned by EQT since 2025.
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Facts
- Headquarters
- Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, SwitzerlandVerified[1]
Acronis states that it is headquartered in Schaffhausen. The UID register lists the business address of Acronis International GmbH as Rheinweg 9, 8200 Schaffhausen, with the legal seat in the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall. According to its registered purpose, the GmbH provides financing, strategy, marketing and IP licensing services to the Acronis group. Acronis's research and development centres are in Bulgaria, the United States, Israel and Singapore.
- Legal jurisdiction
- Switzerland
- Ownership
- No — EQT (fund EQT X) · SwedenVendor claim[3]
In August 2024 Acronis and EQT announced that the EQT X fund would acquire a majority stake, with closing expected in the first half of 2025; independent reporting records EQT as majority owner from 2025, and an EQT partner sits on the Acronis board. The founders, management and earlier investors, including funds managed by CVC, Springcoast and BlackRock Private Equity Partners, remain significant minority shareholders. EQT is a Swedish investment firm based in Stockholm.
- Founded in Switzerland
- NoInferred[4]
Acronis was founded in Singapore in 2003 as a spin-off of SWsoft. The Swiss entity Acronis International GmbH was entered in the commercial register of the canton of Schaffhausen on 5 June 2007.
- Founded
- 2003
- Canton
- Schaffhausen SH
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