Date | Title | Description |
22.04.2021 | British online florist Bloom & Wild acquires Dutch bloomon to become Europe’s number 1 | (in Dutch)
The British online florist Bloom & Wild acquires Dutch industry peer bloomon. After the acquisition, both brands will continue to exist. bloomon has a strong market position in the Benelux and Denmark and Bloom & Wild in... |
21.04.2021 | With new CEO, Cenosco is on track to consolidate its Asset Integrity Management Software as a market standard | The Hague, 21 April 2021 – Cenosco announced today that Jan Poulsen has been appointed as the company’s new CEO, succeeding Mischa Simonis. Poulsen will focus on further professionalising the company and steering Cenosco towards continuous ... |
17.03.2021 | Vaultspeed raises €3.6 million Series A to accelerate growth and bring its best of breed data warehouse automation solution to the global market | 17 March 2021 – Leuven, Belgium – Vaultspeed, the Belgium-based SaaS company specialized in data warehouse automation solutions, has closed a €3.6 million Series A round led by Fortino Capital Partners. The company was founded 2 years ago b... |
17.02.2021 | Efficy enters Scandinavian market with the acquisition of webCRM | Brussels, Copenhagen – 17 February 2021 – Efficy, the European CRM (Customer Relationship Management) specialist, today announces the acquisition of webCRM, a leading Danish CRM solutions provider for small- and mid-sized customers. With th... |
21.01.2021 | Investment funds: post-COVID trends and expectations for 2021 | Interview Duco Sickinghe, Fortino Capital
Source: AGEFI January 2021
1. Brexit, an opportunity for Luxemburg?
Following the Brexit deal, major British banks have en masse transferred their employees to the European mainland, with Luxem... |
15.01.2021 | Oqton raises $40M Series A financing round | Ghent, Belgium / San Francisco, USA – Oqton, Inc., the U.S.- and Belgium-based software company specialising in AI-powered solutions for the manufacturing industry, today announces that it has raised over $40M in a Series A financing round,... |
21.12.2020 | Efficy appoints Jan Ivar Borgersen as Chairman of the Board and enters a 2nd phase of its European expansion | Brussels, 18 December 2020 – The Efficy Group, the European publisher of Customer Relationship Management solutions, is structuring its Board and appoints Jan Ivar Borgersen as Chairman of the Board.
Jan Ivar Borgersen has more than 30 yea... |
10.12.2020 | Fortino Capital invests in Cenosco to accelerate the growth of this Asset Integrity Management software player | Antwerp / The Hague, 10 December 2020 – Fortino Capital Partners, a leading European software investor, announces its investment in Cenosco, a Dutch specialist in Asset Integrity Management. Cenosco is headquartered in The Hague, with local... |
04.12.2020 | Nominated for ‘Company of the Year’ | Efficy, future European champion of customer relationship management. | In French version only
Source: l’Echo, Maxime Samain
L’entreprise bruxelloise rêve de titiller les champions américains en matière de gestion des relations de clientèle (CRM). Pour y arriver, elle a un plan et un objectif à 100 millions d’... |
19.11.2020 | Maxxton and Stardekk join forces in the global hospitality SaaS solutions | Maxxton and Stardekk, both established leaders in hospitality software solutions for years, joined forces to create a leading European player. The new group will cover all main segments: holiday parks, vacation rentals, serviced apartments,... |
30.10.2020 | Fortino Capital Partners appoints Patrick Van Deven as Operating Partner and Wouter van de Bunt becomes partner in The Netherlands. | Van Deven has over 20 years of experience in software and hosts an impressive track record, with successful stints at SAS, SAP and C3.ai.
Having risen through the ranks after starting as a developer in a start-up himself, Van Deven wants t... |
11.09.2020 | The Efficy group acquires INES CRM to create a customer relationship front player in France and become the European Champion | - |
28.07.2020 | iObeya Raises $17 Million to Revolutionize Visual Management and Expand U.S. Footprint With New Seattle Office | July 23, 2020 – MASSY, France – iObeya, a leading provider of Enterprise Visual Management software, today announced that it has raised $17 million in a second round of funding from Red River West with participation from Atlantic Bridge Cap... |
17.06.2020 | Fortino Capital Partners invests in Sigma Conso to accelerate growth of this Corporate Performance Management software player | BRUSSELS, 17 June 2020 – Fortino Capital Partners, a Benelux-based growth equity investor in software, today announces its investment in Sigma Conso, a fast growing Corporate Performance Management software provider. Sigma Conso, headquarte... |
26.05.2020 | FoodDESK acquires Dutch counterpart IIN | HASSELT – FoodDESK, an innovative data and software company that supports its customers in the responsible preparation of meals in terms of allergen declaration, nutritional values and food safety, is taking over its Dutch counterpart IIN. ... |
15.05.2020 | The nexxworks Webinar Series – Part III: Customer Experience Under Pressure with Duco Sickinghe. | May 15th, 2020 Steven Van Belleghem talks strategy, tactics, communication and tech with Duco Sickinghe.
You can watch the whole webinar here. |
14.04.2020 | Software and technology investor Fortino Capital is kicking off its second Benelux VC fund, targeting early growth companies | ANTWERP, April 10, 2020 – Fortino Capital Partners is raising the successor of its first VC-fund. Fortino Capital Venture II is aiming for a target size of €80 million and will be focussing on promising early stage European software and tec... |
21.02.2020 | Odin Groep versterkt positie in centraal Nederland door overname Platani | (in Dutch)
Kennishuis Platani wordt samengevoegd met dochterbedrijf Previder.
Hengelo, 19 februari 2020 – Odin Groep maakt vandaag de overname bekend van Platani, kennispartij voor infrastructuren, cloud en werkplekken,uit Vianen. Platani... |
31.01.2020 | MobileXpense acquires Stockholm based Dicom Expense AB | Dicom Expense provides a travel expense solution and operates under the commercial name of “Expense” in the Nordic market. Third acquisition in less than a year in line with ambition to become European T&E market leader.
The acquisitio... |
18.12.2019 | Vroeg kerstcadeau voor Duco Sickinghe & co. | (in Dutch) source: De Tijd, Michael Sephiha
Via een kapitaalvermindering van Fortino Capital I Arkiv strijken het investeringsfonds rond de voormalige Telenet-CEO, de Vlaamse en federale overheid en een reeks families bijna 37 miljoen euro... |
08.11.2019 | Tenzinger acquires Unit4’s stake in ECD Cura | Tenzinger acquires ECD Cura from Unit4 as per 1 November 2019. With this takeover, Tenzinger, mother company of amongst others Medicore and Cure4, broadens its scope for the support of challenges within the healthcare sector with smart ICT ... |
04.11.2019 | HubSpot Acquires PieSync, the Highest-Reviewed Data Syncing iPaaS, to Enable a Consistent View of Customers Across Hundreds of Different Technologies | Addition of PieSync’s two-way customer data synchronization technology will give growing companies a more holistic view of their customers and fuel the growth of HubSpot’s platform ecosystem
CAMBRIDGE, MA – November 4, 2019 – HubSpot, a le... |
23.10.2019 | Efficy strengthens its shareholding to speed up European expansion. Fortino Capital Partners joins forces with Efficy, a flexible and fully customizable CRM software solution | Antwerpen – Fortino Capital Partners joins forces with Efficy, a flexible and fully customizable CRM software solution developed for medium and large enterprises. The Efficy Group, which employs 165 people, is headquartered in Brussels but ... |
10.09.2019 | Fortino Capital Partners and LRM invest in FoodDESK, a Belgian data and software provider for allergen management and food safety | Antwerpen – Fortino Capital Partners and LRM invest in FoodDESK, a data and software company focused on allergen and food safety management. This new funding round will help the company to support growth in Belgium and generate internationa... |
03.09.2019 | Teamleader acquires software company Yadera: “a perfect match” | Today, we are proud: proud to announce that the Belgian software company Yadera is now under the wings of our portfolio company Teamleader! With this acquisition, they welcome a fine team with outstanding software into the Teamleader family... |
19.07.2019 | Fortino Capital Partners acquires a stake in Odin Groep, an independent ICT service provider | - |
19.06.2019 | Fortino Capital Partners invests in Declaree, the innovative Dutch challenger in expense management | Declaree was founded in 2014 by Bas Janssen, Bart Jochems and Jasper Spoor with the ambition of simplifying and facilitating paper-based and cumbersome expense management processes. Since then, Declaree has 20 employees and 750 clients main... |
07.06.2019 | Fortino Capital Partners invests in Maxxton, an all-in one ERP-software solution for the hospitality industry. | Fortino Capital Partners invests in Maxxton, an all-in one software solution developed for vacation & short-term rental managers. Maxxton, which employs 200 people, is headquartered in Middelburg, the Netherlands and has worldwide offic... |
23.05.2019 | EQT Infrastructure acquires Melita | May 2019. EQT Infrastructure IV (“EQT” or “EQT Infrastructure”), has signed an agreement to acquire Melita Limited (“Melita” or the “Company”) from Apax Partners and Fortino Capital.
Founded in 1991, Melita is a fully converged and diversi... |
07.05.2019 | Fortino Capital Partners recruits Bart De Leeuw as new CFO | Since 2013 Fortino Capital Partners has invested in companies such as MobileXpense, BuyBay, Bloomon, Aproplan, PieSync and the medtech company Dobco Medical Systems. The very first investment was for Zentrick, that was sold to the American ... |
09.04.2019 | SupplyStack raises €5 million to continue expansion in Europe | On April 6th 2019, SupplyStack announced the closing of its series A funding round of €5 million. The funding round was led by Fortino Capital Partners, Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen and Mainport Innovation Fund. SupplyStack delivers ... |
14.03.2019 | MobileXpense strengthens international footprint by acquiring the Swedish market leader in travel expense management | MobileXpense, the Brussels-based company that provides worldwide mobile solutions for travel expense management, is making its first strategic acquisition in taking over eBuilder Travel, the travel and expense management market leader in Sw... |
20.02.2019 | Zentrick joins American Digital Video Technology Company, DoubleVerify | Fortino investment company Zentrick has been acquired by DoubleVerify, an American independent provider of marketing measurement software and analytics.
In 2013, Fortino Capital Partners invested 2,2 million euros in Zentrick. Five years l... |
03.08.2018 | Teamleader raises $22 million in Series-C funding round | Teamleader, known for its SaaS platform for CRM, project management and invoicing, announced today that it has closed a Series C funding round of $ 22 million (18,5M EUR). The company will use the new capital to sustain its international gr... |
17.07.2018 | Fortino Capital is investing in the international expansion of e-health company Dobco Medical Systems | Fortino Capital is investing EUR 2.2 million in Dobco Medical Systems, a Belgian software company specialising in online solutions for medical imaging. Fortino Capital will help Dobco Medical Systems’ management with the further development... |
27.06.2018 | Meet Arnaud De Vos: New Investment Manager at Fortino Capital | Arnaud De Vos (ex-J.P. Morgan) joins Fortino Capital as their new Investment Manager. He will be responsible for sourcing, realising deals and following up the portfolio companies.
Duco Sickinghe, Managing Partner, says the management is t... |
14.06.2018 | Software AG acquires Technology scale-up TrendMiner for analysis and visualization of time series data | Software AG announced its acquisition of the Belgian data analytics scale-up TrendMiner. Founded in 2008, TrendMiner specializes in visual data analytics for the manufacturing and process industry and will complement Software AG’s Internet ... |
29.05.2018 | Fortino Capital’s portfolio company MobileXpense launches new app and announces new CEO | Six months after the 20 million euro investment by Fortino Capital, the Brussels software company MobileXpense is upping its game. It has released a new app SpendCatcher and introduces its upgraded solution for travel and expense management... |
18.04.2018 | Steven De Troyer joins Fortino Capital as Investment Director | Fortino Capital is pleased to announce that Steven De Troyer has joined their team as investment director. In this new role, Steven will be responsible for sourcing and driving new investments and the performance of its portfolio companies.... |
15.03.2018 | Fortino Capital invests in intelligent synchronization platform PieSync
Fortino Capital invests in intelligent synchronization platform PieSync | - |
21.12.2017 | Fortino Capital invests 20 million euros in expense management software pioneer MobileXpense | Zaventem, 21 december 2017 – Fortino Capital invests the first 20 million euros from its new Digital Growth Fund in fast growing cloud software pioneer MobileXpense. The Brussels-based company is specialised in travel and expense management... |
29.11.2017 | Fortino Capital Partners lanceert tweede fonds voor digital growth investeringen (in Dutch) | Zaventem, 29 november 2017 – Fortino Capital, de investeringsmaatschappij die onder andere investeerde in de succesvolle scale-ups Teamleader, Bloomon en BuyBay, lanceert zijn tweede investeringsfonds, genaamd Fortino Capital II Growth. Het... |
24.10.2017 | TrendMiner wins Frost & Sullivan Award in London | At an event in London, TrendMinder – company of CEO Bert Baeck – won the Frost & Sullivan Award for “Enterprise of the Year”. It is a price for the best software for analyzes in the manufacturing industry across Europe.
Read more (in D... |
18.10.2017 | Céline Vanbever appointed as Compliance & Legal Officer at Fortino Capital | The latest addition to the team at Fortino Capital is Céline Vanbever (32). She has been appointed as Compliance & Legal Officer. Céline is responsible for supporting Fortino Capital, and will also support the portfolio companies in leg... |
17.10.2017 | Real Impact Analytics is proud to announce the appointment of Xavier Pansaers as new Chief Revenue Officer | Real Impact Analytics is proud to announce the appointment of Xavier Pansaers as new Chief Revenue Officer
Formerly Chief Operating Officer at Odoo, Xavier has a strong track record in tech company scale-ups. During his mandate, Odoo trans... |
24.07.2017 | Premium active nutrition merk FITSHE nu verkrijgbaar in supermarkten (in Dutch) | Amsterdam, 24 juli 2017 – FITSHE, producent van 100 procent natuurlijke proteïne shakes en bars voor de fitte vrouw, bereikt een nieuwe mijlpaal. De proteïne bars van FITSHE liggen nu in de schappen van AH to Go en duurzame supermarkt Marqt... |
04.07.2017 | “Ik wil groeien en heb extra financiële middelen en slim advies nodig” – Wat nu? (in Dutch) | De wens om een eigen product of dienst te ontwikkelen, succesvol in de markt te zetten en het bedrijf te laten groeien. Vooral dit laatste is iets wat Duco Sickinghe vaak hoort van (jonge) ondernemers. Het product of de dienst, waaraan zij ... |
22.06.2017 | Construction tech scale-up APROPLAN closes €5 million Series A | Brussels, June 22 2017 – APROPLAN announces the closing of its series A funding round of €5 million, led by Fortino Capital and existing investors including Inventures, Matexi, and the co-founders of Showpad Pieterjan Bouten, Louis Jonckhee... |
08.06.2017 | How can technology help the CFO? | Fintech is more than disruptions of banks, it is also about the complete change in how CFO’s will add value. Curious how CFO’s can do that?
See more at SlideShare. |
29.05.2017 | Wat succesvolle ondernemers begrijpen over het bouwen aan een scale-up (in Dutch) | Scale-ups, de startups die minimaal vijf jaar bestaan en behoorlijk goed aan de weg timmeren. Maar hoe doen zij dat? Hoe groeien startups door en wat voor team is daarvoor nodig? Duco Sickinghe geeft in zijn blog een aantal handvatten en ve... |
24.05.2017 | Melita Ltd and Vodafone Malta merger to create new fully integrated communications provider in Malta | Apax Partners Midmarket SAS (“Apax”), Fortino Capital (“Fortino”) and Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) today announced an agreement to combine Melita Ltd (“Melita”) and Vodafone Malta Ltd (“Vodafone Malta”) (together, the “Combined Company”)... |
17.05.2017 | Duco Sickinghe: "Let op het DNA van je investeerder" (in Dutch) | Wat is de belangrijkste factor voor succes? Duco deelt zijn visie in de rubriek ‘Meer Business’ van magazine De Zaak. “Kapitaal maakt het verschil tussen wel of niet de top behalen. Het aantrekken van kapitaal is echter meer dan het afsluit... |
26.04.2017 | Word future proof met agile ondernemen (in Dutch) | Volgens Duco Sickinghe kun je alleen de strijd van de concurrent winnen door agile te ondernemen. De houdbaarheid van beslissingen is immers ontzettend snel verstreken. Echte ondernemers hakken knopen door en schaven daarna bij. Benieuwd na... |
25.04.2017 | TrendMiner Software is being rolled out by Total's Refining & Chemicals Segment | TrendMiner predictive analytics software selected by Total to facilitate self-service analytics and process performance optimization of its Refining & Chemicals segment
HASSELT, BELGIUM and HOUSTON, TX – In the case of Total’s Refining... |
18.04.2017 | Fortino Capital has expanded its team by appointing Filip Van Innis as Investment Manager | Zaventem, 18 April 2017 – Investment company Fortino Capital appoints Filip Van Innis (29) as Investment Manager. In this position, Van Innis will focus on sourcing, realising deals and following up the portfolio.
After his Masters in Fina... |
05.04.2017 | CEO Summit 2017 | March 29 and 30 we held our CEO Summit 2017 at the beautiful ss Rotterdam. It were two very inspiring days where we really ‘Moved the needle’, also the theme of the summit. We had a great time, thank you for sharing your knowledge and exper... |
30.03.2017 | Interview Duco Sickinghe 7 Ditches (in Dutch) | In maart was Duco Sickinghe te gast bij het programma Profile van 7 Ditches, het grootste video-interviewplatform voor de ondernemer. Tijdens dit interview is hem alles gevraagd over zijn carrière, samenwerking met Steve Jobs en Fortino Cap... |
14.03.2017 | Fortino Capital appoints Véronique Peeters as Investment Manager | Amsterdam, 14 March 2017 – Investment company Fortino Capital has expanded its team by appointing Véronique Peeters (32) as Investment Manager. In this role, Peeters is responsible for handling financing applications, assessing and analysin... |
27.02.2017 | BuyBay acquires investment from Fortino Capital for international business growth | Amsterdam, 27 February 2017 – BuyBay, the leading provider of total solutions for returned products in e-commerce and retail, has acquired a substantial investment of millions of euros from investment company Fortino Capital. In addition to... |
23.02.2017 | Level up Session 2 (in Dutch) | Vandaag ontvangt Gent BC internationale toppers die speciaal uit Nederland komen naar “Level Up Session 2 – Teamleader invites”, gecohost door Jeroen De Wit, CEO van Teamleader CRM. Teamleader heeft Europese marktleiderambities en haalde in... |
20.02.2017 | Waarom Nederland een steeds betere basis is voor scale-ups (in Dutch) | De Nederlandse kranten staan vandaag de dag bol van negatief financieel nieuws, maar daar moeten we ons niet blind op staren. We hebben namelijk niets te klagen wat betreft de Nederlandse economie. Het ondernemersklimaat is zeer gunstig en ... |
07.02.2017 | Online flower delivery service bloomon raises $23 million in Series B financing | AMSTERDAM, 7 February 2017 – Innovative Dutch start-up bloomon announces today it has successfully raised $23 million (€21.4 million) in Series B financing, bringing the total investment to $27.4 million (€25.5 million) in two years. The fi... |
06.12.2016 | TrendMiner announces key management positions | - |
24.11.2016 | Teamleader raises €10M in round led by Fortino Capital | - |
23.11.2016 | Digitaal innoveren buiten de bedrijfsmuren (in dutch) | Door trends als het internet of things, artificiële intelligentie en big data staat nu ook de industrie voor een digitale revolutie. Hoe ziet de productieomgeving van morgen eruit? Wat is nodig opdat start-ups en gevestigde waarden elkaar v... |
07.10.2016 | Fortino Capital backs Antwerp-based Slick Software Solutions | Antwerp, October 6, 2016 – SLiCKss, the cloud-based logistics startup that provides solutions to help companies take control of their transportation, has raised EUR 1,5 million from Fortino Capital to fuel international growth and expand it... |
15.08.2016 | Duco Sickinghe en Jeroen de Wit (Teamleader) – De Tijd (in Dutch) | ‘Onze relatie is net een huwelijk.’ ‘Het zit pas goed als het ook eens lastig is.’
Zielsverwanten Een zomer lang brengen we twee mensen bijeen die een bijzondere band hebben. Vandaag: een jongensachtige Gentenaar en een bezadigde Nederland... |
13.06.2016 | Fortino Capital invests in Real Impact Analytics | - |
08.04.2016 | Miguel Martins appointed CEO of Cabovisão and ONI | Lisbon (Portugal), April 7, 2016 – Following the acquisition of Cabovisão and ONI by Apax France and Fortino Capital, the Board of Directors appointed Miguel Veiga Martins as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer. He will assume the group’s e... |
24.02.2016 | inSided Raises € 6M Series A Round | - |
22.02.2016 | Apax Partners and Fortino Capital completed the acquisition of Melita | Paris (France), 22 February 2016: Melita’s Board of Directors announces that the necessary regulatory approvals for a change in the Group’s shareholders were received and that the new shareholders – Apax Partners (France) and Fortino Capita... |
29.01.2016 | Fortino and Apax acquire Cabovisão and ONI from Altice | Fortino Capital has joined Apax Partners France in its acquisition of Cabovisão and ONI, the two former Portuguese subsidiaries of the Altice Media and Telecoms group.
Cabovisao is the second-largest cable operator in Portugal, with more t... |
14.01.2016 | Fortino Capital stapt in UnifiedPost | De investering van de ex-topman van Telenet kadert in een kapitaalronde van 10 miljoen euro.
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UnifiedPost levert met een eigen technologieplatform bedrijven oplossingen voor het beheer van documenten en factu... |
14.01.2016 | UnifiedPost closes 10 mio EUR Investment Round | La Hulpe (Belgium), January 14th, 2016
– Acquisition of ZET Solutions (NL)
– Reinforcement of management team
– Fortino Capital joining as new shareholder
– Duco Sickinghe joins the Board of Directors
UnifiedPost, an international BPaa... |
29.12.2015 | D Square raises €5M in a round led by Fortino Capital | - |
08.12.2015 | Melita plc being sold to Apax and Fortino Capital | London, Paris, Dec 7th 2015
GMT Communications Partners (“GMT”) and M/C Partners-led consortium have agreed to sell Melita plc (“Melita”) to France-based Apax Partners and Fortino Capital. Closing is subject to regulatory approval.
Melita... |
16.09.2015 | Teamleader opent kantoor in Berlijn | - |
23.05.2015 | Duco Sickinghe over Fortino Capital – De Tijd | Sinds Duco Sickinghe (57) de deur van Telenet in 2013 achter zich dichtsloeg en het investeringsfonds Fortino opstartte, heeft hij een fijne neus ontwikkeld voor allerlei beloftevolle digitale start-ups. Zo pompte hij deze week 2,5 miljoen ... |
19.05.2015 | Fortino stopt 2,5 miljoen in Teamleader – De Tijd | Fortino, het durffonds van ex- Telenet-topman Duco Sickinghe, investeert 2,5 miljoen euro extra in Teamleader. De Gentse start-up wil zijn workflowplatform snel internationaal uitrollen. |
09.02.2015 | Belgische bedrijf Seaters mikt op jaaromzet van 1 miljoen | In april kwam de jonge onderneming van oprichters Jean-Sebastien Gosuin, Manu Jans en Dominique Snyers, toen nog onder de naam ‘SmartSeats’, al in het nieuws toen het 1,5 miljoen euro kapitaal ophaalde bij zeventien investeerders. Daar is i... |
24.10.2014 | Fortino investeert in Enplug | Chinees-Amerikaanse wondervrouw charmeert Duco Sickinghe
Wat heeft Fortino, het investeringsfonds van ex-Telenet-topman Duco Sickinghe, verloren bij de Californische start-up Enplug? Veel business development of executive search kwam er ni... |
22.05.2014 | Fortino Capital investeert 1 miljoen euro in Teamleader | Vier jaar geleden was Jeroen De Wit (26, midden op de foto) de eerste Gentse Studentondernemer van het Jaar. Vorige week nam lefgeldverschaffer Fortino van Duco Sickinghe en Renaat Berckmoes voor 1 miljoen euro een minderheidsparticipatie i... |
28.04.2014 | Teamleader wint Next Web Conference EU | De Gentse start-up Teamleader, die bedrijven via een uniforme SaaS-oplossing helpt met supersnelle klantenadministratie, gooit ook internationaal hoge hogen. Zo was het bedrijf één van de 75 geselecteerde startbedrijven op de The Next Web E... |
20.12.2013 | Fortino investeert in Zentrick | Fortino, het bedrijf van ex-Telenetters Duco Sickinghe en Renaat Berckmoes, investeert 2,2 miljoen euro in de Gentse video-ontwikkelaar.
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