M-Files secures €67 million in growth capital in an investment round led by Bregal Milestone and focuses on accelerating international growth as well as innovations in product development, AI and the cloud platform.

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PRESS RELEASE
M-Files Secures €67 Million Growth Investment Led by Bregal Milestone
The manufacturer of the content services platform M-Files focuses on accelerating international
growth and innovations in product development, AI and the cloud platform.
Reading, UK, Jan. 12th, 2021 – M-Files Corporation,
the intelligent information management company,
today announced, that it has received a strategic
investment of €67 million. Bregal Milestone, a
European growth capital firm, led the round with
current investors Partech, Tesi and Draper Esprit also
participating.
M-Files provides an intelligent, repository neutral
platform that utilises metadata and artificial
intelligence (AI) to break down information silos and
unify systems, data and content across an
organisation. M-Files seamlessly embeds within popular digital workplace platforms, including Microsoft 365,
Salesforce and Google Workspace, enabling users to access and manage documents and information from the
applications where they prefer to work.
From small and medium-sized businesses to large global enterprises, M-Files is a trusted partner to thousands of
customers in over 100 countries, helping them increase efficiencies and drive productivity. M-Files has more
than 500 employees located across 11 global offices. The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model
continues to propel its strong growth. M-Files has been featured in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content
Services Platforms (formerly Enterprise Content Management) since 2012 and named a Visionary for the last five
consecutive years.
Antti Nivala, CEO and Founder of M-Files:
“Bregal Milestone’s extensive experience investing in the B2B enterprise software sector and their philosophy in
partnering with fast-growing companies like M-Files made the firm an attractive investment partner. We’ve
identified opportunities to accelerate our growth and further expand M-Files’ market penetration, especially in
North America. The valuable investment from Bregal Milestone, bolstered by support from our existing
shareholders Partech, Tesi and Draper Esprit, will enable M-Files to deliver further innovations in product
development, AI and our cloud platform.”
Cyrus Shey, Managing Partner of Bregal Milestone:
“We are thrilled to partner with the M-Files team to support Antti and his team on their very exciting growth
journey. M-Files has a robust and cutting-edge solution that brings tangible value-add to its customers. We look
forward to supporting management in accelerating growth and further consolidating M-Files’ leadership position,
namely in the US and other key geographies. The transaction is the 9th investment made by Bregal Milestone’s
inaugural growth capital fund in just over two years, and we couldn’t be more proud to partner with Antti and
the world-class M-Files team.”
For more information on M-Files Intelligent Information Management, please visit:
http://bit.ly/m-files-intelligent-information-management-uk
Cyrus Shey (Bregal Milestone, left) couldn’t be more proud to
partner with Antti Nivala (right) and M-Files

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About Bregal Milestone
Bregal Milestone is a growth capital firm managing a €495 million pan-European fund dedicated to making investments in
high-growth European companies. The firm provides growth capital and strategic assistance to support market-leading
companies in the technology and technology-enabled services sectors. Bregal Milestone is part of Bregal Investments, who
have invested over €15 billion to date. bregalmilestone.com
Summary
M-Files secures €67 million in growth capital in an investment round led by Bregal Milestone and focuses on accelerating
international growth as well as innovations in product development, AI and the cloud platform.
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About
M-Files provides a next-generation intelligent information management platform that improves business performance by
helping people find and use information more effectively. Unlike traditional enterprise content management (ECM) systems
or content services platforms, M-Files unifies systems, data and content across the organisation without disturbing existing
systems and processes or requiring data migration. Using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in its unique Intelligent
Metadata Layer, M-Files breaks down silos by delivering an in-context experience for accessing and leveraging information
that resides in any system and repository, including network folders, SharePoint, file-sharing services, ECM systems, CRM,
ERP and other business systems and repositories. Thousands of organisations in more than 100 countries use M-Files for
managing their business information and processes, including NBC Universal, OMV, SAS Institute and ThyssenKrupp. For more
information, visit www.m-files.com.
M-Files is a registered trademark of M-Files Corporation. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Contact
Suzie Collier, Director of Global Field Marketing, +44 774 8305900, suzie.collier[at]m-files.com
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