Expanding the portfolio with requirements and traceability management
Lübeck, October 1, 2025 – PeakAvenue, a provider of software solutions for engineering and quality management, has acquired OSSENO Software GmbH (“OSSENO”). With this transaction, PeakAvenue is expanding its product portfolio in requirements and traceability management and continues its buy-and-build strategy supported by Main Capital Partners.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, OSSENO specializes in solutions for requirements management. Its main product, reqSuite® rm, helps organizations efficiently capture, structure, and validate requirements throughout all phases of the product development process. The solution enables collaborative workflows, leverages predefined templates, and provides intelligent automation to increase quality and reduce documentation effort. Reference customers include Fraunhofer, Duravit, Hörmann, and infoteam.
By integrating OSSENO's reqSuite® rm, PeakAvenue closes a gap in its existing solution portfolio. The combined offering results in a comprehensive engineering and quality management platform covering all relevant processes – from engineering and design to quality and safety – across the entire product lifecycle (“Digital Thread”).
OSSENO has a strong international presence in more than 15 countries and serves over 100 customers worldwide. Together, PeakAvenue and OSSENO employ more than 200 people across sites in Germany, the USA, and the UK, supporting over 4,000 customers globally.
Statements
- Dr. Sebastian Adam, CEO of OSSENO:
“The merger with PeakAvenue is a great opportunity to accelerate our growth and further increase value for our customers. By combining our expertise in requirements management with PeakAvenue’s comprehensive platform for engineering and quality management, we can deliver a truly end-to-end solution.” - Ulrich Mangold, CEO of PeakAvenue:
“The acquisition of OSSENO marks a strategic milestone. By combining OSSENO’s expertise in requirements and traceability management with PeakAvenue’s strengths, we create a more comprehensive solution that supports customers across the entire product lifecycle.” - Dorian Berndt, Investment Director at Main Capital Partners:
“The addition of OSSENO strengthens PeakAvenue’s product portfolio and underlines its international growth ambitions. This transaction lays the foundation for building a leading integrated software group in the engineering and quality management domain.”
About OSSENO
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, OSSENO delivers advanced requirements management solutions designed for complex software and engineering projects. Their flagship solution, reqSuite® rm, supports collaborative workflows, templates, and automation to improve quality and reduce effort in requirement documentation. The software from OSSENO is highly configurable without unnecessary complexity; integration is easy due to the open web-architecture. OSSENO serves more than 100 customers in +15 countries, including customer references such as Hörmann, Duravit, Fraunhofer and infoteam.
About PeakAvenue
PeakAvenue is a dynamic and innovative international provider of software solutions specializing on engineering and quality management. With a focus on setting new benchmarks across the product life cycle, the company empowers organizations to work smarter and more efficiently in an increasingly complex environment. Through the strategic integration of best-in-class companies in the domains of RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Safety), Risk Management, FMEA and Quality Management Systems (QMS), PeakAvenue delivers a unified, user experience–optimized platform that supports the entire digital thread. This modular integration acts as a cohesive force, seamlessly aligning and enhancing customer workflows. With over 30 years of industry expertise, PeakAvenue serves a global customer base exceeding 4,000 organizations.
About Main Capital Partners
Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor in the Benelux, DACH, France, the Nordics, and the United States with approximately EUR 6.5 billion in Assets under Management. Main has over 20 years of experience in strengthening software companies and works closely with the management teams in its portfolio as a strategic partner to achieve profitable growth and larger outstanding software groups. As a leading software investor managing private equity funds active in Northwestern Europe and North America, Main has +90 employees operating out of its offices in The Hague, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris, and an affiliated office in Boston. Main maintains an active portfolio of over 55 software companies. The underlying portfolio employs over 15,000 employees. Through its Main Social Institute, Main supports students with grants and scholarships to study IT and Computer Science at Technical Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences.