SEATTLE, April 1, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Corum today announced that Smile Sail has acquired a majority stake in its client, Belgium-based Twikey, a leading Fintech scale-up specializing in streamlining recurring payments. The Smile Sail investment will support Twikey’s next phase of growth, including global expansion, starting with Germany, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.
“This transaction brings together a best-in-class recurring payments platform with a growth-oriented investment partner with deep experience in scaling European software companies. The Twikey team is exceptional and has a clear ambition to expand internationally, and Smile Sail provides the strategic support, capital and cultural alignment to accelerate that journey. We are pleased to have supported Twikey in finding the right partner for its next phase of growth,” said Joe Lynam, Senior Vice President at Corum Group.
“The partnership with Corum Group played a major role in the success of our transaction. From the outset, the team combined a structured approach with strong sector insight and access to a broad network of relevant investors. Their ability to lead a disciplined process and involve the right parties ensured strong momentum throughout the transaction. We particularly appreciated their pragmatic guidance, perseverance and professionalism in helping to achieve a successful outcome,” confirms Dominique Adriansens, CEO of Twikey.
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About Corum Group
Corum Group is the global leader in mergers and acquisitions services, specializing in serving vendors of software and related technology companies around the world. With offices around the world, Corum has completed more than 500 software M&A transactions in 40 years. Corum’s M&A advisors are highly experienced former tech CEOs, supported by leading researchers, writers and appraisers. For more information about Corum’s M&A services or the calendar of upcoming educational M&A events, please visit corumgroup.com.
About Twikey
Twikey is a Ghent Fintech that streamlines recurring payments. It achieves a success rate of more than 99%. With more than 3,500 connections to banks and payment providers across Europe, Twikey helps companies process payments more cost-effectively and reduce revenue loss due to failed direct debits from an average of 3% to less than 1%. Since 2013, Twikey has grown by at least 30% year after year. In 2025, Twikey processed more than 29 billion euros in recurring payments for more than 2,000 customers in Europe and Great Britain, including the Dutch Public Broadcaster, 4411 and Q8. For more information about Twikey, visit tweekey.com
About Smile Sail
Smile Sail invests alongside entrepreneurs and management teams as they scale their companies into leaders in software and AI (SAIL). Smile Sail invests through an evergreen private equity fund of 275 million euros, focused on software, AI and IT service providers. Smile Sail is part of the Smile fund group, with assets under management (AUM) of almost EUR 1 billion, and is exclusively backed by influential families, entrepreneurs and captains of industry. For more information about Smile Sail, visit smile-sail.com
Corum contact person:
Heidi Owen
+1 425-526-3107
heidio@corumgroup.com
