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SOLVARES GROUP EXPANDS LEADERSHIP IN RESOURCE OPTIMISATION WITH ACQUISITION OF UK-BASED MORE-IQ
Investment accelerates cloud-native innovation and bolsters Solvares Field Service
offerings for the housing sector.
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February 20, 2026
Christoph Bertram
Heikendorf, Germany / London, UK – 20 February 2026 – Solvares Group, the European leader in resource and process optimisation, today announced the acquisition of More-IQ, a UK-based developer of cloud-native dynamic scheduling software. The investment is part of Solvares Group’s continued expansion following investment in December 2024 from Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, and funds advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG.
This strategic acquisition strengthens the Solvares Field Service portfolio, enhancing its real-time cloud solutions and significantly expanding its footprint within the UK housing market.
Founded in 2021 by industry veterans with 50 years of collective experience, More-IQ has rapidly established itself as a high-growth innovator, rapidly building a prestigious customer and partner portfolio and delivering on its promise for real-time optimisation. The company has initially focused on the unique needs of social housing landlords, providing high-performance SaaS solutions for responsive repairs, compliance inspections and multi-trade coordination, such as for void properties.
More-IQ’s “True Cloud” technology is already embedded in several partner field service solutions in the housing market and serves direct reference customers such as Raven Housing Trust and Vivid Homes. Together with the Solvares Field Service product portfolio this acquisition will create a broader offering to the market and serve customers with a range of requirements depending on the complexity involved.
“The acquisition of More-IQ is a strategic step in our mission to be the European champion for resource optimisation," said Ivan Bagaric, CEO of Solvares Group. "More-IQ’s technology and expertise perfectly complement our own and will enable more choice for customers to ensure we always have the best solution for their needs. Together, we are providing field service operations with the most advanced, AI-driven tools to manage essential services more efficiently and sustainably."
Nick Shipton, CEO of More-IQ, added: "This is a milestone moment for More-IQ, our customers, and our partners. As a bootstrapped company, we have always punched above our weight in terms of technical capability. Joining Solvares gives us the resources and market reach to scale faster than ever before. For our customers who loved our tech but needed the assurance of a larger entity, this offers the best of both worlds: the agility of a startup with the stability and security of a major software group."
To ensure continuity, the More-IQ leadership team will stay on board to drive the next growth stage as a standalone business within the Solvares Group.
Founded in 2021 by industry veterans with 50 years of collective experience, More-IQ has rapidly established itself as a high-growth innovator, rapidly building a prestigious customer and partner portfolio and delivering on its promise for real-time optimisation. The company has initially focused on the unique needs of social housing landlords, providing high-performance SaaS solutions for responsive repairs, compliance inspections and multi-trade coordination, such as for void properties.
More-IQ’s “True Cloud” technology is already embedded in several partner field service solutions in the housing market and serves direct reference customers such as Raven Housing Trust and Vivid Homes. Together with the Solvares Field Service product portfolio this acquisition will create a broader offering to the market and serve customers with a range of requirements depending on the complexity involved.
“The acquisition of More-IQ is a strategic step in our mission to be the European champion for resource optimisation," said Ivan Bagaric, CEO of Solvares Group. "More-IQ’s technology and expertise perfectly complement our own and will enable more choice for customers to ensure we always have the best solution for their needs. Together, we are providing field service operations with the most advanced, AI-driven tools to manage essential services more efficiently and sustainably."
Nick Shipton, CEO of More-IQ, added: "This is a milestone moment for More-IQ, our customers, and our partners. As a bootstrapped company, we have always punched above our weight in terms of technical capability. Joining Solvares gives us the resources and market reach to scale faster than ever before. For our customers who loved our tech but needed the assurance of a larger entity, this offers the best of both worlds: the agility of a startup with the stability and security of a major software group."
To ensure continuity, the More-IQ leadership team will stay on board to drive the next growth stage as a standalone business within the Solvares Group.
About Solvares Group
As a European champion, Solvares Group is shaping the future of field service management, field sales management and logistics. The group develops leading software solutions for all areas where mobility, planning and operational excellence are crucial. With its applications and services, the Solvares Group helps companies to intelligently control and optimise complex operational processes. Customers work more efficiently, use their resources more sustainably, reduce costs and CO₂ emissions, and lay the foundation for productive, scalable growth.
Headquartered in Heikendorf near Kiel, Solvares Group employs over 380 people at eleven locations in Europe. More than 3,000 customers from industry, trade and the service sector worldwide rely on Solvares solutions.
About More-IQ
More-IQ is a specialist provider of "True Cloud" scheduling and optimisation services for the field service and housing sectors. Based in the UK, its high-performance SaaS platform helps organisations reduce travel costs and increase productivity through real-time, global resource optimisation. More-IQ founders and directors are Nick Shipton CEO, Gael Sainson CTO and Katie Evans COO.
Discover more at: more-iq.com
About Five Arrows
Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co and has over €31 billion AuM (as at December 2025) with offices in Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Luxembourg. This includes a series of funds dedicated to corporate and secondary private equity, multi-managers funds and co-investments, as well as senior and junior credits.
With more than €11 billion of assets under management (as at December 2025), the corporate private equity business of Five Arrows is focused on investing in companies with sustainable and durable barriers to entry; strong management teams; business models with high visibility of organic unit volume growth and strong unit economics; and multiple operational levers that can be used to unlock latent value. Sectors are limited to data and software, technology–enabled business services, and healthcare.
Discover more at: www.rothschildandco.com/en/five-arrows/corporate-private-equity
About Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG)
DBAG has been founded in 1965 and is listed on the stock exchange since 1985 and is one of the most renowned private equity firms in Germany. As an investor and fund advisor, they traditionally focus on mid-market companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the DACH region), and especially on well-positioned companies offering growth potential.
DBAG’s sector focus is on IT Services & Software, Healthcare, Environment, Energy & Infrastructure, Industry and Industrial Technology as well as Business Services – businesses whose products and services facilitate automation, robotics and digitalisation. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG has also maintained a presence in Italy since 2020 with its Milan office.
DBAG’s assets under management or advisory amount to approximately €2.6 billion. Within the scope of the strategic partnership with ELF Capital Group, DBAG is expanding its range of flexible financing solutions for mid-market companies to include private debt.
Discover more at: www.dbag.com
As a European champion, Solvares Group is shaping the future of field service management, field sales management and logistics. The group develops leading software solutions for all areas where mobility, planning and operational excellence are crucial. With its applications and services, the Solvares Group helps companies to intelligently control and optimise complex operational processes. Customers work more efficiently, use their resources more sustainably, reduce costs and CO₂ emissions, and lay the foundation for productive, scalable growth.
Headquartered in Heikendorf near Kiel, Solvares Group employs over 380 people at eleven locations in Europe. More than 3,000 customers from industry, trade and the service sector worldwide rely on Solvares solutions.
About More-IQ
More-IQ is a specialist provider of "True Cloud" scheduling and optimisation services for the field service and housing sectors. Based in the UK, its high-performance SaaS platform helps organisations reduce travel costs and increase productivity through real-time, global resource optimisation. More-IQ founders and directors are Nick Shipton CEO, Gael Sainson CTO and Katie Evans COO.
Discover more at: more-iq.com
About Five Arrows
Five Arrows is the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co and has over €31 billion AuM (as at December 2025) with offices in Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Luxembourg. This includes a series of funds dedicated to corporate and secondary private equity, multi-managers funds and co-investments, as well as senior and junior credits.
With more than €11 billion of assets under management (as at December 2025), the corporate private equity business of Five Arrows is focused on investing in companies with sustainable and durable barriers to entry; strong management teams; business models with high visibility of organic unit volume growth and strong unit economics; and multiple operational levers that can be used to unlock latent value. Sectors are limited to data and software, technology–enabled business services, and healthcare.
Discover more at: www.rothschildandco.com/en/five-arrows/corporate-private-equity
About Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG)
DBAG has been founded in 1965 and is listed on the stock exchange since 1985 and is one of the most renowned private equity firms in Germany. As an investor and fund advisor, they traditionally focus on mid-market companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (the DACH region), and especially on well-positioned companies offering growth potential.
DBAG’s sector focus is on IT Services & Software, Healthcare, Environment, Energy & Infrastructure, Industry and Industrial Technology as well as Business Services – businesses whose products and services facilitate automation, robotics and digitalisation. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG has also maintained a presence in Italy since 2020 with its Milan office.
DBAG’s assets under management or advisory amount to approximately €2.6 billion. Within the scope of the strategic partnership with ELF Capital Group, DBAG is expanding its range of flexible financing solutions for mid-market companies to include private debt.
Discover more at: www.dbag.com
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