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# Oakley Capital Acquires a Majority Stake in Graphwise
- URL: https://www.therecursive.com/oakley-capital-acquires-a-majority-stake-in-graphwise/
- Published: 2026-08-19T09:52:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T09:52:25.000Z
- Description: The AI data platform serves more than 200 international blue-chip clients, while its new majority owner plans to accelerate its global expansion.
- Author: Yoana Stanislavova
- Tags: News, Deals, Bulgaria

European private equity investor [Oakley Capital](https://www.oakleycapital.com/?ref=therecursive.com) acquired a majority stake in [Graphwise](https://graphwise.ai/use-cases/graph-rag/?cq%5Fsrc=google%5Fads&cq%5Fcmp=22242874935&cq%5Fcon=175660703752&cq%5Fterm=graph%20based%20retrieval%20augmented%20generation&cq%5Fmed=&cq%5Fplac=&cq%5Fnet=g&cq%5Fplt=gp&utm%5Fterm=graph%20based%20retrieval%20augmented%20generation&utm%5Fcampaign=Graphwise+-+Content+and+Data+AI+Ready+%5BFoundation%5D&utm%5Fsource=adwords&utm%5Fmedium=ppc&hsa%5Facc=5361285845&hsa%5Fcam=22242874935&hsa%5Fgrp=175660703752&hsa%5Fad=765229121726&hsa%5Fsrc=g&hsa%5Ftgt=kwd-2431345619723&hsa%5Fkw=graph%20based%20retrieval%20augmented%20generation&hsa%5Fmt=b&hsa%5Fnet=adwords&hsa%5Fver=3&gad%5Fsource=1&gad%5Fcampaignid=22242874935&gbraid=0AAAAA-4mb5bc0ZBPtlrKjwXxMvWvSNrUe&gclid=CjwKCAjwqJXUBhBNEiwA8BgG7hZ1YmTOU7PmyOgy6lmnMpHexiHk1qKNF7KwbpwrjFirGdq1jMhopRoCCfQQAvD%5FBwE), [a company formed in 2024](https://www.therecursive.com/a-content-management-platform-and-a-graph-database-come-together-in-the-new-company-graphwise/) through the merger of Bulgarian Ontotext and Austrian Semantic Web Company. According to the companies, the deal marks one of the biggest exits in the Bulgarian software industry, although **the financial terms have not been disclosed**.

Graphwise is an enterprise AI and data platform specializing in knowledge graphs and semantic layer technology. It provides data infrastructure for AI and serves more than 200 international blue-chip clients across the financial services, pharmaceutical, and public sectors.

Graphwise was formed in 2024 through the merger of [Ontotext and Semantic Web Company](https://www.therecursive.com/a-content-management-platform-and-a-graph-database-come-together-in-the-new-company-graphwise/). Ontotext was founded in Sofia in 2000, while Semantic Web Company was established in Vienna in 2004.

[A Content Management Platform and a Graph Database Come Together in the New Company: GraphwiseIn a nutshell Bulgarian Ontotext merges with Austria’s Semantic Web Company to form the new Graphwise, focusing on strengthening its global presence in AI![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b8/ae/b8aee878-7ddc-40ad-8f68-92a28c560560/content/images/icon/PNG_recrop_resize_logo_only-3129d08d-0883-4ea9-a423-144f7b305fb4.png)The RecursiveTeodora Atanasova![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b8/ae/b8aee878-7ddc-40ad-8f68-92a28c560560/content/images/thumbnail/new-social-media-template-8-dc886d31-8901-43ad-afea-b2f02952bb52.png)](https://www.therecursive.com/a-content-management-platform-and-a-graph-database-come-together-in-the-new-company-graphwise/)

Budapest-based Portfolion invested in Ontotext as part of a consortium led by Integral Capital Group, alongside Carpathian Partners. The European Investment Fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development also co-invested in the company.

The investors later pursued a buy-and-build strategy, which led to the 2024 merger with Semantic Web Company.

> “This transaction is clear proof that domestic and regional private equity can achieve breakthrough successes in a globally competitive deep tech market,” said Jenő Nieder, Deputy CEO and Partner at Portfolion Capital Partners.

*“Through the international buy-and-build strategy implemented together with Integral Capital Group and Carpathian Partners, we successfully built an internationally dominant platform out of two regional pioneers, avoiding short-term AI hypes and creating genuine, commercially sustainable value.”*

Following the acquisition, Graphwise plans to accelerate its international expansion and pursue further acquisitions.