Buyer for data management company in Europe

• Revenue: 2-20M EUR
• Employees: not decisive
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a European group active in data management sector. It has a strategy for growing its operations in Europe via acquisitions, therefore the management is open to speaking to interested sellers
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The buyer is a leading European IT service provider that is active in delivering software solutions that enable organizations to have more efficient business and faster communication for their networking of work, knowledge and innovation. The company has been present on the market for more than 15 years when it started to design the strategy for developing intelligent platforms that could lead the way into digital world. The company’s goal is to support its clients on their way to digitization and for that the professional staff is always looking for the optimal solutions. The team is always prepared to face the most demanding projects and it has a constant customer orientation attitude. The buyer is backed by a private equity group that has a clear strategy of growing the group’s operations, it established a buy-and-build platform in the IT market and is looking to grow this platform with new companies from various IT sectors. With the investments done so for the buyer managed to build a market-leading group with activities in cyber security, IT services and consulting, data management & analytics, agile enterprise collaboration and custom made software development. Further software competencies are expected to be added once new enterprise acquisitions are done.

The buyer is a fast-growing player focused on innovative segments. Its goal is to build a leading group of companies together with the existing management of the group. The buyer has a steady rhythm of growth, on average, the group’s portfolio grows by 10% per year in terms of employees, sales and earnings. Clients come from various sectors and are medium-sized companies, large corporations and state institutions. These organizations are in various stages of digitization. The buyer has plans to expand its operations with new software competencies. The management is looking to buy suited companies that are specialized in providing data management services and solutions. Target companies should have revenues ranging from 2-20m with positive EBITDA.

The buyer organization provides IT services that focus on topics such as data management & analytics, agile enterprise collaboration, custom-made solutions and integration of mobile devices. The team has a long-time experience in Enterprise Java technologies and in developing digital workplaces and B2B portals. It also has a deep understanding of the software solutions supported and has a strong expertise in industrial sectors such as pharmaceutics, chemicals and automotive. The data & analytics platform solution includes various applications that enable data integration and contains tools that ensure data quality, data management, application integration, cloud and big data integration. Products developed by the team for data virtualization, reporting and analytics allow managers to make better decisions every day.

The buyer is looking to acquire a company that operates in the same activity and has similar services such as:

• Data Management & Analytics
• Cyber Security
• IT Services & Consulting
• Agile Enterprise Collaboration
• Custom Software Development
• Business Intelligence
• System Integration

• The buyer is an IT service provider that is active in delivering software solutions helping organizations to go digital
• The buyer develops solutions such as data management & analytics, enterprise collaboration and custom software development
• The buyer wants to expand its operations and is looking for targets to buy
• Target companies should provide data management services and should be located in Europe (preferably Western Europe)