Buyer for logistics software company in Europe

• Revenue: 2-100M EUR
• Employees: not decisive
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a large player in logistics software 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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This buyer is an international group present in Europe, Americas, Asia and Australia, its solutions being used at a global level. The group has a very rapid rhythm of growing, acquisitions of other companies being an important tool to achieve fast expansion. In the moment it employs more than 2000 people that are experienced in software development and related disciplines. As an innovator, the company uses software and hardware to solve problems and shows better ways of working and living. It builds products with the latest software tools and creates advanced hardware platforms that enable logistics companies to make a considerable difference in their activity. The buyer is interested to acquire a logistics software company in Europe. Target companies should register revenues ranging from 2-100M EUR and should have stable businesses.

The buyer is an international logistics software company, a leading developer and provider of software solutions applicable in the logistics industry. The company is present in more than 120 countries and its solutions are used by top global logistics providers and by some of the most important global freight forwarders. The company has more than 20 years of activity and has a fast expanding business focused on delivering useful products that increase the brand position on the market. It is a powerful developer being recognized for its innovative approach, product upgrades and enhancements added to comprehensive end-to-end logistics solutions that have become more productive, with extensive functionalities, flawless integration and capable of sustaining a global reach. Its cloud based software solutions are used by international and domestic logistics companies to have a better and efficient management of the movement of goods and information, to integrate in the global supply chain and to improve the visibility on the market, efficiency, service quality and profitability.

The company developed various scalable solutions, ERP platforms that integrate all the areas of a logistics organization. It is about software solutions that are created to increase a company’s productivity, to improve automation, integration and communication within a supply chain. The platform integrates in a single operational system all the pieces of a logistics business, it streamlines processes and organizes crucial aspects such as imports, exports, shipments, customs, brokerage, invoicing, forwarding, costing requirements, intermediate vessel and flight requirements. The advantages of using the ERP platform are multiple, for example in forwarding activity the solution provides an increased automation that leads to more productive processes, it offers more efficient booking tools, it integrates the logistics operations for obtaining a more streamlined shipment, it enables a better communication with the clients and partners and it can be customized to respond to the user’s needs. It also provides web-based tracking capabilities which increase visibility in all logistics stages.

Software solutions developed by the buyer company help logistics enterprises in the following areas: forwarding, customs, warehousing, land/air/maritime transport, tracking, distribution, billing, accounting, commercial & communication.

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

Services:

• ERP Integration
• SaaS Implementation
• Support
• Maintenance and Update
• Consultancy
• Audit

• The buyer is an international logistics software company
• The company develops software solutions to enable logistics enterprises to streamline their activity
• The solution works as an ERP platform that integrates all the areas of a logistics organization
• The company has decided to enlarge its activities in Europe and is looking to buy another company with similar activities and solutions