Buyer for German vertical software company

• Revenue: 2-30M EUR
• Employees: not decisive
• Location of the target: Germany 
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a vertical software group. It has a strategy for growing its operations in Germany via acquisitions, therefore the management is open to speaking to interested sellers
• #CFIE ITB208

The buyer is led by a team of entrepreneurs that are experienced in successful investments and software technologies. The goal is to acquire vertical software companies and actively develop them for a long-term horizon. The target companies need to be well-established, stable and with an EBIT between 0.5 to 3.0 million Euro. Entrepreneurs and owners of software companies are encouraged to (partially) sell their companies for a long-term development perspective. The buyer grows a software group and its policy is to stimulate the exchange between software companies in the portfolio so that each company can have access to experts from all types of current technologies. This exchange of information, data and knowledge can be the base for future innovation and development. When doing an acquisition, the buyer is looking also for German cultural fit. Once the target is established, the transaction is implemented very quickly and reliably, the transition and succession being very carefully structured and organized. 

The buyer develops long-term investments in vertical software and supports them with know-how and with acquisitions. The goal of the buyer is to establish a software group by investing in enterprises from DACH region, Benelux and Nordics. The software companies that have been acquired are further developed by targeting the use of new technologies and by transforming their products into software as a service. The group has access to a network of specialists with experience in various fields such as product management, sales, software development, machine learning, business and finance. The company creates, maintains and develops this network of specialists that lead portfolio companies to higher results, there is a nurturing house for professionals from special activities such as machine learning (AI applications), online marketing (SEO, SEA, Social Media), UX experience & Design, CRM & Internalisation, etc. When acquiring a new company these specialists offer their support for the succession and the smooth transition.

The companies in which the buyer invests can be small to medium, but it is important they demonstrate high potential for growth and development. They can be from attractive technological and services niches, with own product that have a certain competitive edge or with unique range of services. The companies have also to be stable and profitable with proven business models that are already generating solid revenues. It is important target companies to operate independently and to not depend on particular customers or partners. The buyer is interested in developing or acquiring software for a wide range of applications and platforms. It believes in elastic and scalable systems that demonstrate cost-efficiency. Software security is another topic that has much interest, the buyer has specialists with wide experience in data encryption and security so the software is built with the ability to protect itself from third party attacks.

The buyer is looking to acquire a company that provides vertical software solutions and that is active in areas such as:

• Consumer Software
• Warehouse Management Software
• Survey Software
• AI Applications
• Mobile, Desktop and Web-Based Applications
• CRM Solutions
• Big Data Management
• Data Encryption & Security

• The buyer is a group that is invests in vertical software solutions
• The buyer has a long-term strategy for growing its portfolio of vertical software companies
• The buyer stimulates the knowledge and information exchange between software companies in the portfolio
• The buyer grows by doing acquisitions
• The buyer is looking to buy a German vertical software company 

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