Construction collaboration software buyer in Europe

• Revenue: EUR 2-100 million
• Employees: not a decisive factor
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a software developer for collaboration solutions.    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 company is an international player that delivers collaboration software solutions for certain industries. The management has planned to increase the operations in Europe by acquiring a similar company which will help in growing revenues and profits and will speed up the business with a larger customer base, higher sales and more product development teams. The final goal is that the new acquisition will increase the long-term value of the enterprise. The company already has experience in acquisitions, has completed very successful deals in the past and wants to repeat the process.

The company is an international organization with thousands of projects delivered, which has more than 15 years of presence in the market and more than 7000 employees. It has multiple specialties such as project collaboration, document management software, project control solutions, management software and SaaS. Their clients are companies that are active in the construction, infrastructure, energy and resources industries. The company helps its clients to deliver complex projects around the world through a digital operating platform designed for each industry’s specifics. The platform puts together various parties of the project such as owners, contractors, managers and consultants for a wider view of the project’s visibility in order to obtain better control and monitoring. The aim is that the project team can work together and collaborate securely, efficiently and easily in a cloud platform that securely manages data and processes. Some benefits of this solution are that it reduces costs and their impact on the environment, saves time and money due to automation processes, maintains complete control and visibility of the project, is a flexible platform which is fast to deploy, integrates systems for the whole of the project’s lifecycle and it is a secure choice due to security options with three levels of control. The company has ISO 27001 certification, a high international standard for security management.

Cloud environments can easily bring together multiple companies on one system which allows them to benefit from numerous solutions that streamline their processes; solutions such as unlimited storage and data, high class SaaS security, mobile apps, integrations and advanced options for high compliance environments. The company also develops mobile construction aps for iOS and Android devices, so that users can have in their pocket everything they need in terms of organizing business processes. All data is backed up and can be restored or accessed when needed. Clients can also use the company’s software solutions to bring greater efficiency to their activity by activating various insights, reports, workflow management and project control tools. A 24 hour service with online or phone support in multi-languages is provided anywhere in the world. Clients can benefit from limitless access to training and support resources for unlimited users inside an organization.

The company is looking to acquire an enterprise that operates in the same activity and has similar product solutions such as:

• Document management
• Project controls
• Workflow management
• Cross-discipline and design coordination
• Quality and safety
• Insights and reporting

• The buyer is an international player that delivers collaboration software solutions
• The company uses SaaS technologies to increase efficiency
• The company has decided to enlarge its activities in Europe via acquisitions
• Target companies should have similar products and a large customer base