DuMont Media Group acquires majority stake in Cologne-based leisure platform

Düssel­dorf — Raus­ge­gan­gen GmbH is one of the plat­forms with the widest reach for leisure and
event recom­men­da­ti­ons in major German cities, with more than four million page views in the
month and more than 360,000 regis­tered users on the website and in the app. — DuMont Medi­en­gruppe GmbH & Co. KG has acqui­red a majo­rity stake in Raus­ge­gan­gen GmbH. It was advi­sed on this tran­sac­tion by Deloitte Legal. 

Raus­ge­gan­gen GmbH is one of the plat­forms with the widest reach for leisure and
event recom­men­da­ti­ons in major German cities, with more than four million page views per month and more than 360,000 regis­tered users on the website and in the app. Raus­ge­gan­gen offers an all-in-one solu­tion for cultu­ral event orga­ni­zers, clubs, venues and festi­vals — inclu­ding indi­vi­dual ticke­ting solu­ti­ons, online pre-sales, guest lists, a custo­mizable scan­ner app and exten­sive marke­ting features. 

The buyer, the DuMont Media Group, is one of the oldest and largest publi­shing houses in Germany, which is focu­sing on digi­tal growth with its three busi­ness areas of regio­nal media, busi­ness infor­ma­tion and marke­ting technology.

With this stra­te­gic acqui­si­tion, DuMont is speci­fi­cally expan­ding its regio­nal media port­fo­lio with a fast-growing digi­tal plat­form model and streng­thening its range of inno­va­tive digi­tal products. At the same time, the affi­lia­tion with DuMont opens up new deve­lo­p­ment pros­pects for Raus­ge­gan­gen — for exam­ple through content and marke­ting coope­ra­ti­ons with brands such as Kölner Stadt-Anzei­­ger, Kölni­sche Rund­schau, Radio Köln and EXPRESS. 

Deloitte Legal advi­sed DuMont Medi­en­gruppe GmbH & Co. KG on all legal aspects of the transaction
. DuMont Medi­en­gruppe regu­larly relies on the advice of Deloitte Legal in its transactions
.

Advi­sor to DuMont Medi­en­gruppe GmbH & Co. KG: Deloitte Legal Germany

Dr. Michael von Rüden, LL.M., Dirk Hänisch, LL.M., Thilo Hoff­mann, LL.M. (all lead, all part­ners, all corporate/M&A, all Düssel­dorf), Horst Heinzl, LL.M., Chris­toph Meves (both Coun­sel), Maxi­mi­lian Giep­mann, LL.M. (Asso­ciate), Victo­ria Zahn (Asso­ciate, all Corporate/M&A, all Düssel­dorf), Nauar Kaumi (Asso­ciate, Banking and Finance, Düssel­dorf), Claus Wilker (Coun­sel), Daniela Wasseram (Senior Asso­ciate, both Employ­ment Law, both Hanover).