EMERAM subsidiary sofatutor takes over learning platform SchoolMouv

Munich/ Berlin — sofa­tu­tor, a port­fo­lio company of EMERAM, has acqui­red the French lear­ning plat­form School­Mouv. With this acqui­si­tion, sofa­tu­tor, supported by EMERAM, is imple­men­ting the first major add-on in the French market, a decisive step in the imple­men­ta­tion of the joint inter­na­tio­na­liza­tion strategy. 

The acqui­si­tion marks a stra­te­gic mile­stone in the deve­lo­p­ment of sofa­tu­tor from a leading provi­der in German-spea­king count­ries to a Euro­pean EdTech company. EMERAM actively supports this growth path and sees the tran­sac­tion as an important step towards buil­ding a leading digi­tal educa­tion plat­form in Europe. 

With more than 2 million users, around 7,000 lear­ning videos and over 200,000 inter­ac­tive exer­ci­ses, sofa­tu­tor is one of the most compre­hen­sive digi­tal lear­ning plat­forms in the German-spea­king world. In addi­tion to the core plat­form sofatutor.com, the port­fo­lio also includes the early lear­ning app sofa­tu­tor KIDS for child­ren aged 2 to 6. 

School­Mouv, foun­ded in Toulouse in 2013, is an online lear­ning plat­form geared towards the French curri­cu­lum with videos, struc­tu­red cour­ses, inter­ac­tive quiz­zes, a flash­card product and AI-supported gene­ra­tion of lear­ning content. The company employs around 40 people and will conti­nue to operate on the market as an inde­pen­dent brand with its own management. 

“For EMERAM, this tran­sac­tion marks a key mile­stone in sofa­tu­tor’s Euro­pean growth stra­tegy,” says Dr. Sven Oleow­nik, Part­ner at EMERAM. “The joint plat­form offers excel­lent condi­ti­ons for reali­zing further growth steps in Europe through signi­fi­cant syner­gies in marke­ting, content and technology.” 

“The acqui­si­tion of School­Mouv marks a signi­fi­cant step on our joint growth path with EMERAM. With the support of our part­ner, we are consis­t­ently imple­men­ting the inter­na­tio­na­liza­tion of sofa­tu­tor and crea­ting the basis for a leading pan-Euro­­pean educa­tio­nal offe­ring,” adds Colin Schlü­ter, CEO and Mana­ging Direc­tor of sofa­tu­tor. “School­Mouv ideally comple­ments our port­fo­lio and opens up new synergy poten­tial in marke­ting as well as in the cross-product and cross-brand deve­lo­p­ment of features and content.” 

The Euro­pean K‑12 market offers sustainable growth pros­pects in view of the shortage of teachers, growing hete­ro­gen­eity in schools and the incre­asing digi­ta­liza­tion of educa­tion. EMERAM will conti­nue to actively support sofa­tu­tor in its inter­na­tio­nal expan­sion and further stra­te­gic add-ons. — Further details of the tran­sac­tion were not disclosed. 

Advi­sors to sofa­tu­tor: Aramis and LARK (Legal) and Forvis Mazars (Finance, Tax, Legal) 

About EMERAM — EMERAM is one of the leading invest­ment mana­gers for medium-sized compa­nies in the German-spea­king region. Funds advi­sed by EMERAM provide more than 700 million euros of capi­tal for the deve­lo­p­ment of growing compa­nies. The port­fo­lio includes tech­­no­­logy-driven compa­nies in the areas of digi­tal trans­for­ma­tion, energy tran­si­tion and health & well­be­ing. EMERAM acts as a long-term busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment part­ner and promo­tes the sustainable growth — both orga­ni­cally and through targe­ted acqui­si­ti­ons — of its port­fo­lio compa­nies. EMERAM also consis­t­ently focu­ses on the imple­men­ta­tion of holi­stic ESG concepts. The port­fo­lio curr­ently compri­ses nine plat­form invest­ments with a total of more than 3,000 employees. The compa­nies conti­nuously achieve double-digit orga­nic sales growth. More than 30 add-on acqui­si­ti­ons have also acce­le­ra­ted growth and enab­led inter­na­tio­nal expan­sion. — www.emeram.com

About SOFATUTOR — sofa­tu­tor was foun­ded in Berlin in 2008 and is now one of the most compre­hen­sive digi­tal teaching and lear­ning plat­forms in the German-spea­king world. With a wide range of lear­ning videos, adap­tive inter­ac­tive exer­ci­ses, AI func­tion­a­li­ties for students and teachers and much more, the plat­form supports students and teachers in all grades and subjects. — www.sofatutor.com

About SCHOOLMOUV — Foun­ded in 2013 in Toulouse, School­Mouv offers an online lear­ning plat­form aligned to the French curri­cu­lum with videos, struc­tu­red cour­ses, inter­ac­tive quiz­zes, a flash­card product and AI-powered lear­ning content gene­ra­tion. —www.schoolmouv.fr