Liberta subsidiary NOBIX Group takes over blackpoint

Munich/ Bad Vilbel — The NOBIX Group, a mana­ged service provi­der with a focus on medium-sized compa­nies, is acqui­ring black­point GmbH from Bad Vilbel, an estab­lished provi­der of cloud, mana­ged and custo­mer expe­ri­ence solu­ti­ons. With this acqui­si­tion, the Group is expan­ding its port­fo­lio to include exper­tise in the areas of CRM, CX plat­forms, core busi­ness appli­ca­ti­ons and cloud-based infra­struc­ture and secu­rity services. This is alre­ady the third acqui­si­tion of the NOBIX Group in the current year after netmin compu­ter GmbH from Freu­den­stadt and Alba­kom GmbH from Rostock. — The NOBIX Group is supported by Liberta Part­ners, a Munich-based invest­ment company that acqui­res and deve­lops medium-sized compa­nies in the DACH region. 

black­point: From inter­net service provi­der to digi­tiza­tion partner

Foun­ded in 1997, black­point GmbH has evol­ved over the past three deca­des from a tradi­tio­nal Inter­net service provi­der to a broad-based digi­ta­liza­tion part­ner. With around 30 employees, the company supports custo­mers of all sectors and sizes — from local medi­cal prac­ti­ces to inter­na­tio­nal corporations. 

The port­fo­lio of black­point GmbH includes cloud and hosting services, infra­s­truc­­ture-as-a-service, secu­rity and backup solu­ti­ons, VoIP and tele­phony services as well as web and store deve­lo­p­ment. In addi­tion, the company has exten­sive exper­tise in custo­mer expe­ri­ence and CRM plat­forms inclu­ding ERP inte­gra­tion, analy­sis and auto­ma­tion solu­ti­ons as well as AI-supported appli­ca­ti­ons. Inter­na­tio­nal custo­mer projects with roll­outs in various count­ries under­line the company’s tech­ni­cal expertise. 

Nume­rous exis­ting custo­mers have been rely­ing on black­poin­t’s services for deca­des. Even after the acqui­si­tion, the name will remain the same; exis­ting cont­acts and struc­tures will not change for custo­mers and part­ners. At the same time, they will bene­fit from the expan­ded service port­fo­lio and addi­tio­nal resour­ces within the NOBIX Group. 

Proven manage­ment struc­ture remains in place

Even after the acqui­si­tion, the long-stan­­ding manage­ment perso­na­li­ties of black­point GmbH will remain on board. Mario Di Rienzo, who will conti­nue to lead the company as Mana­ging Direc­tor, will be respon­si­ble in parti­cu­lar for stra­te­gic and commer­cial deve­lo­p­ment. Dirk Esten­feld will incre­asingly focus on the tech­ni­cal, opera­tio­nal and product-rela­­ted further deve­lo­p­ment of services. Both will also contri­bute their many years of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise within the NOBIX Group. 

The acqui­si­tion is part of the NOBIX Group’s ongo­ing deve­lo­p­ment towards a more inte­gra­ted corpo­rate struc­ture. Andreas Török, CEO of the NOBIX Group, empha­si­zes the signi­fi­cance for the group: “black­point expands our port­fo­lio with a rare combi­na­tion of infra­struc­ture, appli­ca­tion and CX exper­tise. The depth in the area of custo­mer expe­ri­ence and core busi­ness appli­ca­ti­ons in parti­cu­lar crea­tes new oppor­tu­ni­ties for our group to supple­ment and further deve­lop exis­ting services. At the same time, black­point streng­thens our posi­tion in the midmar­ket and in the fast-growing as-a-service market.” 

“With black­point, we are not only gaining addi­tio­nal exper­tise, but above all a company with a high level of opera­tio­nal matu­rity and estab­lished custo­mer rela­ti­onships,” explains Domi­nik Welz, CFO of the NOBIX Group. “We are deligh­ted to welcome black­point to the NOBIX Group and look forward to shaping our future path together.” 

Liberta Part­ners also sees the tran­sac­tion as an important step in the stra­te­gic deve­lo­p­ment of the NOBIX Group. Nils von Wietz­low, Part­ner at Liberta Part­ners (photo © Liberta), explains: “With the acqui­si­tion of black­point, the NOBIX Group is consis­t­ently conti­nuing on its growth path. black­point is an excel­lent addi­tion to the Group, both tech­no­lo­gi­cally and cultu­rally, and streng­thens its posi­tion as a powerful digi­tiza­tion part­ner for medium-sized compa­nies. We look forward to support­ing the NOBIX Group toge­ther with the manage­ment team in the next phase of development.”

Julius Wölfer, Corpo­rate Deve­lo­p­ment Mana­ger at Liberta Part­ners, adds: “black­point brings in-depth exper­tise in key future fields such as custo­mer expe­ri­ence, cloud infra­struc­ture and mana­ged services. These capa­bi­li­ties fit perfectly with the stra­te­gic direc­tion of the NOBIX Group and open up addi­tio­nal oppor­tu­ni­ties for inte­gra­ted custo­mer solu­ti­ons. The tran­sac­tion also under­lines the attrac­ti­ve­ness of the NOBIX Group as a plat­form for successful entre­pre­neurs and specia­li­zed IT service providers.”

About Liberta Partners

Liberta Part­ners is an invest­ment company based in Munich that acqui­res and deve­lops medium-sized compa­nies in the DACH region. The focus is on succes­sion situa­tions and corpo­rate spin-offs. With a clear buy-and-build approach and its own corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment team, Liberta Part­ners supports its port­fo­lio compa­nies in sustainable and successful corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment. — www.liberta-partners.com

About NOBIX Group

The NOBIX Group is a nati­on­wide mana­ged service provi­der with a focus on mana­ged services for infra­struc­ture, cloud, secu­rity and core busi­ness appli­ca­ti­ons. The Group employs around 300 people at 12 loca­ti­ons in Germany. — www.nobix-group.de

About black­point

As an alli­ance and chan­nel part­ner, black­point GmbH specia­li­zes in consul­ting, imple­men­ta­tion and inte­gra­tion of the Infor Custo­mer Expe­ri­ence Suite (CX). It has many years of expe­ri­ence with the product Infor CRM (form­erly Sales­lo­gix), Infor CPQ and eCom­merce solu­ti­ons such as Shop­ware or Infor Rhythm. Black­point offers profes­sio­nal consul­ting and imple­men­ta­tion services for the deve­lo­p­ment of web appli­ca­ti­ons. The team consists of expe­ri­en­ced deve­lo­pers who take care of all aspects of web appli­ca­ti­ons and offer indi­vi­dual solu­ti­ons that are precis­ely tail­o­red to the various requi­re­ments. — www.blackpoint.de