Karlsruhe\/ Munich \u2014 German tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor LEA Part\u00adners and Danish IT inves\u00adtor VIA equity announ\u00adced today that they are selling a majo\u00adrity stake in SEMA, the leading Euro\u00adpean CAD\/CAM soft\u00adware solu\u00adtion in the field of timber cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and prefa\u00adbri\u00adca\u00adted buil\u00addings, to Bregal Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal. Details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
SEMA, foun\u00added in 1984, provi\u00addes join\u00adery and prefa\u00adbri\u00adca\u00adted cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion compa\u00adnies with solu\u00adti\u00adons cove\u00adring all acti\u00advi\u00adties rela\u00adted to wood and stair cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion. On a uniform, easy-to-use program inter\u00adface, the soft\u00adware offers appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as 2D\/3D CAD plan\u00adning and design, photo-reali\u00adstic visua\u00adliza\u00adtion, quota\u00adtion calcu\u00adla\u00adtion and crea\u00adtion, as well as produc\u00adtion plans and working drawings. In Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Switz\u00ader\u00adland, SEMA has a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant market share and a remar\u00adkable active custo\u00admer base of more than 10,500 join\u00adery and prefa\u00adbri\u00adca\u00adted cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion companies.<\/p>\n
VIA equity and LEA Part\u00adners had acqui\u00adred the majo\u00adrity stake in SEMA in 2019 and have since supported the company in its mission to expand market leader\u00adship and achieve opera\u00adtio\u00adnal excel\u00adlence. Under the new owners and thanks to its proven product and excel\u00adlent custo\u00admer rela\u00adti\u00adonships, SEMA had achie\u00adved signi\u00adfi\u00adcant sales and profit growth. As part of its invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy, SEMA broa\u00addened its leader\u00adship team, inves\u00adted in its tech\u00adno\u00adlogy plat\u00adform, acqui\u00adred an ERP\/CRM soft\u00adware company, and imple\u00admen\u00adted seve\u00adral pricing and product bundle initiatives.<\/p>\n
Alex\u00adan\u00adder Neuss, CEO of SEMA: <\/strong>\u201cOur colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with VIA and LEA over the past three years has really helped us to realize our full poten\u00adtial. Our inves\u00adtors\u2019 exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in the soft\u00adware market combi\u00adned with deep busi\u00adness exper\u00adtise has been a perfect stra\u00adte\u00adgic fit, enab\u00adling us to acce\u00adle\u00adrate our growth and conti\u00adnue to deli\u00adver indus\u00adtry-leading services and inno\u00adva\u00adtion to our custo\u00admers. I am extre\u00admely grateful for the colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion and now look forward to conti\u00adnuing on our growth path and expan\u00adding into addi\u00adtio\u00adnal markets internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris\u00adtian Roth <\/strong>(photo, \u00a9 LEA Part\u00adners), Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at LEA Part\u00adners<\/strong>: \u201cWe are very proud to have played a role in SEMA\u2019s growth story over the last few years. During our colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion, the SEMA team did an outstan\u00adding job and made the company a true soft\u00adware cham\u00adpion in its indus\u00adtry. Our team has thoroughly enjoyed helping Alex\u00adan\u00adder and manage\u00adment drive stra\u00adtegy and growth, and we are confi\u00addent that their dedi\u00adca\u00adtion and drive will enable them to achieve many succes\u00adses in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n VIA equity and LEA Part\u00adners were advi\u00adsed by Houli\u00adhan Lokey, Noerr and Milbank on this transaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n About LEA Partners Karlsruhe\/ Munich \u2014 German tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor LEA Part\u00adners and Danish IT inves\u00adtor VIA equity announ\u00adced today that they are selling a majo\u00adrity stake in SEMA, the leading Euro\u00adpean CAD\/CAM soft\u00adware solu\u00adtion in the field of timber cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and prefa\u00adbri\u00adca\u00adted buil\u00addings, to Bregal Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adka\u00adpi\u00adtal. Details of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion were not disc\u00adlo\u00adsed. SEMA, foun\u00added in 1984, provides [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nWith curr\u00adently EUR 460 million in commit\u00adments, LEA Part\u00adners, as an entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial equity part\u00adner, supports foun\u00adders and manage\u00adment teams at diffe\u00adrent stages of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment in their growth and achie\u00adve\u00adment of a leading market posi\u00adtion. Based in Karls\u00adruhe, one of the largest tech\u00adno\u00adlogy clus\u00adters in Europe, LEA has mana\u00adged invest\u00adments in nume\u00adrous tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies since 2002. www.leapartners.de.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"