Berlin\/Krefeld \u2014 The Nort\u00adhern Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment company Verdane, which specia\u00adli\u00adzes in growth capi\u00adtal, has acqui\u00adred a stake in Krefeld-based KF Design GmbH, the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of design and gift artic\u00adles under the REMEMBER brand. Verdane acqui\u00adres a majo\u00adrity stake from Wieland Capi\u00adtal and the foun\u00adders as part of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion with the aim of driving the further digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion of the busi\u00adness model.<\/p>\n
REMEMBER was foun\u00added in 1996 and offers an ever-growing range of indi\u00advi\u00addual design, life\u00adstyle and gift items, inclu\u00adding games, fashion access\u00adories, calen\u00addars, home, kitchen and office products. All items are deve\u00adlo\u00adped and desi\u00adgned in-house. REMEMBER has alre\u00adady recei\u00adved nume\u00adrous design awards for the design and work\u00adman\u00adship of its products. The company sells its product range through direct sales as well as through German and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal retail\u00aders. Among other places, they are available in the museum stores of the Guggen\u00adheim Muse\u00adums in Bilbao and Venice and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Toge\u00adther with manage\u00adment, Verdane plans to drive the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of the busi\u00adness model, the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the custo\u00admer expe\u00adri\u00adence and the contin\u00adued expan\u00adsion of the sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity of REMEM\u00adBER\u2019s product range. Plans include the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion of the online store with expan\u00added func\u00adtions and an increased custo\u00admer approach via digi\u00adtal chan\u00adnels. Verda\u00adne\u2019s team brings its exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in e\u2011commerce and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-based B2C busi\u00adness models, such as from its invest\u00adments in momox, asgoo\u00addas\u00adnew, smava, Dese\u00adnio and Boozt. REMEMBER will bene\u00adfit from the coope\u00adra\u00adtion with Verda\u00adne\u2019s in-house experts from the so-called Elevate team as well as from a newly estab\u00adlished advi\u00adsory board in the opera\u00adtio\u00adnal imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of these measures.<\/p>\n
Ingo Fremer, co-foun\u00adder and co-CEO of REMEMBER, said: \u201cI am extre\u00admely happy with how REMEMBER has deve\u00adlo\u00adped over the past 25 years and would like to thank our previous co-owner Wieland Capi\u00adtal for the successful coope\u00adra\u00adtion, without which the company would not be where it is today. With Verdane as a part\u00adner, we can now build on further momen\u00adtum and draw on many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the field of e\u2011commerce to take REMEMBER to the next level of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. In parti\u00adcu\u00adlar, we want to offer our custo\u00admers a more inten\u00adsive brand expe\u00adri\u00adence and even better products, as well as reach new custo\u00admers in exis\u00adting and new markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maroje Guertl, Prin\u00adci\u00adpal in Verda\u00adne\u2019s Berlin office, added: \u201cREMEMBER is a brand stee\u00adped in history with charisma in the German and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal market, which stands for time\u00adl\u00adess design and the highest quality. We see great poten\u00adtial for REMEMBER to conti\u00adnue and even acce\u00adle\u00adrate this successful development.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Verdane Berlin\/Krefeld \u2014 The Nort\u00adhern Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment company Verdane, which specia\u00adli\u00adzes in growth capi\u00adtal, has acqui\u00adred a stake in Krefeld-based KF Design GmbH, the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of design and gift artic\u00adles under the REMEMBER brand. Verdane acqui\u00adres a majo\u00adrity stake from Wieland Capi\u00adtal and the foun\u00adders as part of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion with the aim of driving the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nVerdane is an invest\u00adment company specia\u00adli\u00adzing in growth capi\u00adtal that supports compa\u00adnies with sustainable and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-based busi\u00adness models in their inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth. Verdane invests as a mino\u00adrity or majo\u00adrity inves\u00adtor in indi\u00advi\u00addual compa\u00adnies or port\u00adfo\u00adlios of compa\u00adnies, focu\u00adsing on three core themes: Digi\u00adtal Consu\u00admer, Soft\u00adware and Sustainable Society. Verda\u00adne\u2019s funds have capi\u00adtal commit\u00adments of three billion euros. Since 2003, the company has inves\u00adted in more than 120 fast-growing compa\u00adnies. Verda\u00adne\u2019s team of more than 70 employees, with offices in Berlin, Copen\u00adha\u00adgen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stock\u00adholm, is commit\u00adted to being the best part\u00adner for growth capi\u00adtal in Nort\u00adhern Europe. www.verdane.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"