Munich \u2014 EMERAM Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, one of the leading private equity firms for medium-sized compa\u00adnies in the German-spea\u00adking region, is leading an inves\u00adtor consor\u00adtium, inclu\u00adding the private equity firm Gimv, to take the digi\u00adtal company sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor into its next growth phase. This replaces the previous shareholders.<\/p>\n
sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor is the most compre\u00adhen\u00adsive digi\u00adtal educa\u00adtion plat\u00adform for students in the German-spea\u00adking world for grades 1 to 12 (K\u201112). Number of users increased to more than one million students in 2020, the year of success. Further digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning offe\u00adrings and inte\u00adgra\u00adtion into school opera\u00adti\u00adons repre\u00adsent a key growth lever. sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor plans to close the gap in online lear\u00adning and improve access to first-class educa\u00adtion with further inno\u00adva\u00adtive offe\u00adrings. In this way, the strong growth of recent years is to be continued.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 2008, the company curr\u00adently has more than one million users. In addi\u00adtion, sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor is now used by around 25 percent of all teachers throug\u00adhout Germany, as well as in the German states of Saxony and Bremen. sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor thus sees itself as the most compre\u00adhen\u00adsive provi\u00adder of digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning assis\u00adtance in Germany, Austria and Switz\u00ader\u00adland, a market with a total of more than eleven million students.<\/p>\n
The product and service port\u00adfo\u00adlio of sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor includes a wide range of more than 11,000 videos as well as exer\u00adci\u00adses and work\u00ads\u00adheets for 14 diffe\u00adrent school subjects. Students can flexi\u00adbly access mate\u00adri\u00adals and have a real-time chat on home\u00adwork with quali\u00adfied teachers through sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor\u2019s web-based plat\u00adform or app.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chris\u00adtian N\u00e4ther, Foun\u00adding Part\u00adner of EMERAM Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners<\/strong>, says: \u201cGood educa\u00adtion is a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant factor for a coun\u00adtry\u2019s society. That is why we want to support sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor in conti\u00adnuously expan\u00adding its lear\u00adning offe\u00adring. Alre\u00adady, sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor is expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adcing high demand for its digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning offe\u00adrings, which has been further streng\u00adthe\u00adned by home\u00adschoo\u00adling and COVID-19. We would like to conti\u00adnue this success story.\u201d Matthias Ober\u00admeyr, Part\u00adner at EMERAM Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, adds: \u201cThanks to its compre\u00adhen\u00adsive digi\u00adtal offe\u00adrings, inno\u00adva\u00adtive strength and good value for money, sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor alre\u00adady has a strong market posi\u00adtion. An expan\u00adsion of this digi\u00adtal product offe\u00adring as well as the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning models also offers signi\u00adfi\u00adcant growth potential.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephan Bayer, CEO of sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor and foun\u00adder<\/strong> of the company, explains: \u201cWith more than one million users and the large network of teachers who inte\u00adgrate sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor\u2019s digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning content into their lessons, sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor has long been the leading provi\u00adder of digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning services. With the new inves\u00adtor consor\u00adtium, we now have another strong inves\u00adtor group at our side that will very compe\u00adtently accom\u00adpany and support the company in the next growth phase. Inno\u00adva\u00adtive digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning offe\u00adrings will conti\u00adnue to form our DNA in the future. We want to support schools, teachers and students not only in the after\u00adnoons, but also provide digi\u00adtal lear\u00adning content in the mornings when schools are in session.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Sven Oleow\u00adnik, Part\u00adner and Head of Germany<\/strong> at the Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment company Gimv<\/strong>, which specia\u00adli\u00adzes in growth companies.With its invest\u00adment in sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor, Gimv rein\u00adforces its ambi\u00adtion to invest in future-orien\u00adted compa\u00adnies along the funda\u00admen\u00adtal consu\u00admer trends of digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion, sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity and conve\u00adni\u00adence. Toge\u00adther with EMERAM, Gimv supports an excel\u00adlently mana\u00adged company whose digi\u00adtal offe\u00adring perfectly addres\u00adses the United Nati\u00adons goals of high-quality educa\u00adtion and digi\u00adtal inno\u00adva\u00adtion. Koen Bouck\u00adaert, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner and Head Consu\u00admer at Gimv, added: \u201cWe are ther\u00ade\u00adfore parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly plea\u00adsed to allo\u00adcate part of our recently laun\u00adched Sustainable Bond to sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor\u2019s growth story and thus make a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to the company\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor to the inves\u00adtor consor\u00adtium around EMERAM and Gimv:<\/strong> The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to custo\u00admary condi\u00adti\u00adons, inclu\u00adding appr\u00adoval by the compe\u00adti\u00adtion autho\u00adri\u00adties. Further finan\u00adcial details will not be disclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2014 EMERAM Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, one of the leading private equity firms for medium-sized compa\u00adnies in the German-spea\u00adking region, is leading an inves\u00adtor consor\u00adtium, inclu\u00adding the private equity firm Gimv, to take the digi\u00adtal company sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor into its next growth phase. This replaces the previous share\u00adhol\u00adders. sofa\u00adtu\u00adtor is the most compre\u00adhen\u00adsive digi\u00adtal educa\u00adtion plat\u00adform for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1372,1377,1380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-consultant","category-corporate-finance-ma","category-management-consultants-investor-relations-en","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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