Munich\/Berlin \u2014 ]init[ AG f\u00fcr digi\u00adtale Kommu\u00adni\u00adka\u00adtion, a port\u00adfo\u00adlio company of the invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies EMERAM and Rivean Capi\u00adtal, is expan\u00adding its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal public sector busi\u00adness with the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of the Swiss company Iron\u00adf\u00adorge Consul\u00adting AG. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, effec\u00adtive Septem\u00adber 1, 2022, has now been successfully comple\u00adted. The aim is to tap into the Swiss market as well as to further deve\u00adlop the port\u00adfo\u00adlio for end-to-end digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons. ]init[, with more than 800 employees, is conside\u00adred one of the leading project service provi\u00adders in the field of digi\u00adtal transformation.<\/p>\n
Since Septem\u00adber 1, ]init[ has held 100 percent of the shares in the Swiss IT consul\u00adtant Iron\u00adf\u00adorge. Iron\u00adf\u00adorge Consul\u00adting AG is an estab\u00adlished player in the Swiss market since 2009 with 35 employees. The company\u2019s custo\u00admers include a large number of Swiss fede\u00adral minis\u00adtries. In addi\u00adtion, Iron\u00adf\u00adorge also works for admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adtion-rela\u00adted compa\u00adnies such as Swiss Post and Swiss\u00adcom. Among other things, Iron\u00adf\u00adorge has parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a Swiss ePor\u00adtal for the administration.<\/p>\n
The part\u00adner\u00adship will further streng\u00adthen Iron\u00adf\u00ador\u00adge\u2019s posi\u00adtion in its core markets in Switz\u00ader\u00adland and enable it to accom\u00adpany the Swiss admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adtion along the entire digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion process. The company is thus alig\u00adning itself with the conti\u00adnuing growth in demand for holi\u00adstic digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion in the public sector and is crea\u00adting offe\u00adrings for the consis\u00adtent intro\u00adduc\u00adtion and opti\u00admiza\u00adtion of front-end and back-end solutions.<\/p>\n
The current manage\u00adment team of Iron\u00adf\u00adorge around the two mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors Roberto Santo\u00advito and Gianni Lepore will accom\u00adpany the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the company. Both will retain a stake in the company to drive the expan\u00adsion of Iron\u00adf\u00adorge toge\u00adther with ]init[. In return, Harald Felling, CEO of ]init[ AG, will join the board of direc\u00adtors of Iron\u00adf\u00adorge AG.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chris\u00adtian N\u00e4ther, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at EMERAM Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners <\/strong>(Photo: Emeram), comm\u00adents: \u201d]init[ is a digi\u00adtal success story par excel\u00adlence. With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, the company streng\u00adthens its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal orien\u00adta\u00adtion and gains an important loca\u00adtion abroad. As a busi\u00adness deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment part\u00adner, we compre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00advely support ]init[\u2018s dyna\u00admic growth course. This has enab\u00adled the company to signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly expand its market posi\u00adtion in recent years. We conti\u00adnue to see considera\u00adble oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for the future, also through further acquisitions.\u201d<\/p>\n Harald Felling, CEO of ]init[ AG<\/strong>Iron\u00adf\u00adorge and we share a common culture, a very simi\u00adlar DNA and a strong focus on the public sector. We are ther\u00ade\u00adfore deligh\u00adted to be able to promote Iron\u00adf\u00adorge with our many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in end-to-end digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion in the public sector and support it in its further growth. In this way, we want to help shape the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of Switz\u00ader\u00adlan\u00add\u2019s like\u00adwise fede\u00adrally orga\u00adni\u00adzed administration.\u201d<\/p>\n Gianni Lepore, foun\u00adder and CEO of Iron\u00adf\u00adorge AG, adds: \u201cWith ]init[ as an expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced part\u00adner, Iron\u00adf\u00adorge will conti\u00adnue its success story with even more power. We want to signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly expand our depth and breadth of services in order to provide our custo\u00admers with even better support for IT projects and digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion projects. In this way, we want to become a central driver of user-centric digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion for the Swiss administration.\u201d<\/p>\n The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsors ]init[ : Noerr and Wenger Platt\u00adner (Legal) and BDO (Finan\u00adcial)<\/p>\n About ]init[ \u2014 www.init.de<\/strong><\/p>\n ]init[ AG f\u00fcr digi\u00adtale Kommu\u00adni\u00adka\u00adtion is one of the leading full-service provi\u00adders for digi\u00adtal projects in Germany. The company employs over 800 people (FTE) in Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Colo\u00adgne, Munich and Mainz.<\/p>\n With fee reve\u00adnues of over EUR 138 million, ]init[ is one of the ten fastest-growing Inter\u00adnet agen\u00adcies accor\u00adding to the BVDW 2022 ranking. In the ranking of digi\u00adtal expe\u00adri\u00adence service provi\u00adders by L\u00fcnen\u00addonk & Hossen\u00adfel\u00adder, ]init[ ranked 13th in 2021 as a \u201crising star\u201d with an impro\u00adve\u00adment. ]init[\u2018s more than 500 custo\u00admers include the Press and Infor\u00adma\u00adtion Office of the German Fede\u00adral Govern\u00adment as well as nume\u00adrous fede\u00adral and state minis\u00adtries, Conti\u00adnen\u00adtal AG, BSH Haus\u00adge\u00adr\u00e4te and Heidel\u00adberg Cement.<\/p>\n ABOUT Iron\u00adf\u00adorge Consul\u00adting AG \u2011www.ironforge.ch<\/strong><\/p>\n Iron\u00adf\u00adorge Consul\u00adting AG is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent and neutral IT consul\u00adting company based in Muri near Bern and a subsi\u00addiary of the German ]init[ AG f\u00fcr digi\u00adtale Kommu\u00adni\u00adka\u00adtion since Septem\u00adber 2022. The Iron\u00adf\u00adorge manage\u00adment team is formed by Roberto Santo\u00advito (COO) and Gianni Lepore (Foun\u00adder and CEO). They are the first point of cont\u00adact for all matters.<\/p>\n In its core areas of Project Services and Busi\u00adness Services, Iron\u00adf\u00adorge supports its custo\u00admers from the plan\u00adning and concep\u00adtion to the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of their ICT projects. The consul\u00adtants include expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced IT project mana\u00adgers, busi\u00adness analysts and poly\u00adva\u00adlent IT experts. In addi\u00adtion to nume\u00adrous Swiss fede\u00adral offices and various cantons, custo\u00admers also include admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adtion-rela\u00adted compa\u00adnies. Iron\u00adf\u00adorge curr\u00adently employs 35 people and was foun\u00added in 2009.<\/p>\n About EMERAM CAPITAL PARTNERS \u2014 www.emeram.com<\/strong><\/p>\n EMERAM is one of the leading invest\u00adment mana\u00adgers for medium-sized compa\u00adnies in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries. Funds advi\u00adsed by EMERAM provide more than \u20ac500 million in capi\u00adtal for the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of growth compa\u00adnies. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes compa\u00adnies from the Technology\/Software, Value-added Services and New Consu\u00admer Stap\u00adles sectors. EMERAM acts as a long-term busi\u00adness deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment part\u00adner for its compa\u00adnies and promo\u00adtes the sustainable growth (orga\u00adnic and inor\u00adga\u00adnic) of the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies. In addi\u00adtion, the focus is on the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of holi\u00adstic ESG concepts.<\/p>\n The port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently consists of six plat\u00adform invest\u00adments with a cumu\u00adla\u00adtive work\u00adforce of more than 2,500. The compa\u00adnies conti\u00adnuously achieve double-digit orga\u00adnic sales growth. In addi\u00adtion, a total of 30 add-on acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons to date have acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted growth and enab\u00adled inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich\/Berlin \u2014 ]init[ AG f\u00fcr digi\u00adtale Kommu\u00adni\u00adka\u00adtion, a port\u00adfo\u00adlio company of the invest\u00adment compa\u00adnies EMERAM and Rivean Capi\u00adtal, is expan\u00adding its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal public sector busi\u00adness with the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of the Swiss company Iron\u00adf\u00adorge Consul\u00adting AG. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, effec\u00adtive Septem\u00adber 1, 2022, has now been successfully comple\u00adted. The aim is to tap into the Swiss market [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1368,1369,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45867","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-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n