Hamburg \/ Berlin \/ Oister\u00adwijk \u2014 Lions\u00adHome, toge\u00adther with its majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder Water\u00adland Private Equity, is working at full speed on the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a Euro\u00adpean digi\u00adtal publi\u00adshing group: Follo\u00adwing the successful inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of the product compa\u00adri\u00adson plat\u00adform Fashiola, Lions\u00adHome has now acqui\u00adred the Dutch opera\u00adtor of deal & coupon portals Franke Media B.V..<\/p>\n
Lions\u00adHome GmbH from Berlin, which has been in exis\u00adtence since 2014, has deve\u00adlo\u00adped into a leading product compa\u00adri\u00adson plat\u00adform for Home & Living and is now one of the largest Euro\u00adpean furnis\u00adhing portals with over three million users in ten count\u00adries every month. In 2022, the majo\u00adrity invest\u00adment by growth inves\u00adtor Water\u00adland marked the start of the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a leading Euro\u00adpean commerce content group that will aggre\u00adgate a wide range of digi\u00adtal publi\u00adshing models, e\u2011commerce & e\u2011service verti\u00adcals, and geogra\u00adphic markets under one roof. A first mile\u00adstone in this stra\u00adtegy was reached within a very short time in mid-2022 with the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Fashiola, which makes the online offe\u00adrings of a large number of leading fashion brands compa\u00adra\u00adble for its users in more than 25 countries.<\/p>\n
Franke Media<\/strong>, a leading opera\u00adtor of deal & coupon portals, has now joined the group as its newest member, having built the most visi\u00adted discount websites in the Nether\u00adlands and Belgium since its incep\u00adtion in 2012. On Acties.nl and Deals.be, every month more than 1.5 million unique visi\u00adtors find coupons and promo\u00adti\u00adons that come from part\u00adner\u00adships with major natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal brands such as bol.com, Amazon, ASOS, H&M, Nike and HEMA. The seller of the shares is foun\u00adder Vince Franke<\/strong>, who will remain on board as CEO of Franke Media and will take a reverse stake in the Group as part of the transaction.<\/p>\n \u201cAt Water\u00adland, we have always focu\u00adsed on long-term and successful buy & build stra\u00adte\u00adgies, estab\u00adli\u00adshing tomor\u00adro\u00adw\u2019s market leaders in exci\u00adting growth markets \u2014 Lions\u00adHome is no excep\u00adtion. The Group is ideally posi\u00adtio\u00adned to become one of the leading part\u00adners for commerce content adver\u00adti\u00adsing with broad coverage of verti\u00adcal and geogra\u00adphic e\u2011commerce markets as well as digi\u00adtal publi\u00adshing models. We look forward to working with Vince Franke and his team \u2014 they are very ambi\u00adtious and excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned in terms of SEO exper\u00adtise,\u201d said Dr. Cars\u00adten Rahlfs, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at Water\u00adland<\/strong> (Photo \u00a9 Waterland).<\/p>\n \u201cThe acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Franke Media marks another important step towards our vision of support\u00ading users across all chan\u00adnels in their purcha\u00adsing decis\u00adi\u00adons,\u201d added Michael R\u00f6cker, CEO of Lions\u00adHome and the Group. \u201cBy expan\u00adding our Deals & Coupons capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, we will be able to offer our part\u00adners even more attrac\u00adtive adver\u00adti\u00adsing oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very exci\u00adted to be working with Lions\u00adHome and Fashiola to build a leading Euro\u00adpean digi\u00adtal publi\u00adshing group. Our goals align perfectly with those of Lions\u00adHome and Water\u00adland,\u201d explains Vince Franke, foun\u00adder and CEO of Franke Media. \u201cThanks to this part\u00adner\u00adship, we can acce\u00adle\u00adrate our inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion and help even more online shop\u00adpers in Europe save on their online purchases.\u201d<\/p>\n About Lions\u00adHome<\/strong><\/p>\n With around 100 million users a year, product compa\u00adri\u00adson website opera\u00adtor Lions\u00adHome is one of Euro\u00adpe\u2019s leading digi\u00adtal publi\u00adshing houses. Lions\u00adHome offers an inno\u00adva\u00adtive online service to browse furni\u00adture and home access\u00adories as well as fashion from a variety of stores at a glance and compare offers. The company was foun\u00added in 2014 by Chris\u00adtoph K\u00f6ni\u00adger and Michael R\u00f6cker in Berlin and has since become one of the fastest growing digi\u00adtal brands in the home & living sector. Lions\u00adHome was named a Digital100 winner by Simi\u00adlar\u00adWeb in 2022, making it one of the top ten fastest-growing digi\u00adtal brands in the Home & Living segment. The add-on Fashiola was acqui\u00adred in July 2022 and expan\u00added the product port\u00adfo\u00adlio into the fashion segment.<\/p>\n About Franke Media B.V.<\/strong><\/p>\n Franke Media, based in Oister\u00adwijk, is one of the leading compa\u00adnies in the Dutch affi\u00adliate marke\u00adting world and opera\u00adtes Acties.nl and Deals.be, the most visi\u00adted discount websites in the Nether\u00adlands and Belgium. Across all plat\u00adforms, more than 1.5 million users a month become aware of the wide range of discount and special offers on the web pages. The team ensu\u00adres that visi\u00adtors always find the most inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00ading and favorable discounts and special offers, ensu\u00adring satis\u00adfied custo\u00admers and maxi\u00admum results for part\u00adners. Part\u00adner\u00adships exist with nume\u00adrous major natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal brands, inclu\u00adding bol.com, Amazon, ASOS, H&M, Nike and HEMA, among others.<\/p>\n About Water\u00adland<\/strong><\/p>\n Water\u00adland is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent private equity invest\u00adment firm that helps compa\u00adnies realize their growth plans. With substan\u00adtial finan\u00adcial support and indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise, Water\u00adland enables its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies to achieve acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted growth both orga\u00adni\u00adcally and through acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Water\u00adland has offices in the Nether\u00adlands (Bussum), Belgium (Antwerp), France (Paris), Germany (Hamburg, Munich), Poland (Warsaw), the UK (London, Manches\u00adter), Ireland (Dublin), Denmark (Copen\u00adha\u00adgen), Norway (Oslo), Spain (Barce\u00adlona) and Switz\u00ader\u00adland (Zurich). Curr\u00adently, appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 14 billion euros in equity funds are under management.<\/p>\n Water\u00adland has consis\u00adt\u00adently outper\u00adfor\u00admed with its invest\u00adments since its incep\u00adtion in 1999. The firm ranks fourth globally in the HEC\/Dow Jones Private Equity Perfor\u00admance Rankings (Janu\u00adary 2023) and seventh among global private equity firms in the Preqin Consis\u00adtent Perfor\u00admers in Global Private Equity & Venture Capi\u00adtal Report 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hamburg \/ Berlin \/ Oister\u00adwijk \u2014 Lions\u00adHome, toge\u00adther with its majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder Water\u00adland Private Equity, is working at full speed on the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of a Euro\u00adpean digi\u00adtal publi\u00adshing group: Follo\u00adwing the successful inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of the product compa\u00adri\u00adson plat\u00adform Fashiola, Lions\u00adHome has now acqui\u00adred the Dutch opera\u00adtor of deal & coupon portals Franke Media B.V.. 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