Neubeuern\/Karlsruhe \u2014 ORCA Soft\u00adware GmbH (\u201cORCA\u201d), based in Neubeu\u00adern and a leading soft\u00adware company in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry, is under\u00adgo\u00ading a change of owner\u00adship. The foun\u00adder and sole share\u00adhol\u00adder of ORCA Soft\u00adware GmbH and its sister company ORCA-online GmbH, Heinz Nie\u00dfen, has sold all of his shares indi\u00adrectly to funds mana\u00adged by LEA Part\u00adners (\u201cLEA\u201d) for reasons of age.<\/p>\n
Heinz Nie\u00dfen, foun\u00adder and sole share\u00adhol\u00adder of ORCA Soft\u00adware<\/strong> GmbH and ORCA-online GmbH, is selling all his shares for reasons of age. Toge\u00adther with the LEA port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies PROJEKT PRO and SOFTTECH, ORCA will signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly advance the market leader\u00adship in the DACH region for commer\u00adcial cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion soft\u00adware and acce\u00adle\u00adrate the digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion of the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry. The total of 15,000 custo\u00admers will bene\u00adfit in future from the unique exper\u00adtise of over 250 employees to further increase their econo\u00admic and plan\u00adning success<\/p>\n \u201cIn LEA, we have found a strong, relia\u00adble part\u00adner to lead the ORCA Group into the future. Of course, it\u2019s diffi\u00adcult when you hand over your life\u2019s work to new hands,\u201d says Heinz Nie\u00dfen, who will also be step\u00adping down as Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor, \u201cbut the LEA team is the perfect fit, both perso\u00adnally and profes\u00adsio\u00adnally, to give ORCA the right impe\u00adtus to conti\u00adnue the impres\u00adsive growth trajec\u00adtory of recent years with the entire team.\u201d<\/p>\n LEA plans to conti\u00adnue the company at the Neubeu\u00adern site with the exis\u00adting manage\u00adment team. The purchase agree\u00adment, the terms of which the parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose, is to be comple\u00adted by the end of August at the latest.<\/p>\n The remai\u00adning Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor, Manfred Scholz<\/strong>, adds: \u201cWe are deligh\u00adted for our entire team and our custo\u00admers that LEA has a long-term approach to estab\u00adli\u00adshing ORCA even more stron\u00adgly as a premium brand in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion soft\u00adware sector and to conti\u00adnuously improve our port\u00adfo\u00adlio of products and services.\u201d<\/p>\n Toge\u00adther with the exis\u00adting LEA port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion soft\u00adware sector, PROJEKT PRO (project manage\u00adment and control\u00adling soft\u00adware) and SOFTTECH (AVA and visua\u00adliza\u00adtion soft\u00adware), ORCA will be able to drive forward the expan\u00adsion of its market leader\u00adship in the DACH region for commer\u00adcial cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion soft\u00adware and acce\u00adle\u00adrate digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion. In future, the compa\u00adnies will be able to combine their exper\u00adtise in commer\u00adcial solu\u00adti\u00adons and visua\u00adliza\u00adtion soft\u00adware to make the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry more effi\u00adci\u00adent and inno\u00adva\u00adtive. In future, custo\u00admers will bene\u00adfit from the unique exper\u00adtise of over 250 employees to further increase their econo\u00admic and plan\u00adning success.<\/p>\n Nils Berger, LEA Part\u00adners: \u201cThe digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion of the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry is one of the most exci\u00adting and biggest tasks that LEA Part\u00adners has been passio\u00adnate about for years. With over 30 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence as a market leader in the AVA sector, ORCA is another important buil\u00adding block in achie\u00adving this goal of an abso\u00adlute market leader. By working toge\u00adther with PROJEKT PRO and SOFTTECH, we can expand and opti\u00admize our soft\u00adware product offe\u00adring for the custo\u00admer groups. We are deligh\u00adted to be able to accom\u00adpany the ORCA team on their future path as a spar\u00adring part\u00adner and investor.\u201d<\/p>\n About ORCA Soft\u00adware GmbH About LEA Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n 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. With a 30+ team in Karls\u00adruhe, one of Euro\u00adpe\u2019s largest tech\u00adno\u00adlogy clus\u00adters, LEA has mana\u00adged invest\u00adments in more than 70 tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies since 2002. More at www.leapartners.de<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Neubeuern\/Karlsruhe \u2014 ORCA Soft\u00adware GmbH (\u201cORCA\u201d), based in Neubeu\u00adern and a leading soft\u00adware company in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry, is under\u00adgo\u00ading a change of owner\u00adship. The foun\u00adder and sole share\u00adhol\u00adder of ORCA Soft\u00adware GmbH and its sister company ORCA-online GmbH, Heinz Nie\u00dfen, has sold all of his shares indi\u00adrectly to funds mana\u00adged by LEA Part\u00adners (\u201cLEA\u201d) [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51859,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51861","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"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nFoun\u00added in 1990, ORCA Soft\u00adware GmbH is a leading soft\u00adware company in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry. Over 110 employees work at the Neubeu\u00adern site near Rosen\u00adheim. The ORCA AVA and AUSSCHREIBEN.DE product brands prima\u00adrily support archi\u00adtects, engi\u00adneers, specia\u00adlist plan\u00adners and product manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders with intui\u00adtive tools that offer opti\u00admum data quality and plan\u00adning relia\u00adbi\u00adlity. As a well-connec\u00adted part\u00adner, ORCA actively promo\u00adtes the topics of BIM, digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry. Further infor\u00adma\u00adtion can be found at www.orca-software.com.<\/p>\n