team.blue ist ein führender digitaler Enabler für Unternehmen und somit die überzeugende Idee hinter einige der grössten europäischen Digitalmarken. Die Gruppe entstand durch den Zusammenschluss der Combell Group, TransIP Group und Register Group im Jahr 2019. Im Laufe der Jahre hat sich die Gruppe auf den Aufbau von Plattformen konzentriert, die als Basis für ihre leistungsstarken digitalen Services dienen. Mittlerweile sind sie in mehr als 15 europäischen Ländern vertreten und agieren unter mehreren Markennamen.
Bär & Karrer hat die verkaufenden Aktionäre bei dieser Transaktion rechtlich beraten. Zum Team von Bär & Karrer gehörten Christoph Neeracher, Raphael Annasohn und Adrian Zampieri (alle M&A), Micha Schilling (Finanzierung), Raoul Stocker (Steuern), Markus Wang und Jonas Bornhauser (beide IP/IT) sowie Rehana Harasgama (Datenschutz). Interessant ist hier die Mitwirkung von Tax-Partner Raoul Stocker.
Medienmitteilung von team.blue
Der Käufer teamblue kommuniziert die Transaktion wie folgt:
Website builder company Webnode is joining team.blue and becomes part of the fast-growing group of European digital enablers for companies and entrepreneurs. It has already helped millions of users create their online presence with a website or webshop.
Ever since they launched their product back in 2008, Webnode has had a strong and clear focus: to provide an easy and straightforward website builder. Webnode customers don’t need to hire programmers or designers, but instead start building a site based on professional templates as simple as using a text editor.
Over the years, Webnode added powerful features to create stunning websites and even webshops in a snap. To date, it has helped millions of users to create their online presence.
With a team of over 100 seasoned employees, CEO Josef Hos and his experienced management team run the company for fast growth. Product development and marketing are catered to in-house, as well as customer support in many local languages. While having customers in many European countries, it is predominantly active in the CEE region.
By joining team.blue, Webnode can continue its success story of growth, by tapping into more addressable markets and by teaming up best-of-breed marketing & development teams on both ends.
«I’m really proud that Webnode is joining one of the largest hosting groups in Europe and that it can benefit from its strong network. It is very important to me that team.blue is still managed by entrepreneurs, that will recognize Webnode’s start-up spirit and people-oriented company culture», erklärt Vit Vrba, Gründer Webnode.
«At Webnode, our goal is to help our customers to be successful online. Together with team.blue, we can accelerate this goal even further to create a one-stop, easy to use website platform for even more individuals and small businesses.», betont Josef Hos, CEO Webnode.
«I couldn’t be more excited about Webnode joining the team.blue family. Providing our 2M+ customers throughout Europe with easy but powerful products is at the core of our DNA. With Webnode on board, we’re taking the next step in delivering on that promise. We’re adding new geographies, new customers and new talent to help with our success story. », bemerkt Jonas Dhaenens, CEO team.blue.
