Eversports partners with Verdane to drive international expansion

• Eversports, a SaaS-enabled sports booking platform, and Verdane, the European specialist growth investor, announce a partnership to connect even more sports and wellbeing enthusiasts with sports venues and professionals on a central platform

• The partnership will enable Eversports to accelerate its international growth and increase the number of providers and active users

Eversports, the Vienna-based software business with the mission to “Make Sports Happen” connects activity providers with sport enthusiasts, and Verdane, the European specialist growth investor, have announced a partnership. In the coming years, the partners aim to make Eversports one of the leading software and booking platforms for sport, fitness and wellbeing in the world. The growth strategy includes M&A as well as organic growth.

Founded in 2013, Eversports facilitates 1.5 million sport bookings per month, for its more than 4,000 active sport providers and 500,000 monthly active users. The Eversports Manager software provides business owners with a user-friendly tool to manage and run their businesses. The Eversports platform allows sports and health enthusiasts to find the right activity in their desired city, easily book and pay for it and connect with their friends. This gives studios and sports venues more visibility to potential customers.

The transaction sees Verdane assume majority control of Eversports, which plans to continue its international growth beyond its existing footprint in the DACH region, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain. The company will also expand its partner network and enable even more studios and aggregators to access its software interface (API) in the future.

Dominik Schwarz, partner at Verdane, commented: “We have extensive experience in the sports software sector along with a proven track record in supporting software companies with international expansion, our in-house functional experts, ecosystem and hands-on expertise to help the company reach its global ambitions.”

Christina Schrettle, Director at Verdane, added: “We look forward to supporting Hanno, the co-founders and the entire Eversports team to craft the next chapter of its impressive growth story.”

Eversports CEO and co-founder Hanno Lippitsch, commented: “I would like to thank my co-founders, the whole team, our investors, partners and users for the trust they have placed in us. We are excited to continue working on our mission to ‘Make Sport Happen’ and contribute to a healthier and more active society. We are delighted to have gained such a high-profile growth partner in Verdane. We have already grown strongly outside our home region and developed Eversports into a market leader in Europe. With its growth expertise and experience in scaling projects, Verdane is exactly the right partner for the next phase of our journey to become the global leader in our space in the coming years.”