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.”
About Verdane
Verdane is a specialist growth investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable European businesses. Verdane can invest as a minority or majority investor, either in single companies or through portfolios of companies, and looks to deploy inside two core growth themes; digitalisation and decarbonisation.
Verdane has over €7.7 billion in assets under management and its funds have made over 400 investments in fast-growing businesses since 2003. Verdane’s team of over 140 investment professionals and operating experts, based out of Berlin, Munich, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, is dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled and sustainable businesses in Europe.
Verdane is also a certified B Corporation, the most ambitious sustainability accreditation globally. The firm only backs businesses that pass its 2040 test, which indicates whether the company can thrive in a more sustainable future economy.
Verdane is partly owned by the Verdane Foundation, which is focused on two areas: climate change and more equitable and inclusive local communities.
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About Eversports
Eversports is a SaaS-enabled marketplace founded in Vienna in 2013 that brings together sports providers and sports enthusiasts.
On the provider side, Eversports works with more than 4,000 partners in the DACH region, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain, with a focus on tennis, squash, badminton, soccer and beach volleyball venues as well as yoga, crossfit, Pilates and fitness studios.
Eversports’ B2B product, “Eversports Manager”, enables operators of sports facilities and studios to manage their resources (courts, rooms, equipment), activities (classes, courses, training sessions, workshops), bookings, payments, members and marketing activities.
In the B2C sector, Eversports offers sports enthusiasts a seamless discovery, booking and payment experience via mobile and desktop applications. Eversports counts more than 100 employees, is headquartered in Vienna and has offices in Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Oldenburg and Amsterdam. For more information, please visit: www.eversports.com. #makesportshappen
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