Synergos and Translink Corporate Finance in Italy acted as the advisor to Visma on its investment in Fiscozen, thereby entering the Italian market. Translink’s cross-border team was led by David Strempel (Partner & Chairman) and Jeh Patel (Associate) from the Translink Italy office, together with Leif Larsen (Managing Partner) and Nora Håberg (Partner) from the Synergos/Translink Norway.
The repeat client of Translink, Visma, is a leading provider of mission-critical cloud software, with revenue of €2.06 billion in 2022, 15,000 employees and 1.7 million customers across Europe and Latin America. By simplifying and automating the work of businesses and organisations of all sizes, Visma enables a more efficient and prosperous society.
The investment in Fiscozen marks Visma’s entry into the Italian market, following the expansion into countries like Spain, Germany, Portugal and France in the last three years. The Group now consists of more than 180 software companies, serving over 1.7 million customers across 31 countries in Europe and Latin America, with products spanning both the private and public sectors.
“Coming from the Nordics, we have seen for many years already how adapting to new technologies has reinvigorated the whole accounting industry. All the manual and time-consuming tasks are becoming a thing of the past, freeing up time for more value-creating advisory services, and making the industry more attractive for new talents. We expect to see the same trend in Continental Europe over the next few years, and Visma aims to be a driving force, with our modern and user-friendly cloud solutions”, says Hverven.
Stian Berg, Director at Visma M&A adds, “Our entry into Italy has been greatly facilitated by having Translink as our advisor. We have worked with them for years and most recently in France as we entered that market. Having a global firm with the local and sector-specific expertise needed was essential to achieving a successful outcome.”
Fiscozen’s disruptive SaaS platform simplifies critical processes like accounting, electronic invoicing and tax returns, unlocking significant efficiency gains for tax advisors serving micro businesses and sole traders.
Enrico Mattiazzi, CEO and co-founder of Fiscozen, says, “In our mission to free millions of Italian entrepreneurs from bureaucracy, Visma is the ideal partner. Our new investor provides the industry expertise and the financial strength to bolster our endeavours further”.
“At the same time, we can contribute to Visma’s founders’ network, by bringing in our vision beyond cloud software. Software will automate all administrative tasks and ultimately become invisible, freeing the time for tax advisors and their customers to engage in meaningful human conversations,” adds Vito Lomele, co-founder of Fiscozen.
Synergos/ Translink acted as financial and strategical advisor to Visma.
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