Summary
In this episode of the Inorganic Podcast, host Christian Hassold discusses the recent acquisition of ContentServ by Centric Software with their co-founder and former board member Armin Dressler. Their discussion spans the history of Contentserve, its journey from an on prem to SaaS solution, transition of leadership to the current CEO, Michael Kugler, and the details of the M&A process. This episode discusses the acquirer, their rationale and some of the inside baseball on the deal valuation.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:54 How Contentserv Built Its Market Position
10:01 Key Learnings from how ContentServ evolved
14:02 Insights on Leadership Changes
19:49 Why It Was the Right Time to Sell
23:37 The Sale Process and Participants
26:23 Why Centric Software Made the Acquisition
36:02 Implications for the PIM and Commerce Ecosystem
40:46 Conclusion
Connect with Christian & In/organic Podcast
Christian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassold/
In/organic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inorganic-podcast
In/organic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InorganicPodcast/featured
Connect with E24 guest, Armin Dressler on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/armindressler/?originalSubdomain=ch
References
https://www.investcorp.com/investcorp-agrees-to-sell-software-vendor-contentserv/
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