di support, an ‘IT growth champion’, is being sold to ACC and Kanematsu

The shareholders of di support, a provider of instant photo printing devices and one of FOCUS’s 2020 growth champions in the IT sector, have sold the majority of their shares to the financial investor ACC from Hamburg. At the same time, a minority stake was acquired by Kanematsu, a listed company headquartered in Tokyo (Japan). The management of di support continues to hold a significant stake in the company and remains responsible for managing its day-to-day operations.

For di support, as the technology leader in its niche, the new shareholder structure is important in two respects in terms of strategic development. Firstly, ACC’s investment now gives di support the financial strength to realise its imminent strong growth. At the same time, the partnership with Kanematsu opens up access to new markets that di support would only be able to serve at a later date on its own, as well as synergy effects in supply chain management and logistics.

ConsusPartner exclusively advised the shareholders of di support on the entire transaction process.

Despite the high degree of complexity involved in this project due to the different strategic priorities of the parties involved, a transaction structure was implemented that is both strategically and financially attractive for the management of di support and the new shareholders. ConsusPartner played a central role in this process and once again demonstrated its ability to successfully implement complex transactions and identify suitable new shareholders.