SOFTONE Group: Strong growth prospects with the entry of new investors

Consortium of International Investors to acquire a 45% stake in SOFTONE in order to accelerate the software company’s expansion in Greece and international markets

SOFTONE Group, a member of Olympia Group, announces the entry of Marco Veremis and an International Investor Group led by industry expert Franck Cohen in the company’s share capital and Board of Directors.

This investment is made entirely through the acquisition of the shares of G. Karatzikos, D. Valachis, N. Arenikis and S. Voglitsis. Following the transaction, G. Karatzikos, D. Valachis and N. Arenikis will resign from their position as members of the SOFTONE Board of Directors, while G. Karatzikos and D. Valachis remain consultants of the company.

Franck Cohen is a distinguished former SAP executive, having held senior roles in SAP’s organization in EMEA. In the past years, he has been working as a consultant to technology companies, such as UIPath and WORKDAY. Marco Veremis is co-founder and President of Upstream, while also a partner in BigPi Venture Capital. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises and is very active as an investor and Board Director of various successful technology companies, such as Persado, Workable and Hellas Direct. Olympia Group and Antonis Kyriazis maintain their share capital of the company and their position in the Board of Directors.

“This investment makes us proud, because it is a recognition of SOFTONE’S commercial success and product strategy by established and long-term focused technology investors. At the same time, Marco Veremis and Franck Cohen, along with Antonis Kyriazis, Olympia Group and our new investors are the most suitable partners to support our growth strategy and promotion of innovative digital enterprise solutions in Greece and other key international markets. SOFTONE’S family is growing stronger and lays the foundations to maintain its leadership in business software, for many years to come”, said Panos Martinis, CEO of SOFTONE Group.

SOFTONE’S Executive Chairman, Antonis Kyriazis stated: “We welcome the new era of SOFTONE Group. We extend our thanks to the founders and shareholders, G. Karatzikos, D. Valachis, N. Arenikis and S. Voglitsis, for their contribution in driving SOFTONE to become one of the leading technology companies, as well as for their partnership in the smooth transition of the company to the new era. We are looking forward to a close, long-term and fruitful partnership with the new investors. The main priority of this partnership is to create even stronger growth prospects and maintain the leading position of our Group.”