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FORUM Family Office ("FORUM") has acquired 100% of the shares in AVAPLAN Software GmbH, based in Berlin, via its industry holding company FORUM Software Mittelstandsholding SE.
AVAPLAN Software GmbH was founded in 2009 by Philipp Otte and Torsten Kiehns to develop standardized and particularly user-friendly AVA software for construction planners, architects and building administrations. AVAPLAN now has almost 5,500 active customers and the company is growing at a double-digit rate every year. The target customers are small to medium-sized planning offices and building administrations looking for simple standard software.
The jointly developed continuation concept envisages a continuation of the corporate strategy in all key points. In the future, a collaboration with sister company Healy Hudson (operator of the "deutsche eVergabe" procurement portal) is to be established in order to simplify the tendering process for planners. As always, all employees and the office in Berlin will be retained.
After 16 years of development work, the two founders will hand over the management of the company to a successor by mid-2026, they comment:
"It is important for us to establish a stable long-term framework for our life's work AVAPLAN and our team, which enables us to continue what has been tried and tested and develop new ideas in partnership. We see this long-term potential in Forum and Healy Hudson. We look forward to working together and to leveraging synergies within the Group." - Philipp Otte & Torsten Kiehns, founders of AVAPLAN Software GmbH
FORUM invests the assets of a Munich family in medium-sized companies. FORUM's principles in the area of family equity are: permanent, decentralized, entrepreneurial - quite different from financial investors. This approach has already convinced 39 entrepreneurs to entrust FORUM with their life's work.
FORUM Family Equity offers family businesses individual succession solutions that ensure the long-term success and identity of the company. As a family equity investor, FORUM focuses on sustainability, employee development and cooperation based on trust. In contrast to corporations and private equity funds that aim for quick profits, FORUM builds long-term partnerships and protects the value of the company. Find out how FORUM supports your company in successfully continuing your life's work.
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