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Bisnode Acquires Lime

On December 17, 2007, Bisnode acquired software company Lime

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bisnode’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Bisnode’s 1st transaction in Sweden.
Investment Fate
  • Lime was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2014.
  • Lime went public in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-12-17
Target Lime
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Bisnode
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Lime

Lund, Sweden
Lime provides software as a service-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutions on the Nordic markets. The company develops, sells, and implements CRM systems, as well as provides consultancy services. Lime was founded in 1990 and is based in Lund, Sweden.

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Buyer

Bisnode

Solna, Sweden
Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Information Services
Employees2,500
Revenue 34.5B SEK (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Bisnode is a provider of smart data and analytics. Bisnode uses the highest quality local and global data from over 550 data sources. With analysis, abstract data is transformed into relevant decision basis. Bisnode was established in 1989 and is based in Solna, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-01 WDM International BV

Nieuwegein, Netherlands

WDM International strengthens Bisnode’s position as a supplier of consumer marketing services. WDM, with a full range of DM and CRM services, has consumer databases of high quality covering most residents in the Netherlands, Belgium and France and hosts international databases. The deal also includes the baby businesses Baby DM Scandinavia (former Wegener Scandinavia) with business in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland and Wij Special Media in the Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-12-02 WLW

Hamburg, Germany

WLW is an online B2B search engine in the DACH region. WLW offers suppliers a dedicated platform to present themselves and their products or services of professional buyers and found to be fast and efficient. WLW was established in 1995 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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