M&A Deal Summary

Nextlane Acquires Datafirst

On July 10, 2019, Nextlane acquired software company Datafirst from I Car Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nextlane’s 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Nextlane’s 2nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-07-10
Target Datafirst
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Nextlane
Sellers(s) I Car Systems
Deal Type Merger

Target

Datafirst

Lyon, France
Datafirst develops and deploys modular management, marketing and sales solutions for the automotive market: Automotive CRM, Automotive DMS, Web & Business Intelligence solutions. Datafirst maintains an active global presence with several tens of thousands of users throughout Europe. Datafirst was founded in 1985 and is based in Lyon, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nextlane

Paris, France

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Nextlane is a provider of CRM solutions to OEMs and automotive dealers. The company is engaged in the development of global customer management solutions for sales, marketing, and aftersales in automotive industry. Nextlane was founded in 2000 and is based in Paris, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 11
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 7
Type: Merger M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: France M&A 2 of 6
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-10 I Car Systems

Indre-et-loire, France

I'Car Systems develops I’Car DMS, a dealer management system (DMS) software dedicated to the automotive industry. I'Car Systems also provides project management, training, and customer support services in addition to solutions for automotive repairers, multi-brands automotive distributors, and automotive spare parts warehouses. I'Car Systems was founded in 1979 and is Based in Indre-et-Loire, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-03 Serinfer Servicios Informáticos S.L.

Vigo, Spain

Serinfer develops a range of sophisticated products to address the evolving needs of automobile dealers. Its flagship offering is SERAUTO, a complete DMS solution that works modularly and can also be integrated to the existing technology of any dealership or workshop. SERAUTO is comprised of functions geared towards inventory management, improved customer loyalty and service quality, and cloud computing. With more than 600 clients throughout the Iberian Peninsula, SERAUTO is an established brand and the exclusive DMS provider for Porsche dealers in Spain and Portugal.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

I Car Systems

Indre-et-loire, France

Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Software
Employees150
DESCRIPTION

I'Car Systems develops I’Car DMS, a dealer management system (DMS) software dedicated to the automotive industry. I'Car Systems also provides project management, training, and customer support services in addition to solutions for automotive repairers, multi-brands automotive distributors, and automotive spare parts warehouses. I'Car Systems was founded in 1979 and is Based in Indre-et-Loire, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-13 Datafirst

Lyon, France

Datafirst develops and deploys modular management, marketing and sales solutions for the automotive market: Automotive CRM, Automotive DMS, Web & Business Intelligence solutions. Datafirst maintains an active global presence with several tens of thousands of users throughout Europe. Datafirst was founded in 1985 and is based in Lyon, France.

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