Aksìa Group SGR acquired a controlling stake in Contacta and Visiant Contact, creating Covisian

Fineurop Soditic assisted the private equity firm Aksìa Group SGR S.p.A., which acquired a controlling stake through Aksìa Capital IV in Contacta S.p.A. and Visiant Contact S.r.l.. The transaction implies the acquisition of 100% of Visiant and Contacta through a holding company in which Aksìa Group will own a 55% stake, while the remaining will be held by Contacta’s and Visiant Contact’s previous shareholders. The acquisition of both Visiant Contact and Contacta will enable Aksìa Group to create a new Group in which the two target companies will work together to develop a new and innovative project.

Company
Contacta and Visiant Contact
Transaction
Sector
Activity
Contact center services
Date
Country
Italy

Covisian will be the 3rd largest player in the Italian contact center industry, with a combined turnover of €115 million. Founded in 2000, Visiant is among the top 5 Italian companies specialized in contact center services, customer care, business process outsourcing and value-added services such as Big Data analysis. It has 11 branches in Italy and Albania and high profile clients among which Fastweb, Google and Sky.

Headquartered in Turin, Contacta is a leading player in the Italian contact center and business process outsourcing service, inbound and outbound marketing, back office and client social media monitoring. It serves clients such as Che Banca!, ENEL, Agos Ducato and Lavazza.