New acquisition for the Ambienta fund in the field of digital identity and digital trust.
That which has come to an end is an operation that strengthens the ecosystem of the main (in this business segment for Ambienta) subsidiary Namirial, specialized in IT services and software solutions such as electronic signatures, certified e-mails, electronic invoicing and digital archiving. long-term.
A company, the latter, also made stronger downstream of three M&A operations: in Spain, in France and now, with the acquisition of Bit4ID in Naples, also in new markets including the United Kingdom, India, among others emerging markets and a strong presence in Spain and Latin America. «Ambienta – explains al Sole 24 Ore Giancarlo Beraudo, who is its Partner – has as its business model that of trying to develop platforms that have a growth driver in environmental sustainability. The dematerialization of documentary processes is fully part of this typology “. This is why, adds Beraudo, “Bit4ID represents another milestone towards the creation of a leader in the management of digital operations and in digital trust services, with a strong international presence and a solid European DNA”.
In 2020 the Campania company – the shareholders are Antonio Chello (who is also its CEO and founder) and the co-founders Alessandro Scognamiglio, Vincenzo Palazzo and Gabriel Garcia Martinez – achieved a value of production of 13.4 million with a profit of 775 thousand. euro, after the 793 thousand euro of the previous year according to the data of the latest balance sheet in the Cerved database. Turnover in 2021 is expected to have triple-digit growth. Ambiente, with offices in Milan, London, Paris and Munich and managed assets of over 1.5 billion euros, is focusing, as per the programmatic mandate, on investments in public companies and private companies driven by environmental megatrends and whose products or services improve the efficient use of natural resources or control pollution.
Hence the commitment to Namirial whose solutions, in 2021, have allowed to save, according to the company’s calculations, 13,680 tons of paper, 88 million liters of water, and energy equivalent to 10,690 tons of oil. Ambienta invested in it two years ago, Namirial’s turnover has more than doubled to over 100 million, with employees increasing to more than 800 and offices in 18 countries.
About half of the growth was organic, driven by progressive digitization. But the other half happened thanks to the 3 acquisitions of the last 6 months. Among these, Netheos made it possible to enter the French market and to strengthen the offer of solutions for the supply of digital identification services; Evicertia has contributed to expanding the international presence in Spain and Latin America and to widening the offer of certified communication products; Bit4ID now – with its 200 employees and an important presence in the Spanish market through Uanataca SA, Certification Authority for the provision of qualified trust services based in Barcelona – will help to further strengthen the technological know-how of the Group by contributing, as said, to the expansion of its international presence, including in some important emerging markets.