OMMAX advised ECM-managed fund on the successful sale of their shares in Intermate to Samy Alliance

The agency network Samy Alliance is originally from Spain and operates in 15 countries. With this deal, the network increases its footprint in Germany, in a fast-growing market for social media marketing services and in a highly attractive enterprise customer segment. The completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory and antitrust approvals.

The OMMAX team supported value creation activities (around commercial, tech & AI, and people topics) during the holding period and conducted a commercial and tech vendor due diligence, focusing on the following key areas:

• Value Creation: Focusing on commercial growth initiatives, organizational and leadership development, and technology and AI-driven transformation to enhance operational efficiency and competitive advantage 
• Commercial Due Diligence: In-depth analysis of Intermate’s business model, market environment, competitive landscape, customer performance, business plan and M&A strategy assessment as well as identification of value creation opportunities
• Tech Due Diligence: Assessment of critical areas including Intermate’s proprietary tech platform, organizational structure, overarching data and AI strategy and IT security

This comprehensive approach demonstrated Intermate’s highly scalable business model as a social-first end-to-end social media agency in the attractive and fast-growing social media marketing ecosystem.

Philip Papendieck, founder and CEO of Intermate Group: “OMMAX was an invaluable support during the last years and in conducting a comprehensive vendor and tech due diligence process. Their efforts confirmed our strong position in the social media industry and actively contributed to the successful deal for Intermate.”

Florian Kähler, Managing Partner at ECM on the VDD support delivered by OMMAX: “We highly value the outstanding collaboration with OMMAX and their results-driven approach. Their comprehensive development of Intermate’s equity story effectively showcases their historical performance, distinctive strengths and compelling growth potential.”

Dr. Stefan Sambol, Founding Partner at OMMAX, commented: "We would like to thank Intermate, ECM and Lincoln for the highly effective collaboration throughout this commercial and tech VDD process, which highlights Intermate’s strengths as a leading social media agency, outperforming its peers and setting new standards via AI and data innovation. With its social-first, end-to-end offering and proprietary tech platform, Intermate delivers a unique, data- and AI-driven approach, actively supporting leading brands in Germany and beyond in increasing their digital reach, customer activation and revenue generation. All the best for the new partnership and the next growth chapter with Samy Alliance.”

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About Intermate Group

Intermate is one of Europe’s largest social media agencies, offering end-to-end social media services by leveraging its proprietary social media and creator technology. Intermate delivers holistic campaigns including strategy, creative development, project management and consultancy, social media and community management, tech and data science, paid social and performance marketing. 

For more information, visit https://www.intermate.de/en

About ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH

ECM is a trusted growth partner for mid-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs in German-speaking Europe. Since 1995, ECM has raised the private equity funds GEP I-V with aggregate equity commitments of more than €1 billion and currently invests out of its fifth fund GEP V (€325 million). The funds invest primarily in leading mid-market companies with attractive growth potential in the context of ownership successions, partnership transactions and corporate spin-offs.

For more information, visit https://www.ecm-pe.de/en/

About OMMAX 

We believe everyone can become a digital leader. 

OMMAX is a fast-growing digital strategy consultancy specializing in transaction advisory, strategy, and end-to-end execution of digital initiatives. It’s our vision to build digital leaders worldwide to foster innovation and accelerate digital growth and profitability. Over the past 12 years, we realized 300+ M&A deals with >€18B deal value and 2,500+ international value creation projects in various industries for leading private equity firms in commercial strategy, digital operational excellence, advanced data strategy, analytics, tech, and automation. As a front-runner for holistic data-driven strategy consulting and end-to-end execution, we are the leading consultancy within the global private equity sphere, designing and delivering best-in-class digital strategy and value creation.

More information: www.ommax.com