This step fits seamlessly into the strategy of SDB to enable healthcare and childcare organizations and their workers to deliver the best possible care through innovative and user-friendly software. The strategic combination is supported by Main Capital Partners.
Alfa is a leading provider of digital healthcare, welfare and childcare software in the Nordics. Headquartered in Sweden with offices in Finland and Denmark, Alfa employs c. 120 people and serves over 1,300 clients across public and private sectors. The company’s offering spans three verticals, Welfare (municipal/social care), Clinics (healthcare providers) and Childcare and includes a cross-modular suite with a.o. planning, Electronic Health Records (EHR), and medication management solutions. Main has been invested in Alfa since 2020.
SDB is a market leading healthcare and childcare software player in the Netherlands, serving elderly care, disabled care, mental health, rehabilitation, youth care, childcare, and independent treatment centers (ITCs). The company offers primary solutions (EMR/EHR) alongside secondary tools (planning, HR, payroll, e-learning, analytics). SDB offers care organizations a wide range of best-of-breed solutions, which are deeply integrated and offer a seamless user experience, supplemented by a built-for-purpose application for healthcare and childcare professionals to reduce administration, increase user joy and in turn having more time for patients, residents and children. Main has been a strategic partner to SDB since 2018.
With this combination, two leading players in the Dutch and Nordic healthcare and childcare software markets join forces to create a European healthcare SaaS leader with over 500 dedicated professionals. The two companies share a strong strategic and cultural fit, with highly complementary product portfolios and end-market exposure. For SDB, the partnership represents a significant step towards realizing its ambition of expanding its presence across NW-European healthcare markets.
The collaboration between SDB Groep and Alfa brings together two leaders in the respective Dutch and Nordic healthcare sectors."
Vincent van Staalduinen, COO of SDB Groep, says, “We are excited to announce the strategic combination of SDB and Alfa, a move that marks a pivotal step for SDB towards creating a leading pan-European healthcare and childcare software platform. This collaboration enables SDB to offer our most innovative products to a broader group of care providers. This combination marks a natural step in SDB’s strategy to deliver best-of-suite solutions to care and childcare workers across Europe.”
Albert Winter, CEO of Alfa eCare, adds, “It has always been our goal to improve the quality of care through continuous innovation for healthcare workers. We strongly believe that smart solutions can be leveraged to make the sector more efficient and more enjoyable for the employee, thereby improving patient outcomes. This is exactly why we are so pleased to enter into this partnership with SDB. We see this as a fantastic opportunity to deeply integrate our solutions within SDB’s care and cure offering, enabling us to deliver a full suite to customers.”
Sjoerd Aarts, Managing Partner Benelux of Main concludes, “The collaboration between SDB Groep and Alfa brings together two leaders in the respective Dutch and Nordic healthcare sectors. Combined, both parties can deliver a unique suite of best-of-breed solutions to healthcare professionals across a wide range of segments in this market. Looking ahead, we will further support SDB and Alfa in their ambition to strengthen their position as the most innovative solutions provider across care and cure markets in North-Western Europe.”
SDB Groep is the only SaaS Software and Services company that develops innovative, user-friendly and fully integrated software solutions for healthcare and childcare. We do this by putting the customer and the employee at the center of the development of software designed to optimize work processes and minimize administrative burdens. Thanks to this approach, SDB Groep brings joy and effectiveness back to the professionals, giving them more time to do what they love: providing the best care. SDB is headquartered in the Netherlands with a dedicated team of almost 400 healthcare software professionals.
Alfa eCare was founded in 1998 and is based in Malmö, Sweden. With over 120 employees, Alfa eCare services over 1,300 clients in a wide variety of domains within the healthcare and welfare market. Clients range from social, geriatric and youth care providers to general practitioners, dental care providers, public institutions, personal assistance providers, and municipalities. Alfa eCare’s broad offering includes SaaS-solutions for journaling, electronic prescription, medication management, care planning, financial administration, booking management, care communication and day care administration.
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