Bizzdesign acquires two leaders in the global Enterprise Architecture & Digital Transformation space

Bizzdesign and MEGA International, both recognized by Gartner as leaders in Enterprise Architecture (EA) software, today announced a definitive merger agreement.

Next to this acquisition, Bizzdesign has signed another significant acquisition that will bring the group towards EUR 110m in revenues, with over 600 employees. Through these two sizeable acquisitions, a globally leading player in the Digital Transformation Software market is formed with offices, employees and clients around the world. The combined group will continue under the Bizzdesign brand, reflecting a shared commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions.

MEGA

MEGA is acquired from its founder & management, as well as from Belgian Private Equity investor GIMV. The acquisition of MEGA marks the second step of the buy-and-build strategy of Bizzdesign since teaming up with strategic software investor Main Capital Partners (“Main”).

Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Paris, France, MEGA has a global presence with offices across 10 countries and employing c. 350 employees. MEGA’s HOPEX platform enables collaboration, automation, and actionable insights to accelerate transformation initiatives. The four key solutions of HOPEX focus on Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Management (BPM), Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) and Data Governance. MEGA serves more than 600 customers across EMEA, North America, LATAM and APAC regions, including amongst others large banks, insurance companies and aerospace companies.

Creating a global leader in Enterprise Architecture

Through the combination of Bizzdesign and MEGA, the newly formed group will form a clear leader in the Enterprise Architecture and Digital Transformation space, serving a diversified customer base of more than 1,000 enterprises and public institutions, including blue-chip customers such as HSBC, Shell, Wells Fargo and EDF. With a strongly complementary market presence across all continents, the combination creates a true global leader in the space. For over a consecutive decade, both Bizzdesign and MEGA have been recognized as leaders in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture, illustrating the leading position of both organizations within this space. The combined product offering will be well-positioned to seamlessly guide organizations in their business transformation initiatives.

“We are thrilled to join forces with MEGA”, says Bert van der Zwan, CEO of Bizzdesign. “The combination will accelerate our growth journey, enabling us to deliver more innovative solutions, and unlock greater value for our customers across the globe. We foresee a fruitful strategic partnership with strong potential to offer a value-added proposition together with MEGA across international markets.”

Luca de Risi, CEO of MEGA International, states: “Bizzdesign is an excellent strategic and cultural match for MEGA. Our combined strengths and resources will greatly enhance the value of Enterprise Architecture in driving business transformation. The MEGA management team is very much looking forward to be part of this story.”

Sven van Berge Henegouwen, Managing Partner at Main and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bizzdesign, concludes: “This transaction marks a milestone in the growth strategy of Bizzdesign. We strongly believe in establishing collaborations with driven entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation for the benefit of their clients. Over the past 20 years, this has been a key value driver for Main Capital in the successful organic and buy-and-build growth strategies we have executed together with our business partners. With Bizzdesign and MEGA, we combine two organizations that are both renowned for their innovativeness and expertise within Enterprise Architecture, resulting in a strong foundation for additional global expansion. The combination underlines our strategy to build leading international software groups in one of our core product-markets, as well as marks our official expansion towards France.”

Closing of the MEGA acquisition is still pending mandatory regulatory approvals.

Additional strategic acquisition in the Digital Transformation Space.

Besides the acquisition of MEGA, Bizzdesign has furthermore recently signed another substantial strategic acquisition in the Digital Transformation Space. This other acquisition will further solidify the already global market-leading position of the group in this space, as well as bring additional complementary and synergistic product capabilities to the group. The combined group including this undisclosed acquisition will bring the group towards EUR 110 million in revenues, with over 600 employees, providing a strong fundament for further organic and inorganic growth. A more detailed announcement regarding this last acquisition is expected to be published in the course of Q4 2024.