Finco sells all its shares in SiPM to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Founded in Belgium, SiPM (www.skilldynamics.com) is a pioneer in high-impact e-learning solutions for blue-chip corporations worldwide. The Company has changed the way their clients train their procurement, supply chain and sales professionals by providing role-specific curriculum and the latest e-learning methods, resulting in maximum impact for employees and organizations. Since its founding, SiPM has rapidly expanded its platform to over 50,000 individuals employed by over 200 blue-chip corporations in over 100 countries worldwide.

Martijn Willaert, Investment Director at Finco, commented, “We are truly impressed by SiPM’s development over the last years, in which the Company maintained its pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit while expanding its global blue-chip customer base and enhancing its offering in the procurement, supply chain and sales verticals. Today, SiPM is well positioned to enter its next exciting growth phase under the wing of its new owner. We would like to thank the co-founders, management team and employees of SiPM for a pleasant and successful cooperation and wish them and the new shareholder LLCP all the best for the future.”

David Rajakovich, Managing Director Operations, commented, “We welcome LLCP’s extensive experience in corporate education and training, along with its proven track record of supporting entrepreneurs. We are very excited about this next step in the development of our Company and look forward to continuing our mission to provide clients with best-in-class, personalized training programs.”

Thomas Schmitt, Managing Director Sales, added, “We are excited to join LLCP’s global network and believe their local presence in our core markets will be a critical driver of future growth.”

Regarding their re-investment, Raf Verheyden, co-founder, commented on behalf of the founders, “Peter Leyten and I joined forces in 2011 with a vision to radically change the traditional way of upskilling procurement, supply chain and sales professionals: faster, better and more cost-effective. We are both proud to see the progress we have made since then. With LLCP on board, we are more than confident that the Company has the support it needs to create a further step-change in the growth profile of the business.”

According to Wouter Snoeijers, Managing Director of LLCP, “We are thrilled to partner with SiPM. We believe that SiPM is uniquely positioned to support the professional development needs of its global client base and look forward to supporting its continued growth and success.”

The sellers were advised by Lincoln International (M&A), Stibbe (legal) and PwC (financial and tax). LLCP was advised by KPMG (commercial), NautaDutilh (legal) and Deloitte (financial and tax).

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