Transaction

In line with the overall investment strategy Tengelmann Group, Muehlheim a.d.R., further expands its e-commerce activities. Tengelmann Ventures GmbH acquires a 25.1% equity stake in eKomi Ltd., Berlin, by way of a capital increase. The equity funds shall mainly be used to support overall growth, in particular to strengthen the existing sales organisation, to expand the customer base in existing verticals and to enter new growth industries in Germany and abroad.

Company

Berlin-based eKomi Ltd. develops and runs intelligent customer feedback systems. eKomi’s high-end social commerce SaaS technology generates valuable customer feedback, product reviews, comments, recommendations and viral effects on websites, search engines and social media channels with the overall objective to increase sales, trust and customer loyalty. eKomi – “The feedback company” – was founded in early 2008 and within a very short period of time has developed to one of the most important international providers of trusted independent customer review systems. Based on the company’s track record of more than 10 million professionally executed customer surveys, eKomi is today one of the market leaders in Europe. At present, eKomi has approx. 100 full-time employees.

For additional information on eKomi: 
www.ekomi.de