Visual communications company Viju will join forces with collaboration specialist VisionsConnected after both companies were acquired by Avedon Capital Partners.
The combined company will have a reach spanning more than 120 countries with offices in EMEA, USA and APAC and will be headquartered in Amsterdam. A new brand will be launched in early 2018.
Odd Sverre Østlie, previously CEO of Viju, will be appointed as CEO and tasked with spearheading an ambitious growth strategy fuelled organically and with add-ons.
Raymond Alves, the founder and CEO of VisionsConnected, will be appointed as CSO (Chief
Solutions Officer), and will head up the company’s solutions and services development.
Sverre Østlie said: “We believe this is a perfect opportunity to join forces with VisionsConnected and create a leading global visual collaboration specialist.
“For the end user to be effective, they need a trusted partner to bring the world of different technologies together. We can now provide our customers with a seamless ecosystem of personal and shared Video and AV technologies as-a-Service, covering every need from one-to-one and group collaboration, to internal all-hands and external events.”
Alves added: “Employees must be able to really enjoy and master the experience of working collaboratively, and organizations must be able to realize and measure real improvement from their investment in audiovisual and collaboration technologies.”
“I look forward to further developing our solutions and services, and continue to drive innovation by enabling effective collaboration between people and organizations.”
Emily Jeffries-Boezeman, investment manager at Avedon Capital Partners, said: “We have been following this market and recognised the opportunity to create a globally leading specialist in this dynamic, but still fragmented market. The market grows considerably driven by the increased need for high end video and collaboration technologies and services, delivered globally in a service model. With their outstanding people, talented leaders and shared culture striving for the best customer experience, Viju and VisionsConnected together, form the ideal foundation for our entrance into this industry. We look forward to support the growth of the platform and making this investment a joint success”