Growth Succession Partner
Growing Together – With Responsibility and Vision
digatus as a Sustainable and Value-Oriented Growth Succession Partner
We are an enthusiastic and cosmopolitan group of companies, people-friendly, with solid IT expertise and industry knowledge, extensive experience in all areas of business formation, acquisition, management and development, ‘thinker and leader qualities’ and strong implementation skills. digatus positions itself as a growth company, increasingly also in the area of inorganic growth, and relies on a strongly integrative approach.
As a platform for acquisitions and partnerships, we offer the opportunity – especially for ‘smaller’ IT consulting and service companies – to bundle businesses, develop and expand them together, and thus continue to grow as an IT service group. digatus seeks owner-managed, healthy, and profitable medium-sized companies with mature business models in the areas of IT consulting, IT operations/managed services, and software.
In addition to the classic short to medium-term succession solution, we particularly encourage and value long-term collaboration and joint development with experienced entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship with Responsibility
Mission Values
At digatus, our mission is characterized by a strong entrepreneurial spirit as the engine for growth.
Through close partnerships, we strive to create sustainable values while always focusing on people in our actions
Our actions are characterized by strong entrepreneurial thinking and acting. Pragmatism, the pursuit of new business models and business areas, as well as individual freedom of development determine our daily activities. Based on our success in recent years and the experience gained, we are convinced of ambitious, sustainable, and substantial growth.
Within the digatus Group, we focus on close collaboration and group-oriented action: this is how we understand the principle of ONEdigatus. With a focus on excellent service for our customers, we offer all core elements of the digital value chain from a single source as an IT service group with specialized units and industry focuses. Centralization through the shared service approach also leads to quality improvements and cost synergies. Technological exchange and promoting a network community of experts play an essential role in this.
In the digatus Group, people always come first. As a fast-growing group of companies, we encourage and support our colleagues to take initiative and responsibility, make mistakes, learn from them, and act like entrepreneurs: courageously, agilely, and independently. We offer our employees numerous benefits, always act on an equal footing, and value fairness and sympathy in our cooperation with employees, customers, suppliers, and investors.
Your Benefits at a Glance
As part of digatus, you benefit from:
- Support with expansion and joint growth initiatives
- Access to an expanded service portfolio
- Focus on developing core business through central shared services
- High visibility in the regional/national and international market
- Bundling of excellent experts and know-how
- Fairness, family-like company culture, and interaction on equal terms
- Improved customer reach and sales cooperation
- Strong partner and supplier management
- Investing in employees and customer relationships
Our Journey
digatus Growth Path
2015
- Founding year and reaching break-even point
- ~20 employees
- Opening of Augsburg and Munich locations
2016
- EUR > 5m revenue
- ~40 employees
2017
- > 50 active customers
- Opening of concept location in South Africa
2018
- ~80 employees
- Move to a larger office in Munich
2019
- Opening of Nuremberg location
2020
- EUR > 10m revenue
- Opening of Sales Office in Frankfurt
2021
- Acquisition of a Business Unit from PRODYNA SE
- Expansion of Augsburg Location
2022
- Acquisition of MA Digitalization Partner MAxpertise
- Establishment of Nearshoring through Founding of cloudatus in Poland
- ~110 Employees
2023
- EUR 21m Revenue
- Opening of Cologne Office
2024
- Acquisition of Bolz IT Care GmbH Co. KG
- Acquisition of adminservice24 GmbH
- Opening of Offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, and Paris
- EUR 25m Revenue Plan
- ~160 Employees
Success Stories
Completed Acquisitions by digatus
Competent Advice at Your Side
Our Expert for Your Concerns
Stephan Bals studied business administration with a focus on management at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin. After graduating with a degree in business administration, he began his career at Siemens AG in Munich.
After his first few years of professional experience, he gained early experience in various executive positions. Among other roles, he was responsible as managing director for medium-sized IT consulting and service companies, most recently Xiopia GmbH, as well as a member of the board of Allgeier IT Solutions AG. With the founding of digatus it group, he continued his career as a founder and entrepreneur.
At the beginning of 2015, he and Felix Kirschner founded digatus it group AG with the goal of “building” a market-relevant IT service provider in Germany. His main focus in the digatus Group is in the area of sales, growth management and M&A. At the interfaces between business and IT, he is a sought-after mediator, sparring partner and idea generator.
In addition to his role as Chairman of the Board of digatus it group AG, he is also involved as a co-founder and investor, on a voluntary basis in various non-profit initiatives and associations, as well as as an advisory board member, senior advisor and supervisory board member.
