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  • Swiss Marketplace Group combines platforms from TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar

    Swiss Marketplace Group combines platforms from TX Group, Ringier and Mobiliar

    TX Group , Ringier and Mobiliar as well as the financial investor General Atlantic have founded a joint venture, inform the four partners in a joint announcement . The Swiss Marketplace Group, launched on November 11, is to manage the digital marketplaces of Ringier and Mobiliar as well as TX Group in an independent market presence . The joint venture will be managed by Martin Waeber, Pierre-Alain Regali, Francesco Vass and Boris Gussen under the leadership of Gilles Despas.

    The marketplaces acheter-louer.ch, anibis.ch, AutoScout24, Car For You, FinanceScout24, home.ch, Homegate, icasa.ch, ImmoScout24, ImmoStreet.ch, MotoScout24, Ricardo, tutti.ch and advertising marketing are combined in SMG . TX Group will hold 31 percent, Ringier and Mobiliar 29.5 percent each and General Atlantic 10 percent in the new joint venture, according to the announcement. However, the voting rights in SMG are divided between the partner companies at 25 percent each.

    “Today we are embarking on an exciting journey with a new, forward-thinking and future-oriented company,” Despas is quoted in the press release. According to the CEO of SMG, the new company should strive for sustainability, live “real diversity in an inspiring, multilingual and agile environment” and drive “the digitization of our industries”.

  • Major merger of Homegate, Ricardo, anibis.ch and Scout24

    Major merger of Homegate, Ricardo, anibis.ch and Scout24

    With the merger of the marketplaces, a monopoly arises in the categories of real estate, cars and classified ads. It’s going to be tight, very tight for the competition.

    The TX Group, the Ringier Verlag as well as the insurance company Mobiliar and General Atlantic, which supports the group with its international expertise in the field of digital marketplaces, are entering into a web joint venture.

    There is a lot involved in real estate. Because homegate.ch owns the marketplaces home.ch , alle-immobilien.ch ,immostreet.ch and now acheter-louer.ch . The immoscout24.ch network includes comparis.ch, HEV Switzerland, Zentralhome.ch, NZZdomizil.ch, osthome.ch and many more. The offer will certainly also be placed on the newspaper portals of various national newspapers. This is how you create a competitive Swiss marketplace offering and can act as a pioneer in the Swiss market. As a spokeswoman for TX announced, all 1000 jobs will remain.

    The TX-Group now holds 31 percent of the shares, Ringier and Mobiliar 29.5 each, and General Atlantic 10 percent. The four shareholders each have 25 percent of the voting rights and are pursuing the medium-term goal of an IPO.

    The CEO is to be Scout24 CEO Gilles Despas, the board of directors is to consist of Mobiliar boss Michèle Rodoni, Pietro Suppino, Mark Walder and Jörn Nikolay.