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Seyfor Expands Its Portfolio with Two New Acquisitions and Enters the HR Solutions Market.

  • 2 Jul 2024
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Prague, July 2, 2024: Seyfor, one of the largest European ICT solution providers, is adding two recruitment software companies to its portfolio. At the end of last week, Seyfor acquired Datacruit and simultaneously gained a 38% stake in Recruitis.io. Seyfor plans to continue developing both platforms and leverage their synergies with its other products. The current owners will remain in key positions in both companies. With this expanded portfolio, Seyfor aims to penetrate further into other European markets.

Both Datacruit s.r.o. and Recruitis.io hold significant positions in the development and provision of ATS (Applicant Tracking System) software for recruitment, with clients including large multinational corporations. These acquisitions will significantly strengthen Seyfor's position and know-how. The digitization of recruitment represents a new category in the offering, complementing the personnel and payroll systems in which Seyfor is a strong international player. The interconnection opens new possibilities and synergies.

The software solutions of the newly acquired companies jointly cover the areas of recruitment and onboarding, handling tasks from talent search to their recruitment and onboarding, and potential offboarding. Clients of Recruitis include T-Mobile, Globus, UniCredit, Heureka, Seznam.cz, and Decathlon. Datacruit ATS is currently available in eight languages and is used by customers in ten countries, including Aures Holding, Rohlík Group, Hofmann Personal, Deutsche Telekom Services, BENU, Super zoo, and connects with more than 25 local job portals in the Czech Republic, including Jobs.cz and Práce.cz.

"This is the second time in our history that we are simultaneously acquiring two products focused on the same, new market segment for Seyfor. The first time it was the cash register systems Dotykačka and Markeeta. Today, Dotykačka is the clear market leader in cash register systems in the Czech Republic. I believe we will repeat similar success with ATS services Datacruit and Recruitis. Recruitment today is a very demanding discipline requiring extensive know-how, and quality software support is crucial for this process. Both products are among the best on the Czech market, so I look forward to working with both teams and leveraging the mutual synergies, of which I see many," commented Martin Cígler, CEO of Seyfor. "At Seyfor, we have been using Recruitis for recruitment for years, and this experience was one of the reasons we decided to enter this market segment."

The current owners of Datacruit and Recruitis will remain in the positions of CEOs of the acquired companies and will continue to manage the companies. "We do not plan to integrate both products in the short term, as each has a slightly different clientele. However, we will soon incorporate both solutions into Seyfor's service portfolio, integrate them with our HR systems, and quickly start leveraging synergies from customer bases and foreign markets where we operate," adds Cígler.

"The main reason we decided to let Seyfor into our company is to help our ATS Recruitis.io and onboarding system Onbee.app enter foreign markets where Seyfor dominates. With its focus on the conservative part of the market with HR software, we hope to bring fresh and modern solutions for their digital and modern recruitment and onboarding needs," comments Štěpán Bartyzal, CEO of Recruitis.io s.r.o.

"At Datacruit, we believe in the power of digitization and artificial intelligence that transforms the world of HR. Cooperation with Seyfor opens many opportunities and synergies for integrating our technologies, allowing us to provide customers with the best services. At the same time, we want to bring Datacruit ATS to a wider range of large customers and accelerate foreign expansion. With Seyfor's arrival, we gain a very strong investor to fulfill these ambitious goals," says Zdenek Bajer, founder and CEO of Datacruit s.r.o.

Both acquisitions were signed within two days. The valuation of both companies was in the hundreds of millions of crowns.


About Seyfor:

Seyfor, a.s. is one of the major European suppliers of ICT solutions. The company has over 1,700 employees and serves customers in 38 countries. In 2023, it recorded a 30% year-on-year revenue growth for the fourth consecutive year and is one of the fastest-growing IT companies in the region. Seyfor is the largest producer of accounting, ERP, payroll, and personnel systems in the Czech Republic and a leader in the Czech, Slovenian, and Serbian markets. In recent years, the company has made dozens of significant IT company acquisitions in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the Balkans. The company was originally founded in 1990 as Cígler Software and operated under the Solitea brand from 2017–2022. The controlling owners of the company are Slovak Sandberg Capital and Czech entrepreneur Martin Cígler.

About Datacruit:

Datacruit s.r.o. is a leading provider of recruitment application (Datacruit ATS) in the Czech and Slovak markets. Since its founding in 2014, it has grown to become a significant player in the field of recruitment applications. Currently, it is used by more than 200 corporate customers, helping HR teams in 10 European countries, and engaging over 1,500 users in recruitment processes every month. Thanks to its know-how and excellent product, Datacruit can digitize and automate the customer's recruitment process, including the integration of AI functions, contributing to overall efficiency and productivity. HR teams can thus focus on strategic activities, improving their ability to respond quickly and effectively to market needs.

About Recruitis:

Recruitis.io s.r.o. operates the recruitment system Recruitis.io, one of the most modern systems for managing the recruitment process for medium and large companies that want to conduct their recruitment in a modern and digital way. The mission of ATS Recruitis is to focus recruitment on the candidate. The system currently has thousands of active users and operates mainly in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. As an established player in the market since 2017, its main clients include Seznam.cz, T-Mobile, Heureka, Unicredit, Decathlon, and dozens of others. At the turn of 2023/2024, it also offers a simple HR system (HRIS) Onbee.app, specializing in onboarding new employees.

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