CARYA continues European expansion and launches CARYA France

CARYA, a leading name in the world of automotive software, announces the expansion of its operations into France and French overseas territories. The new expansion is a promising next step following previous successful acquisitions in the Netherlands (2021) and Switzerland (2023), and represents an important new milestone in the group's European growth strategy.

CARYA's expansion into France comes with the acquisition of the incadea.dms division of French company Solware Auto. Six employees joined CARYA France. With their knowledge and experience, they will ensure that the French branch of the group is immediately operational at a high level.

As was the case with the launch of CARYA Netherlands and CARYA Switzerland, CARYA France is also taking over the existing customer base of the Solware incadea branch, paying attention to service continuity and high-quality service. In total, CARYA is taking over nine contracts in France - a solid foundation for the group's French plans.

“The launch of CARYA France is an important step in our strategy to strengthen and further expand our presence in Europe,” said Patrick Vanbrabandt, CEO of CARYA.

Didier Passchier, CCO of CARYA, adds: “Thanks to the expertise of our team, we are confident that we will be able to best support our customers in France and help them with their digital transformation. Our focus remains on innovation, customer satisfaction and offering advanced technological solutions that seamlessly meet the needs of the market. This is how we want to remain the reference and fulfill our mission as an accelerator for dealerships.”

The six new team members will work from the new CARYA office in Lyon. From there, they will service existing customers as well as expand the French branch with new business. In line with CARYA's existing expansion strategy, this newest member of the group will continue to focus on growth and improvement by investing in both technology and people.

Pride Capital Partners supported CARYA, which is a portfolio company of its second fund, in realizing the acquisition. Lars van ‘t Hoenderdaal comments: “By expanding to France, CARYA makes another important move in scaling through Europe. This is a first successful step in building a strong all-in-one IT partner for automotive dealerships in France, just as the company did in other countries already.”

About CARYA

CARYA is a full-service partner for automotive dealerships. The Belgian group is a leading provider of dealer management systems (incadea.dms) and add-on software development. CARYA also provides fully integrated IT solutions (hardware, software and telco infrastructure), professional marketing services and CRM solutions.

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