Amista has acquired a fellow player in Belgium’s technology consulting industry, Intellus Group, broadening both businesses’ services across clients’ entire data journeys.
The acquisition brings together Amista’s capabilities in ERP, business transformation, integration and document management with Intellus Group’s specialities in multi-platform data and AI. “Intellus Group has an outstanding track record of turning complex data challenges into tangible business results, using the same pragmatic, no-nonsense approach we believe in,” shares Pieter-Jan Daraedt, CEO at Amista.
A fast-growing IT services organisation, Amista automates processes and helps companies grow with customised business software. Next to its SAP SME products, Amista also offers its own developed software solutions. Intellus will bring expertise across the Microsoft, SAP, AWS and Databricks ecosystems to Amista’s portfolio.
Following the recent integrations of Alluvion, Aarini, GeONE and Nessi, the Intellus acquisition marks another important milestone in Amista’s strategy to build one of the most complete data, analytics and AI offerings in the Benelux.
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Preserving what makes Intellus special
According to a statement by Intellus Group, customers can continue to count on the same teams and experts they’ve always known, now supported by the broader capabilities and international reach of Amista.
Since its founding in 2010, Intellus has grown into a trusted tech consultancy in Belgium and Luxembourg, with popular brands Cubis, Lytix and Aivix providing data services from strategy and architecture to modern data platforms, reporting, analytics, AI as well as managed services. “We started Intellus Group with a clear ambition: helping organisations make better decisions with their data, without hiding behind buzzwords,” says managing partner Wim Van Wuytswinkel.
“For us, this was not an obvious decision,” he explains. “We wanted to find a partner who truly understands what makes Intellus Group special: our people, our entrepreneurial culture, the trust of our customers and the quality of the work we deliver every day.”
Wim is sure Amista shares this mindset. “Joining the group gives us the scale and reach to bring our expertise to more customers, while preserving the teams, culture and specialised brands that made us successful.”
Not closing the book, building a new chapter
Over time, both organisations will align their go-to-market approach, methodologies and technology roadmaps, with a clear focus on continuity and long-term value. “By joining forces, we can build a broader and stronger group, accelerate our growth and take on larger and more ambitious projects,” Wim suggests.
The new organisation will count more than 450 consultants, serve over 1,000 B2B customers and generate more than €70 million in revenue. “We are closing an important chapter, but we are certainly not closing the book,” assures Wim. “We are starting a new [chapter], with more expertise, more possibilities and even greater ambitions. I look forward to building it together.”
M&A boutique Merodis advised Intellus on the sale. The transaction team was led by Dirk Marckx, Victor Boes and Juliette Demey. Argo Law’s Bert Van Ingelghem, Pierre Accou and Guido Platteau provided Intellus with guidance from a legal point of view.
On the other hand, Ace Law's Didier Roemers and Cody Demuytere assisted Amista from a legal perspective.
