Context

ProData Consult, facilitated by its majority shareholder Axcel, has acquired 100% of the French-headquartered emagine Group. This transformative acquisition represents ProData’s fourth deal in less than two years and serves as a cornerstone for its expansion outside the Nordics. The strategic rationale is to create a fully integrated pan-European range of coherent IT consultancy services by merging ProData’s Northern European dominance with emagine’s prominent positions in France, Germany, and the UK. The combined entity will leverage ProData’s proprietary IT platform to realize operational synergies and offer global clients enhanced scalability. Post-closing, ProData CEO Anders Gratte will lead the combined group, while emagine CEO Jean-François Bodin will remain in a key management role to oversee the integration of the two organizations.

Target

Founded in 1989, emagine is one of Europe’s leading high-end business and IT consulting firms. Its business model relies on a "practitioner-led" approach, utilizing a core team of senior consultants supported by a global professional network of over 500,000 specialists. The company’s value proposition focuses on providing disciplined delivery for complex, large-scale transformation programs across 13 countries. Strategically owned by the Nordic private equity firm Axcel, emagine pursues an aggressive international growth strategy to consolidate the fragmented European IT consulting market. By maintaining a model defined by seniority and close client partnerships, the group serves over 500 enterprise clients, helping them navigate rapid technological shifts through a globally integrated operational framework.