The Creative Dock Group, according to its own statements the largest corporate venture builder in Europe, is acquiring the venture building unit Mantro Product Studio of the Mantro Group effective April 30th. With this move, the company founded in 2012 aims to strengthen its expertise in end-to-end venture building and consulting for leading organizations.
Mantro Product Studio is a business unit of Munich-based company builder and innovation consultant Mantro. Its customers include, according to its own statements, Vorwerk, Audi, Giesecke+Devrient, LEG, Kuka and Bosch, among others. The unit specializes in developing innovative products and services and their successful market launch.
“Numerous competencies under one roof”
Martin Pejsa, founder and executive chairman of Creative Dock, says:
“Our corporate strategy is characterized by the fact that we identify and capitalize on new markets, innovation fields and opportunities early on. We are the largest corporate venture builder in the DACH and MENA regions and bring together numerous competencies under one roof. The latest acquisition of Mantro Product Studio once again underscores that we play in the first division when it comes to building new digital enterprises.”
And Manfred Tropper, CEO and founder of Mantro, says about the acquisition:
“The sale of Mantro Product Studio to Creative Dock is another step in the transformation of the Mantro Group toward becoming the leading innovation and transformation partner for companies in the DACH region. Our focus will continue to be on the realization of strategically relevant new business for our customers and partners. With Creative Dock, we have found the ideal home for Mantro Product Studio, providing the company with tremendous added value by supplying scalable international infrastructures for their venture building initiatives.”
