Fund:
ECP III Ltd.
ECP III Ltd.
Outcome:
N/A
N/A
Return:
N/A
N/A
Period:
From 1999 to 2005
From 1999 to 2005
Company overview:
- With 1,300 customers in 100 countries, Meta4 is managing more than 18 million people worldwide. From its R&D center, located in Madrid, Spain, it develops HR applications able to satisfy local and global needs of all types of organizations.
- Meta4’s cloud solutions provide HR professionals with innovative and user-friendly technology to manage the entire employment cycle of their employees, from payroll and staff management to global talent management. It offers an integrated solution making use of cloud-computing to face all the challenges of managing human capital, thus increasing productivity and business efficiency.
- Meta4 has more than 1,300 customers in over 100 countries worldwide.
- Over 20 years of experience in the market for technological solutions for Payroll and HR management.
- Turnover in 2013: €54 million.
- 60% of the corporate group’s turnover comes from international revenue: 35% from Europe and 25% from America.
- 20% growth in Spain and 13% within the corporate group of its line of cloud-based solutions compared to the previous year, constituting 25% of total turnover of the company.
- R&D investment in 2013: 20% of turnover.
- Meta4 ranks among the top five technology companies, according to the renown “Best Companies to Work For” ranking prepared annually by Actualidad Económica.
- Certified as a family-friendly company.
- Meta4 is one of only two Spanish software development companies listed in the prestigious global ranking of the 100 most important companies in Europe, according to the “Truffle 100 Europe” report
- Meta4 is among the top 500 software companies worldwide in the 31st edition of “The 2013 Software 500″ report, prepared annually by the prestigious U.S. Digital Software Magazine.
- Meta4 has agreements with more than 80 consultants, technology companies and service providers worldwide.
Value creation:
- Coordinating strategy with GAP (General Atlantic Partners).
- New CEO, Look Van der Boogh as well as a new management team.
- Advising the board. Support in strategic product development.
- Support in financing the business plan with capital injections and other instruments at different stages of the company’s growth.
- Assistance in negotiations with PeopleSoft.

