Bryan, Garnier & Co. Gmbh advised Qelp on Acquisition by SYKES Enterprises

Munich, Amsterdam, Tampa-Florida, September 11th, 2015 – Bryan, Garnier & Co. Gmbh (former Cartagena Capital) has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Qelp, the leading provider of self-service software for smartphones, on their acquisition by publicly listed SYKES Enterprises, Inc.
Qelp carved out a niche in helping mobile operators and their customers. The Netherlands-based Qelp, a bootstrapped company, provides a software product to more than 60 mobile operators to help customers online to configure and use smartphones. The company was acquired for a total purchase price of up to $21 million, including substantial earn-out consideration.
Wouter Deelman, founder and CEO of Qelp, noted “Now being part of the SYKES team, we are better positioned to execute our product roadmap and expand further globally. Cartagena Capital supported us throughout the process with excellent C-level reach in companies which we did not have access to, which made quite a difference”.
About Qelp
Qelp is the global leader in online self-service products for smartphones. Qelp has been helping consumers outsmart technology and thereby enable mobile operators to reduce smartphone support costs, increase revenues per user, strengthen customer satisfaction and enhance the online customer journey. Qelp currently has 60 mobile operators and MVNOs as customers in 29 countries around the world. The company was founded in 2005.
(www.qelp.com)
About SYKES Enterprises
SYKES provides an array of sophisticated customer contact management solutions to Fortune 1000 companies around the world, primarily in the communications, financial services, healthcare, technology and transportation and leisure industries. SYKES specializes in providing flexible, high-quality customer support outsourcing solutions with an emphasis on inbound technical support and customer service. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, with customer contact management centres throughout the world, SYKES provides its services through multiple communication channels encompassing phone, e-mail, web, chat and social media.
(www.sykes.com)