Fleetmatics to Acquire Visirun

Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX), a global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS), is to acquire Visirun S.p.A., a Ferrara, Italy-based provider of SaaS fleet management solutions.

The terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, have not been disclosed.

Visirun will add approximately 28,000 vehicles under subscription to Fleetmatics’ existing installed base and add an additional 3,000 customers.

Led by Fabio Previato, founder, Visirun develops mobile based application for fleet management and GPS Tracking for enterprises. The company’s SaaS-based solution shows users in real time where vehicles are and what they are doing. The software detects the operator’s driving style and fuel usage and economy, allowing the company to respect the driving and rest hours European laws , protect customer’s goods and optimize communication and missions management.

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screenshot from visirun’s website

Mr Previato will remain with Fleetmatics and manage the Visirun business in Italy along with all of the current employees. The acquiring company will continue supporting and selling Visirun’s solutions in Italy.

Led by Jim Travers, Chairman and CEO, Fleetmatics is a global provider of mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). The company’s solutions enable businesses to manage local fleets, and improve the productivity of their mobile workforces, by extracting actionable business intelligence from real-time and historical vehicle and driver behavioral data.

FinSMEs

05/11/2015

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