Infinigate Group announces record financial year results with revenue growth of 26% as it surges ahead with European expansion strategy
Rotkreuz, Switzerland, 30 May 2022 – Infinigate Group, a pan-European value-added
distributor (VAD) of cybersecurity solutions across Europe, today announced
record results of €813m, for its financial year 2021-2022 (ending 31 March) an
increase of 26% from the previous year, and a step towards its €1.5 billion
revenue target for 2024.
Infinigate had a strong start to 2022 with the
acquisition of VAD D2B Informatique – which was a key step in its wider growth
strategy through vendor expansion and M&A activity to extend its market
reach and consolidate its position as the leading distributor of cybersecurity
solutions and subscriptions across EMEA, and the best Go-To-Market (GTM) for
cloud security vendors.
The financial year announcement coincides with a
record first quarter for the cybersecurity specialist, which now has 80% of its
revenue from subscription-based services.
The results also
follow a pivotal year for the cybersecurity specialist, which was acquired in
March 2021 by global investment firm Bridgepoint. In October 2021, Infinigate Group announced it had
further strengthened its leadership team, with key senior hires including the
appointment of industry veteran Julien Antoine to steer business development
and the promotion of Andreas
Bechtold as Chief Revenue Officer. As part of its expansion, Infinigate
has also rapidly grown its team, reporting a 10% increase in staff numbers
since March 2021.
In 2021, Infinigate continued to win a raft of awards
across EMEA and Infinigate
Sweden was announced as distributor of the year by cybersecurity provider Clavister
in November 2021. And already, in 2022, Infinigate has chalked up three award
wins – once again scoring Channel Excellence in the Channel Partner Awards and
winning VAD IT-Security and VAD Managed Service in the IT Business Distri
Awards.
Klaus Schlichtherle, CEO of Infinigate, said “Having already
consolidated Infinigate’s position as a leading VAD in Europe, our strategic
leadership hires last year further strengthened the team and helped us prepare
for the next phase of growth. A steadily rising number of partnership deals
with multinational industry-leading cybersecurity
software vendors means we are able to offer our customers more choice,
and helps us become the leading choice for cloud security vendors looking to
boost their sales across the region.”
Julien Antoine, Chief Business Development Officer of Infinigate,
said: “Our relentless focus on the value within our ‘value-added distribution’
is at the heart of our success and growth. This customer-centricity is key –
enabling us to respond with agility and highly customised support to each
customer. We are large and ambitious enough to be able to offer the very best
industry solutions, and yet small enough to be flexible and responsive – so we
are able to offer vendors and re-sellers the best of both worlds.”
“Our focus right now is to accelerate the digital
value-add that we offer to our customers with a focus on building strong
ongoing relationships – we work as an extension of our clients’ teams, and we
want all our company values to be present both within our organization and with
our partners. We’re delighted to find that experienced industry sales and
technical people are seeking us out, especially as we look to grow our team to
meet increasing demand.”
Infinigate Group was founded in 1996, and now spans 11 European
countries and covers more than 80% of the Western European cybersecurity market
and is firmly established as the leading value-added distributor for
cybersecurity in Europe.