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adesso ventures, the venture capital arm of the adesso Group, has made an investment in the Berlin-based digital health venture Nia Health. Nia Health develops digital applications that patients can use to improve the documentation and management of chronic inflammatory skin conditions while benefiting from more personalised treatment options.

The German Brand Award makes brand success visible. The latest example of this is adesso’s customer VPV, whose HR project AREA has just helped it win the Award for Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation 2023 in the “Employer Branding Activities and Campaigns” category. adesso supported VPV in this endeavour as its digitalisation partner and congratulates the company on this special recognition of its brand.

Michael Zorc, former successful footballer, team captain and sporting director of Borussia Dortmund, joined the adesso SE Supervisory Board on 1 June 2023, an appointment that underscores the IT service provider’s industry expertise and steps up its commitment to international sports business.

Prof. Dr Volker Gruhn, founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of adesso SE, has been elected to the Management Board of Bitkom, the German Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media. The digital association Bitkom represents more than 2,000 member companies, including almost half of the 40 firms listed in the DAX, as well as many other global players.

The Supervisory Board of adesso SE has appointed Mark Lohweber (54) as an additional member to the IT service provider’s Executive Board as of 1 July 2023. Lohweber will take over responsibility for the core industries insurance and banking from long-time CEO Michael Kenfenheuer (65), who will step down from the adesso Executive Board at the end of 2023.

adesso ventures, the venture capital arm of the IT service provider adesso, has made a seed investment in the Essen-based start-up TamedAI, a company specialising in AI-based language models. Perceptor, a TamedAI innovation, makes it possible to automatically scan, extract and process data from documents using state-of-the-art computer vision technology.

adesso continues its international expansion with the acquisition of an Indian software company in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. For the first time since its inception 26 years ago, the IT service provider has established a delivery center outside Europe. adesso India will significantly strengthen the adesso Group's global delivery and transformation capabilities and enhance its attractiveness as an international digitalization partner.

Behind every digital success story there are bold people – people with the audacity to shape trends and change the world. These people and their stories are set to take centre stage at this year’s adesso digital day on 21 June at Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. Respected business leaders such as Dr Michael Müller-Wünsch (Chief Information Officer at the Otto Group), Kian Mossanen (CIO of Siemens Energy Global), Christian Niederhagemann (CIO at the GEA Group) and Stefanie Kemp (CTO of Sana Kliniken AG) will offer exclusive insights into their IT and business strategies for success.

adesso ventures, the venture capital arm of the adesso Group, is investing in passkeys start-up Hanko. A new way to sign in that works completely without passwords, passkeys enable easy and secure access to apps, accounts and websites.

Digital, productive working environments are no longer a nice-to-have, they’re an absolute must. At this year's European Collaboration Summit, adesso will be showing business how they can implement such solutions in the best possible way and letting them know what they need to look out for. The IT service provider is one of Microsoft’s leading partners in Europe and will be attending the event in Düsseldorf from 22 to 24 May 2023.