Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Creative Dock Group, and Manfred Tropper, CEO and Founder of Mantro
Photos: Creative Dock / Mantro

Acquisition of Mantro Product Studio

Mantro Product Studio, the Munich-based venture-building unit of the Mantro Group, is being acquired by the Creative Dock Group, which specializes in the development, scaling, and operation of digital business models. The aim of the acquisition is to strategically expand the company's presence in the DACH region and strengthen its customer portfolio. A particular focus will be on the manufacturing and energy sectors.

The Creative Dock Group, according to its own statements the largest corporate venture builder in Europe, is taking over the venture building unit Mantro Product Studio of the Mantro GroupThe company, founded in 2012, aims to strengthen its expertise in end-to-end venture building and consulting for leading organizations.

Mantro Product Studio is a business unit of the Munich-based company builder and innovation consultant Mantro. Its clients include Vorwerk, Audi, Giesecke+Devrient, LEG, Kuka, and Bosch. The unit specializes in the development of innovative products and services and their successful market launch.

“Numerous competencies under one roof”

Martin Pejsa, Founder and Executive Chairman of Creative Dock, says:

"Our corporate strategy is characterized by our ability to identify and exploit new markets, innovation fields, and opportunities early on. We are the largest corporate venture builder in the DACH and MENA regions and combine numerous competencies under one roof. The latest acquisition of Mantro Product Studio underscores once again that we are at the forefront of building new digital companies."

And Manfred Tropper, CEO and founder of Mantro, says about the acquisition:

"The sale of Mantro Product Studio to Creative Dock is a further step in the transformation of the Mantro Group into the leading innovation and transformation partner for companies in the DACH region. Our focus will continue to be on generating strategically relevant new business for our customers and partners. With Creative Dock, we have found the ideal home for Mantro Product Studio, which offers companies tremendous added value by providing scalable international infrastructure for their venture-building initiatives."

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Regina Bruckschlögl

After her own startup experiences, she now looks at the Munich startup scene from a different perspective as an editor at Munich Startup – and discovers every day how diverse the Munich ecosystem is. Startup stories that beg to be told!

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