HAVEL & PARTNERS has provided comprehensive M&A advisory services to SEBRE, an investment group that, along with Jaroslav Havel and Jan Kubíček, SEBRE’s managing director, purchased a 50% shareholding in SousedeCZ, a company operating an online platform for digital communication of homeowner associations in residential buildings.

The HAVEL & PARTNERS advisory team was composed of partner Jan Koval, managing associate Silvie Király and associate Josef Bouchal.

Established in 2013, the SEBRE investment group maintains its operations mainly in the Czech Republic and the countries of the former Yugoslavia in the fields of development and construction, gastronomy, interior design, and golf. Investing in the Sousedé.cz project, the group has expanded its activities in technological and digital start-ups.

The Sousedé.cz platform offers the most widespread online system for communication and collaboration in residential buildings. Enabling easy property management and facilitating communication among homeowners, the board of directors and the property manager, the platform creates an active community of homeowners. Offering both desktop and mobile app solutions, the service is now used by more than 2,046 registered homeowner associations and housing cooperatives.

“We are delighted that we got such experienced and significant investors for our project. While the Sousedé platform has been active in the market since 2003, its visions to disrupt housing-related services have gained necessary momentum with the arrival of our new investors. It’s our advantage that we look at the provision of these services from the customer’s perspective. In addition, we leverage experience and international standards from other fields,” said Tomáš Holomoucký and Tomáš Síkora, the platform founders and shareholders retaining the remaining 50% shareholding.

The investment will help the platform focus on the further development of its project, especially smart apps and features for residential property management, the integration of customer portals and the marketing of digitalized services in a branch undergoing transformation.