Analysis

September 21, 2023

How LeanIX’s André Christ took his Bonn-based startup into the big leagues

The company was acquired by German software giant SAP in a reported $1.2bn deal

André Christ won’t say exactly how much he took home when he sold his baby, LeanIX, to software giant SAP earlier this month. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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