Divestments
Avenso
Avenso is a market-leading multichannel player for affordable museum-grade photographic wall art.
Avenso offers its products via two internationally renowned brands, WhiteWall and LUMAS, that are produced in its own award-winning photo lab.
- Sector
Consumer Goods
- Country
Germany
- Entry
2013
- Exit
2019
About Avenso
EQT invested in the company in 2013 by acquiring a majority stake from its founders, who kept a minority stake. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany and is comprised by the two key brands WhiteWall and LUMAS.
WhiteWall is a market-leading photographic printing brand with museum-grade quality, serving art enthusiasts, professional photo experts and corporate customers via a network of approximately 10 local web shops and 10 showrooms. WhiteWall is the only market player offering fully customizable high-end wall art products with a focus on large format prints.
LUMAS is a market-leading multichannel retailer for museum-grade, curated photo artworks and contemporary art. LUMAS has approximately 40 galleries in 17 countries and 20 local web shops, offering a broad range of artworks from more than 250 artists. The artworks are available in hand-signed, mostly limited editions from 75 to 150 prints that cater to an increasingly global target audience of art enthusiasts and corporate customers.
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