Hamburg, 14 November 2023 – Alibaba.com, a leading platform for global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and part of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, is investing in Visable GmbH, based in Hamburg, Berlin, Münster and Paris. Alibaba.com and Visable will cooperate to accelerate the growth of Visable’s B2B platforms wlw (known as "Wer liefert Was") and europages in Europe by leveraging Alibaba.com’s leadership across technology, e-commerce and experience in international expansion.  

June 21, 2023 - Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group (AIDC) has signed a definitive agreement to invest in Visable, a leading business-to-business (B2B) market platform provider and a portfolio company of Swiss private equity firm Capvis. AIDC is an independently run business group that promotes global digital commerce through its portfolio of platforms. The entity making the investment is based in Singapore. Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory and anti-trust approvals. Financial details were not disclosed.   

Hamburg/Paris, 25 May 2023 - High inflation and sharp increases in energy prices as a result of the war in Ukraine are hitting small and medium-sized enterprises particularly hard. National and EU-wide aid measures are intended to cushion the negative economic effects. But how do European SMEs rate the effectiveness of electricity and gas price brakes, loans, guarantees and the like? The polling institute YouGov asked on behalf of the B2B platform operator Visable an the outcome is that there is a lot of room for improvement, according to the results. It also shows the weak points.