Acquisition

Norway-based Visma Acquires Alavie

Sep 13, 2025 | By Kailee Rainse

Visma, a Norway-based provider of essential business software across Europe and Latin America, has acquired Alavie, an Italian company specializing in regulatory compliance software for accounting and professional service firms.

SUMMARY

  • Visma, a Norway-based provider of essential business software across Europe and Latin America, has acquired Alavie, an Italian company specializing in regulatory compliance software for accounting and professional service firms.

The deal amount was not disclosed. With this acquisition, Visma expands its presence in Italy, adding a range of regulatory software services designed for accounting offices, notaries, and law firms.

Visma is a business software provider with €2.8 billion in revenue in 2024, 17,500 employees, and 2.1 million customers across Europe and Latin America. By automating and supporting SMBs and the public sector, it drives digitalization and AI adoption, boosting efficiency across economies and societies.

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The spokesperson says Alavie "will continue to operate as an independent company, maintaining its brand, management, organisation and high quality services to its customers, while also powered by the shared resources and expertise of the Visma ecosystem".

Founded by Vito Ziccardi, Alavie offers its flagship platform, Laegis AML, which automates up to 95% of manual compliance tasks, monitors client updates and sends proactive alerts, helping professionals stay compliant without extensive AML expertise. The company also provides GDPR privacy tools and plans to launch Laegis Notary for notary offices in 2025.

"Visma enables businesses and organisations to grow and thrive. We’ll continue our expansion in existing and new markets, to meet the steadily increasing demand for flexible, efficient and secure cloud solutions." Merete Hverven, CEO of Visma.

About Visma

Visma empowers businesses by providing software that simplifies and automates complex processes. By streamlining operations, enhancing efficiency, and supporting digital transformation, Visma helps organizations from small businesses to large enterprises focus on growth, compliance, and innovation, making day-to-day management smarter, faster and more effective across industries and markets.

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