cleverly takes over Complori

Berlin-based EdTech company cleverly announces the acquisition of Complori. With the acquisition, cleverly is expanding its existing offering to include playful learning formats for programming and financial education, in which Complori specializes. The result is a comprehensive educational portfolio that supports children and young people holistically, at school, digitally and personally.

A holistic approach to future education

The integration of Complori creates a unique learning ecosystem: cleverly has been offering individual 1:1 online tutoring and mentoring in subjects such as mathematics, German or English for years, combined with topics such as self-confidence, learning motivation and concentration. Complori complements this offering with interactive group courses on digital skills for the future, such as programming or financial literacy.

With Complori, we have gained a company that perfectly complements our mission. Together, we can not only support children and young people at school, but also make them fit for the digital future.

Philipp Grassinger, Co-CEO of cleverly

Families and partner companies will benefit from a broader educational offering from a single source that accompanies children through various learning phases.

With our combined portfolio, we can accompany children through different learning phases - and reach even more families thanks to cleverly's employee benefit partnerships.

Amanda Maiwald, Complori founder

Investors support the strategy with new investment

The existing investors of both companies are participating in a new financing round to strengthen the joint growth strategy. In addition to Capnamic, the VC funds Rubio Impact Ventures, Speedinvest, Educapital and Sparkmind are also participating.

We see this acquisition as the logical response to the current market situation. Complori and cleverly complement each other perfectly - the combined company has the best prerequisites for sustainable growth.

Jörg Binnenbrücker, Founding Partner of Capnamic Ventures

The takeover was preceded by two capital increases through the issue of new shares. The share capital was increased to 82,794 euros. One of the largest shareholders is Capnamic Ventures Fund III GmbH & Co. KG from Cologne.

Legal support from HEUKING

cleverly was legally advised on the transaction by a team from the law firm HEUKING Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by Dr. Patrick Müller, LL.M. (University of the West of England, Bristol). The team also included Mark Rossbroich, LL.M. (King's College London), Ilona Schütz and Laura Jochem, LL.M. (University of East Anglia, Norwich). HEUKING regularly advises start-ups and venture capital investors on financing rounds and M&A transactions.

Complori

Complori (codary GmbH) was founded in Berlin in 2020 by Amanda Maiwald, Nikolaj Bewer and Antonia Schein. Since then, more than 60,000 children have acquired digital skills through play. In age-appropriate live online courses with certified coaches, they learn topics such as programming or financial literacy. They develop skills such as problem-solving, creativity and critical thinking.

🌟 About cleverly

cleverly was founded in 2020 by Fredrik Harkort, Björn Jopen, Mike Gerhardt and Philipp Grassinger and has been managed by Philipp Grassinger and Anne Moulen since January 2025. Already 2023, we reported on the Startbase about an extended seed for the startup.