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Mark Wright, Founder and Michael Bush, Managing Director Image: Climb Online

budding entrepreneurs of what can be possible."

Mark Chambers, xDNA Group Executive Chairman, commented: “The combination of xDNA and Climb Online is extremely compelling - creating one of the largest full service digital and software agencies in the UK. We have some exciting expansion plans to continue to develop the group that will add true value to our clients across the globe. It is an exciting time for the team, and I'm looking forward to delivering further growth and success." Ian Barton, Managing Director, and Anne Pritchard, Corporate Finance Executive, at KBS Corporate Finance advised Climb Online throughout the process. Ian commented: “We are delighted to have advised Mark and Lord Sugar on the sale of Climb Online, the first successful exit of a business founded by the winner of BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’. Having watched Mark start his journey so publicly on the show and to have been trusted to advise the shareholders on the completion of their entrepreneurial journey together was a huge privilege. The business attracted huge interest from a number of international parties and we were pleased to have completed the deal in a smooth and targeted process with XDNA Interactive. We wish Mark well in his next entrepreneurial venture and the whole Climb Online team in the newly enlarged global group, and we will be watching the next series to see who Lord Sugar hires as the next winner.”

I couldn’t have sold my business without KBS. When Lord Sugar and I first started being approached from trade buyers, and financial buyers and decided to sell our business we knew in order to have the most structured process and achieve the highest price we needed to work with KBS.

MARK WRIGHT FOUNDER, CLIMB ONLINE BBC's THE APPRENTICE WINNER, 2014

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