One of the most dynamic technology companies combining German quality, Romanian creativity and Balkan adaptability is VIVAJO. VIVAJO’s main goal is to contribute to sustainability through digitization. The company has so far performed in Germany in the field of digital solutions for real estate, and in the future it will expand its activities to other markets.
VIVAJO Group is present in four countries: Germany, Romania, Moldova and Montenegro. The group has reached 10,000 customers and future plans include both increasing these numbers and expanding regionally. Already, VIVAJO includes one of the most successful teams of artificial intelligence specialists. It brings together specialists from Romania, France, Italy, Moldova, Montenegro and even Afghanistan.
The company was founded in Cluj-Napoca in 2008 by German entrepreneur Artur Grasberger. The next step was to turn it into a group, with Angela Grasberger’s involvement. The VIVAJO Group expanded first in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The decision to expand to the Republic of Moldova was taken following an economic mission in 2016 led by His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania, in which Artur Grasberger also participated. “I was impressed by the firmness with which the Royal Family of Romania promotes correct values and principles”, says Artur Grasberger.
In Bessarabia, the first step was to set up a branch in the municipality of Balti, where the VIVAJO team found young people of merit, trained by professors from Alecu Russo University. The second step was the expansion to Chișinău. The experience of expanding outside the European Union was useful in the context of the expansion in the Western Balkans, through the subsidiary in Montenegro. “We already have more than 160 colleagues, most of them IT specialists, and we expect accelerated growth in the coming period, because there is demand for our products on the international market”, says the company’s CEO Artur Grasberger. Thus, the VIVAJO team is currently present in Munich, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Brasov, Iasi, Balti, Chisinau and Podgorica.
Artur Grasberger says he wants to strengthen VIVAJO’s presence in the region because software specialists in this part of Europe demonstrate a strong technical education, the ability to communicate in multiple languages and the ability to understand multiple cultures. There is also a certain design competence. Already, Artur Grasberger has adapted excellently to the Romanian culture and, more jokingly or seriously, his friends say that the founder of the technology company has become half-Romanian, because he understands the reality of Romania and Moldova better than many locals do. This ability to analyse and understand the local reality, together with German tenacity, has ensured the success of entrepreneur Artur Grasberger.
“Efficiency is one of our core values. We are excited about the technological advancement based on artificial intelligence, which can provide us with solutions for a sustainable lifestyle, which will lead to the expansion of our services,” says Artur Grasberger. He added that he has developed a company philosophy that is based on the seven values of martial arts, values that foster excellence. According to entrepreneur Artur Grasberger, digitisation will make it possible to fill the labour shortage by increasing the efficiency of the activities carried out.
Angela Grasberger, who has become one of the “engines” of VIVAJO’s growth, Artur Grasberger’s wife, is directly involved in the group’s expansion. She stresses that “our group’s growth is based on firm values. We believe in the digital transformation of society, we believe that people can be more efficient with the help of new technologies and we believe that we need to focus more on sustainability in the economic and social fields.” If Angela Grasberger is the heart of the company, Artur Grasberger is the logical decision maker.
The VIVAJO team focuses on meeting customer expectations, innovation with the help of specialist expertise and sustainability.
VIVAJO delivers some of the best solutions for the real estate industry. These solutions allow the generation of 2d and 3d floor plans, interior views of properties that can be bought or rented, exterior views, video animations, 360-degree virtual tours or space exploration of properties using virtual reality.
VIVAJO’s API interfaces offers an easy implementation into the software of the clients. This makes it very simple to start using the services of VIVAJO.
The usefulness of the solutions developed by the VIVAJO team has been proven in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. These solutions have enabled end customers of real estate companies, especially those in Germany, to buy or rent different properties. Basically, in a context where authorities were recommending that human contact be kept to a minimum, these solutions made it possible to view artists’ apartments, houses or studios.
But the usefulness of these solutions goes beyond the context of the coronavirus pandemic. They are a useful tool for people who want to move to another city, who want to rent or buy properties in areas where they want to spend their holidays, or who want to invest in such properties to do business. In the near future VIVAJO will offer these solutions also to the Romanian market (casaviz.com).
One measure of the success of the solutions developed by VIVAJO is the rapid increase in demand from customers. For this very reason, VIVAJO is looking to recruit new colleagues. “We have open positions such as PHP developer, Customer Success Manager, C# and Python specialists or front-end Javascript developer. It is essential that our new colleagues know English, and knowledge of German is a big plus,” adds VIVAJO CEO Artur Grasberger.
VIVAJO’s new employees can work either in a hybrid system or in the company’s offices. To stimulate the creativity of those who choose VIVAJO, the company’s management has invested in spacious and bright offices, appliances that produce quality coffee, and environmentally friendly solutions, including electric scooters, which offer an environmentally friendly solution for commuting to the office.
