Advium acted as the financial advisor to the owners of DAIN Studios when Körber Digital (Germany) sold its 50% stake in DAIN Studios to Next Gen Learning (NGL, South Africa). The three DAIN Studios’ founders —Dirk Hofmann, Ulla Kruhse-Lehtonen, and Saara Hyvönen — retain their ownership stakes and continue to lead the company.

Founded in 2016, DAIN Studios is an AI consultancy headquartered in Helsinki with offices in Berlin and Munich. DAIN Studios specializes in agentic AI strategy and enterprise transformation.

NGL, founded by serial entrepreneur Sam Paddock (previously founder of GetSmarter), partners with leading universities worldwide to deliver the next generation of executive education at scale.

Körber Digital is the digital transformation unit of the German technology group Körber Group.