Keensight V, managed by Keensight Capital, is a private equity growth expansion fund founded in 2000 and based in Paris, France. The fund primarily focuses on investing in the software, healthcare, and technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors. It targets companies with revenues between €10 million and €150 million, seeking to make equity investments ranging from €20 million to €200 million per company. Keensight V aims to finance growth through organic means, acquisitions, or by facilitating the buyout of existing shareholders. The fund is particularly active in Europe, with a focus on France and Italy, and it may participate in financing rounds of up to €100 million through syndication. Keensight V typically takes both minority and majority shareholder positions in its portfolio companies and emphasizes collaboration with management teams to enhance company value.
Lisam Systems, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Ecaussinnes, Belgium, is a global provider of environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) compliance management software solutions and services. The company specializes in its flagship product, ExESS, an enterprise solution that facilitates the creation, management, and distribution of GHS-compliant safety data sheets and labels across various industries, including chemicals, cosmetics, and specialty chemicals. Lisam offers integrated modular solutions for substance volume tracking, workplace safety, chemical inventory management, and accident management, among others. In addition to software solutions, the company provides services such as installation, customization, regulatory advisory, and technical support. With over 800 clients relying on its innovative technology and regulatory content, Lisam Systems addresses the EH&S challenges faced by manufacturers and distributors worldwide, ensuring compliance with international regulations.
CatSci provides innovative process research and development services to emerging, mid-sized and large pharma. We proudly serve customers across the globe from lead optimisation through to product launch and life-cycle management. As an independent, scientifically-unbiased and commercially-minded CRO, CatSci is dedicated to understanding and optimising your chemical reactions and processes. Favouring a consultative approach, we take the time to understand your project objectives and then resolve the challenges that you face efficiently and effectively. Non-GMP material supply from milligrams to kilograms is conveniently carried out in our laboratory, whilst for larger quantities and/or GMP manufacture, we are able to work with our trusted partners or your preferred supplier.
Adista is a French provider of hosted services that specializes in IT solutions for businesses and local authorities, leveraging very high-speed networks. The company integrates telecommunications and enterprise IT expertise to deliver innovative information system services consumed as a service. Adista offers a range of solutions, including private and public cloud services, fixed and mobile telecom solutions, and telephony and collaboration services, all supported by its data centers. The company's focus is on transforming technological innovation into economic value while ensuring performance, integrity, and security for its clients.
Symeres is one of the European small molecule CRO & CDMOs, providing R&D services from preclinical drug discovery to Phase I and II clinical stage drug development and manufacturing to major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies around the globe. Its highly specialized services include: integrated small molecule optimization efforts, complex synthetic chemistry, route scouting & drug synthesis up to GMP production, solid state chemistry and ADME-Tox services.
Sogelink, SAS develops and publishes SaaS and professional software solutions. The company offers DICT.fr, an online solution for processing and exchanging worksite documents; Amiante360, a solution for simplifying asbestos risk management; Amiante360 Exposition, a tool for worksite management and operator exposure monitoring; and Maplink, a cartographic solution for managing networks and urban properties. It also provides Land2Map, an AutoCad software for topographical surveys, boundary markings, verification and geo-located network detection; and Build2Map, an AutoCAD touchscreen tablet solution for building surveys. In addition, the company provides delegation and engineering services. It serves construction and public works sectors. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Caluire et Cuire, France.
Geodesial
Acquisition in 2019
Geodesial is specialised in the development and distribution of software solutions for infrastructure professionals.
3P Biopharmaceuticals operates in the field of Biotechnology, one of the most innovative areas of activity and with the greatest scope for growth within the economies of the world´s most developed countries. Biotechnology plays a key role in the welfare of 21st century society due to its far reaching involvement in the improvement of the health and welfare of individuals, in agriculture, the environment and in the use of energy.
ASTI Mobile Robotics SA, based in Burgos, Spain, specializes in designing, engineering, manufacturing, and maintaining automated intralogistics solutions. The company primarily focuses on automated guided vehicles (AGVs) that facilitate the movement of materials and products within factories and warehouses. With a diverse product portfolio, ASTI Mobile Robotics offers various AGVs, including towing vehicles, goods-to-person systems, unit carriers, and box movers. Additionally, the company provides traditional materials handling equipment, automated storage systems, and software solutions for vehicle navigation, fleet management, and data traceability. ASTI Mobile Robotics also delivers support services, such as engineering assistance, simulations, customized interface development, and maintenance. Founded in 1982, the company plays a key role in enhancing operational efficiency across industries such as automotive, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and aerospace.
Biovian Oy operates as a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing company. It offers process and analytical development services; and GMP services, including microbial fermentation, mammalian cell culture, viral vector production, protein purification, formulation, aseptic fill and finish, analytical quality control, stability studies, and MCB and WCB manufacture and storage, as well as drug product labelling, packaging, storage, and QP release services. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Turku, Finland.
M33 is a startup incubator specializing in the creation of digital solutions for companies.The goal of M33 is to give, through accelerated training, the opportunity to become CEO or CTO of a new startup that will see the light of day in the M33 ecosystem.
I-Tracing SAS, founded in 2005 and based in Paris, France, specializes in IT security and data tracking solutions. The company provides a wide range of services including Internet security, e-discovery solutions, deep-packet inspection, log management, security forensic analysis, and Security Operations Center (SOC) solutions. It focuses on information traceability, legal compliance related to various regulations, and operational IT security, including incident response and fraud management. I-Tracing also offers cybersecurity consulting services aimed at helping enterprises navigate the complexities of cybersecurity while ensuring vendor-independent expertise in their operations. Since 2013, the company has expanded its reach through its UK and international subsidiary.
A2Mac1 SAS provides benchmarking solutions and services to the automotive manufacturers and suppliers. It offers data collection, data structure, and data management software solutions. Its web-served global database includes market documentation data, complete vehicles teardowns, costing evaluations, 3D Scans, acoustics, and NVH data. The company's platform enables users to host all of their benchmarking data in one central location, user-friendly interface, as well as collect and share information worldwide. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Hary, France with additional offices in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United States.
Founded in 2000 by Patrick and Stéphane Aisenberg, LINKBYNET aims to meet the needs and expectations of its Customers via IT managed services and hosting, along with tailor-made, adaptable, and hi-tech services. Via its management of 24/7 e-commerce sites, LINKBYNET has always been e-business market oriented. The warranty of all internet oriented applications availability is in the heart of their expertise. The entire company is designed to deliver flexible, agile and customer oriented services.
Vision-Box specializes in biometric-based systems aimed at enhancing the quality, convenience, and security of travel and border control. The company provides user-centric digital identity management solutions, focusing on trusted biometric tokens to improve passenger flow and establish identity verification through high-performance enrollment and authentication processes. Vision-Box's flagship products include automated gates and biometric capture units, which support airports, airlines, and governments in optimizing traveler identification. With over 2,500 passenger experience solutions deployed in more than 80 international airports, Vision-Box facilitates the journeys of over 500 million travelers annually. The company's innovative technology transforms raw data into actionable business intelligence, contributing to a premium passenger experience.
CCM Benchmark is a French online media group based in Paris that operates web properties in six languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and German. Established in October 2010 through the merger of CommentCaMarche and Benchmark Group, the company offers a diverse range of digital media marketing services. These services include multilingual discussion forums, technology blogs, advertising, marketing performance analytics, programmatic advertising, and training services, catering to various platforms and audiences. Through its multilingual approach and comprehensive offerings, CCM Benchmark aims to enhance its clients' online presence and marketing effectiveness.
Datawords is a pioneer in e-Multicultural technologies, specializing in multilingual digital production services for enterprises. The company focuses on optimizing and updating digital campaigns to ensure seamless international deployment across various platforms. By combining technology with cultural fluency, Datawords adapts communications to align with local markets while maintaining the integrity of the brand's global image. Their services include the localization of websites, applications, and IT consultancy, which help clients enhance and expedite their international marketing strategies.
smartTrade Technologies provides Multi Asset End-to-End Trading Solutions to financial institutions. Watch the video to discover their core values and their mission statement.
Labelium S.A.S. offers digital marketing services. The company offers search engine marketing, site performance monitoring, online media buying, and website marketing consulting services. Its clientele includes Giorgio Armani, Diesel, Kerastase, L'Oreal, Lancôme, LVMH, Lacoste, BetClic, and Dior. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Paris, France.
SAS Menix
Private Equity Round in 2014
SAS Menix designs and manufactures dental, orthodontic, and cranio-maxillofacial surgical prostheses and implants.
Sogelink, SAS develops and publishes SaaS and professional software solutions. The company offers DICT.fr, an online solution for processing and exchanging worksite documents; Amiante360, a solution for simplifying asbestos risk management; Amiante360 Exposition, a tool for worksite management and operator exposure monitoring; and Maplink, a cartographic solution for managing networks and urban properties. It also provides Land2Map, an AutoCad software for topographical surveys, boundary markings, verification and geo-located network detection; and Build2Map, an AutoCAD touchscreen tablet solution for building surveys. In addition, the company provides delegation and engineering services. It serves construction and public works sectors. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Caluire et Cuire, France.
SFA ROMANI engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and export of scented fragrance and perfume concentrates. The company offers perfume concentrates by blending various raw materials, including vanillin powders; jasmine and violet absolutes; benzoin and myrrh resins; synthetic molecules stemming from natural products, such as linalool and geraniol; and essential oils, such as lavender and bergamot. Its concentrates are used in manufacturing perfumers, home fragrances, luxury soaps, cosmetics, and natural and scented products. The company was founded in 1963 and is based in Saint Cezaire sur Siagne, France.
Oodrive, the specialist in online file management
A software publisher established in 2000 and pioneer of SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions in France, Oodrive is a leading European provider of secure online file management services for companies:
- AdBackup, the range of premier online backup solutions in Europe
- PostFiles and iExtranet, online file sharing solutions
- Omnikles, the range of solutions for virtualization of calls for tender
Oodrive solutions are used by VSBs, SMEs as well as large corporates (over 55% of the companies listed on the French CAC 40 index use an Oodrive solution) in many business sectors (industry, construction, media and communications, services, luxury goods, administration, consultancy, legal and accountancy firms, etc.).
Oodrive also develops applications for general consumers through strategic partnerships with major European players in distribution (such as Fnac, Darty, Auchan, Orange, NordNet, The Phone House and the MAAF). For each brand name, Oodrive develops specific remote backup, and online file storage and file sharing services, offered mostly as part of packages for private individuals.
Currently based in France, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Asia (Singapore), Oodrive has around 11,000 professional clients and more than a million users in over 90 countries.
LDR Holding Corporation develops and markets implantable spine systems and instrumentation for patients and the surgeon community in the United States and internationally. Its spinal surgery solutions include cervical and lumbar artificial disc systems, pedicle screw systems, implant systems, cervical cages, synthetic bone substitutes, and ALIF and TLIF devices, as well as VerteBRIDGE product, a direct lateral and oblique lumbar system for surgical applications. The company offers its products through partnerships with surgeons and distributors in Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, China, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. LDR Holding Corporation was formerly known as LDR Spine USA, Inc. and changed its name after acquiring LDR Médical. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Troyes, France; Beijing, China; Sao Paolo, Brazil; and Munich, Germany.
FircoSoft is the recognised leader worldwide of watch list filtering solutions. Founded in 1990, FircoSoft has a track record of partnering closely with its customers to keep ahead of regulatory changes and eliminate the risk of fines and reputational exposure.
Over 700 customers including eight of the world’s top 10 financial institutions rely on FircoSoft to filter customers and transactions against sanctions and watch lists to ensure compliance with regulations on terrorist financing and sanctions programs, and meet Know Your Customer requirements. With FircoSoft, financial institutions accurately detect listed parties, eliminating the risk of processing illegal transactions. FircoSoft is a global company with offices in New York, Tampa, São Paulo, London, Paris, Luxembourg, Zurich, Pretoria, Chennai, Singapore and Melbourne. Together with its global partner network, FircoSoft delivers ongoing services, support and expertise to 2,000 customer sites in more than 85 countries.
Octo Telematics S.p.A. specializes in insurance telematics and data analytics solutions aimed at the auto insurance sector. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Rome, Italy, the company develops applications that allow insurers to collect and analyze driving behavior data through its Glimpse Plus service. This digitally-enabled telematics platform offers features such as crash detection, claims analysis, pricing support, and crash alerts, enhancing customer engagement via web portals. By gathering contextual data on drivers and vehicles, Octo applies proprietary algorithms to convert this information into actionable insights, benefiting both insurers and policyholders. The company operates internationally, with additional offices located in London, Newton, Stuttgart, Milan, Madrid, and Sao Paulo.
ip.access solves in-building access problems for mobile operators, opening up new revenue streams while defending existing business.
ip.access has been deploying small cell solutions for over 10 years providing more than 90 customers around the world with the capability to accelerate the introduction of small cell solutions into their networks irrespective of use case, technology or deployment model.
The company’s success is built upon its ability to provide its Service Provider customers with a range of small cell solutions across all technologies (2G, 3G, and 4G), alongside a deployment philosophy that integrates the small cell access points with converged access gateways and comprehensive network management and performance tools.
The methodology and solution capability provided by ip.access enables its customers to better manage the economic challenges of delivering against ever more demanding coverage and capacity requirements. This, along with the ease of integration to higher order management solutions and the robust and elegant macro network interaction reduces the ‘cycle time’ from installation to commercial service.
In addition, ip.access has focussed diligently on providing the intelligence and application layers to enable its customers to deliver rapid monetisation of their small cell deployments, drive new and complimentary revenue streams to further enhance the small cells business case.
LDR Holding Corporation develops and markets implantable spine systems and instrumentation for patients and the surgeon community in the United States and internationally. Its spinal surgery solutions include cervical and lumbar artificial disc systems, pedicle screw systems, implant systems, cervical cages, synthetic bone substitutes, and ALIF and TLIF devices, as well as VerteBRIDGE product, a direct lateral and oblique lumbar system for surgical applications. The company offers its products through partnerships with surgeons and distributors in Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, China, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. LDR Holding Corporation was formerly known as LDR Spine USA, Inc. and changed its name after acquiring LDR Médical. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Troyes, France; Beijing, China; Sao Paolo, Brazil; and Munich, Germany.
Chipidea Microelectrónica
Venture Round in 2005
Chipidea Microelectrónica offers analog and mixed semiconductor solutions to wireless communications, digital media, and consumer electronics market segments. It provides analog subsystems for wireless and wire line communications, device-to-device connectivity, multimedia, and power management in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company offers analog and mixed Internet protocol products in various categories, including analog to digital converters, analog filters, analog front end, analog standard cells, audio and voice, clock management, digital modules, over sampling modulators, power management, radio frequency, USB link controllers, and USB physical interfaces for blue chip customers.
picoChip provides signal processing products for wireless communications. picoChip offers multi-core DSP, with widely deployed software-defined radio products and a growing range of cost- and performance-optimized ASSP devices.
IsCool Entertainment is one of the European leaders in social gaming.
With over 10 years of expertise in the publishing and distribution of casual games, IsCool Entertainment has established itself today as the French number 1 on the market in the social application market on Facebook.
The company offers a catalogue of innovative social games, including Is Cool and Belote Multiplayer.
Their games bring together 2.8 million of fans who leave around 500,000 comments and likes on their fanpages each month. IsCool Entertainment, it’s also more than 1 billion of cool points that are sent every day!
Paradigm software solutions provide the vision for business and engineering decision-makers in subsurface disciplines to proceed with less uncertainty and more confidence. Paradigm tools minimize risk and optimize responsible management of the earth's precious subsurface assets.
Paradigm software and consulting assembles, processes, models and visualizes subsurface data from numerous sources, providing the most comprehensive view available of the earth's subsurface and our natural resources. The resulting dynamic, digital models enable Paradigm users to make intelligent and responsible exploration, production and engineering decisions.
Myriad Group AG is a prominent mobile services provider based in Zurich, Switzerland, offering solutions for enterprises worldwide. The company operates through five divisions: Device Solutions, Connect Core, Connect Hub, Thingstream, and Versy. The Device Solutions division specializes in embedded software platforms and middleware, including browser and messaging services. Connect Core supports mobile operators with network service platforms and value-added services for mass market phones. The Connect Hub division offers Platform-as-a-Service, enabling enterprises to engage with customers through mobile devices. Thingstream provides a USSD-based Internet of Things messaging platform, facilitating communication for permitted devices over a global GSM network. Lastly, the Versy division features a community-based social application that connects individuals through shared interests. Myriad Group AG was established in 1999 and has emerged as Europe's largest mobile phone software company following the merger of Esmertec and Purple Labs.
Vistaprint, a subsidiary of Cimpress, serves millions of business owners globally by providing a variety of customized marketing products at affordable prices. Founded by Robert Keane nearly 20 years ago, the company aimed to democratize access to high-quality, custom-printed materials for small businesses, enabling them to compete with larger enterprises. Vistaprint offers a comprehensive range of products, including business cards, banners, clothing, bags, and stationery, along with digital marketing and design services. The company has revolutionized the printing process by moving it online, allowing customers to create and order customized materials conveniently from their computers. With its commitment to helping businesses promote themselves effectively, Vistaprint has expanded its offerings and enhanced its technology over the years, serving millions of customers and producing billions of business cards.