GALIA Gestion

Galia Gestion SAS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing direct and fund of funds investments. Within direct investments, the firm specializes in seed, startup, early venture, growth capital, LBO and buyouts and buyins investments. Within fund of funds investments, it seeks to invest in private equity and venture capital funds and it do not invest in hedge funds. It invests trough convertible bonds, bonds warrants, shares warrants, convertible bonds or stock warrants and redeemable bonds. It typically invests across all industries including energy, wood industries, construction and engineering, metallurgic, industrial services, hotels, restaurants and leisure, media, distribution, food, medical technology and biotechnology, pharmacy, chemical, real estate, computer rental and leasing, information technology, Internet, software, telecommunication services, electronics, consumer goods, capital goods and utilities sectors. It seeks to invest in Europe, with a particular focus on the following former French regions and its following former French departments: Aquitaine (Gironde, Dordogne, Lot-et-Garonne, Landes and Pyre´ne´es-Atlantiques), Poitou-Charentes (Deux-Se`vres, Vienne, Charente-Maritime and Charente), Midi-Pyre´ne´es (Lot, Tarn-et-Garonne, Tarn, Aveyron, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyre´ne´es and Arie`ge) and Limousin (Creuse, Haute-Vienne and Corre`ze). The firm makes equity investments between €0.05 million ($0.06 million) and €3 million ($4.11 million) per transaction in small and medium sized companies with revenues between €1 million ($1.34 million) and €75million ($102.63 million) and an enterprise value between €10 million ($11.20 million) and €30 million ($33.62 million). The firm generally takes a minority stake between 5% and 35% in its portfolio companies. It typically exits its investments after four to seven years. It also co-invests. Galia Gestion was founded in 2002 and is based in Bordeaux, France. As of November 21, 2017, GALIA Gestion SAS operates as a subsidiary of Alliance Entreprendre SAS.
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Pierre Arnaud

Directeur General

Claudia Daugan

Directrice de Participations

Christophe Douffet

Directeur de Participations

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Nicolas D’Amico

Charge D'Affaires

Vincent Schifano

President

54 past transactions

SAS Nutrivet Groupe

Seed Round in 2014
SAS Nutrivet Groupe produces and sells pet food. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Castelculier, France.

Loisirs Enchères

Venture Round in 2018
Loisirs Enchères SAS operates online auction site for travel related activities. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Bordeaux, France.

Swimform

Venture Round in 2016
Swimform originally developed a counter-current turbine turbine concept. twelve years later, the company has expanded, diversified its offer and now offers aquatic equipment for individuals and professionals: swimming pool, rehabilitation pool, aquabike pool, turnkey layout for the center fitness and physiotherapists. In addition, the company created the SWIMCENTER franchise in 2013, of which it is the designer. The network currently has 17 centers, 3 of which it operates on its own.

LDL Technology

Series B in 2008
LDL Technology engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of wireless embedded electronic systems worldwide. It offers tire pressure monitoring systems, vehicle immobilizer systems, keyless entry and start systems, and body control units. The company’s products are used in motorcycles, buses, trucks, mass transit systems, inflatable boats, and subway systems. It sells its products primarily to the original equipment manufacturer market. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Toulouse, France with operations in France, Japan, and the United States.

Constantin

Venture Round in 2007
Constantin is the design, production and distribution of marketing and point-of-sale solutions.
Sofed is a family company positioned on the market of the production and installation of joinery PVC and aluminum. With the manufacture of more than 2,000 windows per year, it addresses the market of individuals and professionals in this high-end segment. The project of the buyers is to consolidate the positions in the segment of the individuals while working the depth of range, and to reinforce its presence on the market of the professionals. They solicited GALIA Gestion to accompany them on this recovery project.

Stantum

Series A in 2007
Stantum, Inc. designs and manufactures multitouch surface controllers. Its products include Lemur, which is a control surface for audio and media applications; and DEXTER, a laptop sized control surface, which is used for controlling digital audio workstations. The company’s products are used by musicians, composers, discjockies, media artists, researchers, and developers. It offers its products through distributors and retailers internationally. The company was formerly known as JazzMutant SAS and changed its name in 2007. Stantum, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Bordeaux, France with a liaison office in Tokyo, Japan.

2 Minutes SAS

Series A in 2008
The studio « 2 Minutes » was established in October 2000 by Jean-Michel Spiner, who has 15 years of experience in digital technology as it applies to the animation industry which he acquired at pioneer companies in this sector, notably, Pixibox and TouTenKartoon. The company’s principal activity is the making of animated series for television and animation films for the cinema.

Transports Trazit

Acquisition in 2018
Transports TRAZIT S.A.S. provides transportation, complete loading, and distribution services of refrigerated products, including fruits and vegetables. The company was incorporated in 1974 and is headquartered in Marmande, France.

PraXcell

Venture Round in 2006
PraXcell is created in 2003. The company's principal activity is the development of advanced tools for cellular therapy. These are the human stem cells and the medical devices.

Actual Systemes

Venture Round in 2016
Actual Systemes operates in the field of indirect B to B distribution of IT hardware and software at national level. The company strength lies in our value strategy through their ability to support their clients in project mode to provide them with advice and services. Strategy increased by the acquisition of a host allowing to propose a CLOUD By ACTUAL offer in phase with our ecosystem. In a world where competition is fierce, the development strategy of ACTUAL Systèmes since its recovery in 2007, confers it in a spirit of a start-up with the advantage of a reputation gained and recognized by world leaders in the field. IT. Actual Systemes was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Merignac, France.

SAS ACTILEV

Series A in 2014
Actilev is an industrial supply for professional purchasing equipment and equipment reasoned purchase. It also offers useful and functional products such as roller conveyors for companies and industrial groups. Actilev provides an inexhaustible range of BTB products that meet the safety standards and certifications in force. It was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cognac, France.

Metaleo

Venture Round in 2015
Metaleo SARL designs, manufactures, and sells tanks, underground pipes, and accessories for LPG cisterns and industrial engineering. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in L'Isle-Jourdain, France.

Terakalis

Series A in 2022
Terakalis is the result of a technological partnership started in 2012 with the Charles Coulomb laboratory (L2C), a mixed CNRS-University of Montpellier unit. The field of TeraHertz electromagnetic waves (100 Ghz-10THz) is at the heart of this collaboration.

FineHeart

Series B in 2021
The company intends to use the funds to finance the development of its first product.France-based medical device company focused on innovative technologies in the cardiovascular space

Seanodes

Series B in 2007
Seanodes SA develops data storage domain and shared internal storage solutions in France. It offers Exanodes, a software solution, which creates a shared storage system using the cluster's own hard disks. The company’s technology virtualizes storage assets to leverage underused internal disks and direct attached storage into a virtual shared storage array. It also provides online support, implementation, and consulting services. The company serves small and medium businesses, service providers, high performance computing, government, life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, and oil and gas sectors through a network of resellers internationally. Seanodes SA was founded in 2002 and is based in Boulogne Billancourt, France.

TreeFrog Therapeutics

Series A in 2019
TreeFrog Therapeutics is a developer of stem cells intended to secure cell production and quality, fasten clinical development and facilitate market access. The company's offerings include a proprietary technology platform that provides an end to end 3D scalable solution that will dramatically reduce treatment costs, enabling patients to access the medical revolution of cell therapies by overcoming current critical manufacturing issues.

SARL BMIA

Seed Round in 2013
BMIA is a consulting firm specializing in computer engineering and automation for the transport, industry, and energy sectors. It also offers ERP of collective performance, interactive 3D simulators for training, and operating and maintenance aid. The firm conducts preliminary studies and audits to advise you on the solutions to implement for optimal results. BMIA was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Le Bouscat, France.

UWINLOC SAS

Series A in 2018
UWINLOC has an innovation strategy in order to transform its innovation into success, aligning the efforts to protect Industrial Property. With the support of INPI, UWINLOC strives to protect and valorise its innovations in the best way. Clients will can visualize their items on 3D mapping software to know where their objects are at all times. Expect reduced asset losses, reduced delivery times, more money and time savings, and increased site productivity.

Flash Therapeutics

Private Equity Round in 2018
Flash Therapeutics is a new gene therapy company developing gene and cell-based therapies by leveraging its proprietary lentiviral platform.

Conecteo SARL

Venture Round in 2017
Conecteo SARL develops customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. It provides Kiamo Call Center, which is designed to handle inbound and outbound operations for multimedia contact centers; Kiamo Enterprise that enables to organize, monitor, and improve customer interaction; and Kiamo IVR, which automatically identifies the number calling and captures the information that user require to be saved in the database. The company serves telecom operators, service providers, outsourcers, and integrators. It has strategic alliances with Dialogic, Voxpilot, and M2MSoft. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Martillac, France.

FineHeart

Series A in 2016
The company intends to use the funds to finance the development of its first product.France-based medical device company focused on innovative technologies in the cardiovascular space

Zoomalia

Venture Round in 2013
Zoomalia is the online pet shop that offers accessories and feeds for animals and animal blog. The pet shop has unique logistic system allows us to offer their customers a catalog of more than 24000 references dedicated to the pet shop and of which two-thirds are available in 24h. Zoomalia was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Aquitaine, France.

Miremont

Venture Round in 2015
Miremont is produces and supplies confectionary products. The company offers rare teas, hot chocolate, and pastries; cakes and pastries; and assortments of milk or dark chocolates, ganaches, sugared almonds, and marzipans.

Antabio

Series A in 2018
Antabio SAS develops drugs that block the virulence of bacteria. It offers molecules for the treatment of antibiotics resistant nosocomial infections. The company develops and MBLi: Metallo Beta-Lactamase inhibitor, an inhibitor of bacterial MBLs; discovered SBLi: Serine Beta-Lactamase inhibitor, SBL inhibitor with broad coverage against key SBL enzymes, including ESBLs, KPC and OXA-type carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii; and PEi : Pseudomonas Elastase inhibitors (powered by CARB-X), an inhaled drug which can be used as an adjunct to existing antibiotic therapy and which will reduce the frequency and severity of Pseudomonas exacerbations by targeting the three corner-stones of Pseudomonas pathogenesis: virulence, stealthiness and persistence. Antabio SAS was founded in 2009 and is based in Labège, France.

AS Industries

Venture Round in 2006
AS Industries is a specialist in subcontracting mechanical parts management in Asia. They select for their customers the best suppliers, in order to answer their industrial purchasing problems in the field of mechanics, foundry, plastic injection, and electronic products. From small to large series, AS Industries manufactures industrial parts on the plan. AS Industries was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Merignac, France.

My-Serious-Game

Series A in 2019
As the French leader in customized digital training, My-Serious-Game develops the knowledge of your employees, enhances their soft skills and mobilizes them, through tailor-made gamified solutions such as 3D simulations, competitive mobile challenges, blended learning or VR. Dare to learn in a fun and technological way! Catch and keep the trainees’ attention by offering them real immersive adventures. Combining techno-pedagogy, storytelling, technologies and techniques borrowed from the world of video games, they plunge your learners into a new formative, powerful and engaging experience.

Dronisos

Seed Round in 2018
Dronisos develops autonomous drone swarm software for outdoor and indoor drone entertainment light shows. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Canéjan, France.

Ademtech SA

Seed Round in 2001
Ademtech is developing and manufacturing superparamagnetic nanoparticles for in vitro diagnostic and life sciences applications. The association of complementary skills such as physicochemistry, polymer chemistry, immunology, cellular biology, molecular biology, and virology leads to the development of novel nano-objects with unique characteristics. Ademtech offers magnetic media, instruments (thermoshaker, an electronic pipette with variable spacing) and automata (extraction and pipetting). It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Pessac, France.

WorldCast Systems

Venture Round in 2006
WorldCast Systems provides solutions to the radio and TV industry in France and internationally. The company offers audio processing Products, E1 audio codecs, facility controls, FM transmitters, IP audio codecs, ISDN audio codecs, mobile metering products, RDS encoding products, signal monitoring products, T1 audio codecs, test and measurement products, and audio codecs. It offers its products through dealers and development partners.

Easy Live

Seed Round in 2014
We are a production tool, cloud based that require no skill to recreate the same quality you are used to on regular TV. Benefits of our platform : we stand just in between your local setup and the video platform of your choice (i.e. Facebook Live, Youtube, etc.). Our platform allows you also to syndicate your live content to multiple destinations : you can do Youtube, Facebook Live and Twitch simultaneously for example. We also provide an automatic output protection (Live Connection Loss) to make sure your feed never go down for your audience in case you experience local internet or material difficulties. Animations : We provide a live control room where you can add pictures, video, social media, lower thirds, logo, etc. real time. You can also clip your live feed real time and publish those short videos to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.

Antabio

Series A in 2017
Antabio SAS develops drugs that block the virulence of bacteria. It offers molecules for the treatment of antibiotics resistant nosocomial infections. The company develops and MBLi: Metallo Beta-Lactamase inhibitor, an inhibitor of bacterial MBLs; discovered SBLi: Serine Beta-Lactamase inhibitor, SBL inhibitor with broad coverage against key SBL enzymes, including ESBLs, KPC and OXA-type carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii; and PEi : Pseudomonas Elastase inhibitors (powered by CARB-X), an inhaled drug which can be used as an adjunct to existing antibiotic therapy and which will reduce the frequency and severity of Pseudomonas exacerbations by targeting the three corner-stones of Pseudomonas pathogenesis: virulence, stealthiness and persistence. Antabio SAS was founded in 2009 and is based in Labège, France.

Aquitaine Liege

Venture Round in 2015
Aquitaine Liege is specialized in the marketing of corks for wines of the guard. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Canéjan, France.

The Bioclinic Group

Venture Round in 2012
BioClinic operates medical analysis laboratories in the Ile-de-France region. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Paris, France.

X-Treme Video SAS

Venture Round in 2013
X-treme Video is distributes sports video content primarily in Europe, the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea. It offers snowboarding, skiing, wakeboarding, skateboarding, windsurfing, kite boarding, motocross, roadbike stunt, base jumping, body boarding, mountain biking, long boarding, jet skiing, snowmobile, rock climbing, and other films.

Sarl Dubos A.S.

Seed Round in 2018
SARL DUBOS A.S. engages in manufacturing of linen products. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Pessac, France.

Cafe de la plage

Venture Round in 2013
Cafe de la plage is Bassin Restaurant Group that offers foods, beverages, and coffee in seafront.

Cacolac

Venture Round in 2015
Cacolac is manufactures food bars, chocolate drinks, and flavored milk.

Neosens

Venture Round in 2008
Neosens SA engages in the design and development of sensor solutions and technologies to monitor and control water and industrial liquids. It offers sensors that monitor the presence of dissolved oxygen in liquid environments; and fouling systems for continuous fouling monitoring in liquid environments. The company’s solutions are used in various water and environmental applications, including cooling systems, heat exchangers, potable water, ultra-pure waters, and industrial boilers, as well as in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Labege, France.

LDL Technology

Series A in 2005
LDL Technology engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of wireless embedded electronic systems worldwide. It offers tire pressure monitoring systems, vehicle immobilizer systems, keyless entry and start systems, and body control units. The company’s products are used in motorcycles, buses, trucks, mass transit systems, inflatable boats, and subway systems. It sells its products primarily to the original equipment manufacturer market. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Toulouse, France with operations in France, Japan, and the United States.

Vectalys

Venture Round in 2016
Vectalys, expert in gene delivery based on lentiviral vectors, is a private biotech company founded by Pascale Bouillé in 2005. Today, Vectalys counts 25 full-time employees exclusively dedicated to providing lentiviral vectors, cell models, molecular biology strategies and supporting your projects. Vectalys aims to help scientists worldwide understand cellular and molecular mechanisms in order to discover new drugs and therapies. Vectalys has developed a state-of-the-art proprietary technology to provide the highest quality of lentiviral vectors for the transduction of hard-to-transfect cells like primary cells, stem cells and in vivo tissues. Vectalys high quality lentiviral vectors ensure 100% transduction efficiency and non-toxic transduction on any target cells, for example to create predictive models. Because each project is unique, the Vectalys team supports you by providing custom lentiviral vectors for the right application with your gene of interest. Vectalys is also the manufacturer of highly pure ready-to-use lentiviral vectors carrying fluorescent, bioluminescent or gene editing proteins. These products are distributed worldwide. Vectalys is committed to providing solutions that save your time and support your most ambitious projects.

Conecteo SARL

Series A in 2009
Conecteo SARL develops customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. It provides Kiamo Call Center, which is designed to handle inbound and outbound operations for multimedia contact centers; Kiamo Enterprise that enables to organize, monitor, and improve customer interaction; and Kiamo IVR, which automatically identifies the number calling and captures the information that user require to be saved in the database. The company serves telecom operators, service providers, outsourcers, and integrators. It has strategic alliances with Dialogic, Voxpilot, and M2MSoft. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Martillac, France.

Pylote SAS

Venture Round in 2016
PYLOTE is an industrial company in the field of mineral and ceramic chemistry. Through its range of "PYCLEAR Tm" performance solutions, PYLOTE designs, develops and markets innovative and efficient solutions, in the form of mineral microspheres that can be integrated into many consumer products of daily life. PYLOTE is active in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, luxury and food industry markets, helping to provide consumers with greener, cleaner and safer products.

Conecteo SARL

Series B in 2012
Conecteo SARL develops customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. It provides Kiamo Call Center, which is designed to handle inbound and outbound operations for multimedia contact centers; Kiamo Enterprise that enables to organize, monitor, and improve customer interaction; and Kiamo IVR, which automatically identifies the number calling and captures the information that user require to be saved in the database. The company serves telecom operators, service providers, outsourcers, and integrators. It has strategic alliances with Dialogic, Voxpilot, and M2MSoft. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Martillac, France.

SNAPP'

Seed Round in 2008
Specialized in mobile app development, Snapp’ provides packaged m-Commerce and m-Loyalty solutions to retailers and around-the-corner shops. FidMe mWallet - Snapp’ provides the first mobile wallet solution in the world embedding big-box retailer barcode loyalty cards and around-the-corner shop stamp cards. Already used by 1.5 million consumers, FidMeTM is available in 19 languages on every mobile OS and includes 4,900 loyalty programs in 80 countries. FidMe won 9 awards since 2012

Neosens

Series B in 2009
Neosens SA engages in the design and development of sensor solutions and technologies to monitor and control water and industrial liquids. It offers sensors that monitor the presence of dissolved oxygen in liquid environments; and fouling systems for continuous fouling monitoring in liquid environments. The company’s solutions are used in various water and environmental applications, including cooling systems, heat exchangers, potable water, ultra-pure waters, and industrial boilers, as well as in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Labege, France.

Domalys SAS

Venture Round in 2015
Domalys SAS provides solutions and customized products for elderly people. The company offers products including Aladin a lamp; Aladin telecare assistance; Domalys tracking software; Complys customized table; and Modulys hanging table. Domalys SAS was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Vienne, France.

SUNiBrain

Venture Round in 2016
SUNiBRAIN is the first photovoltaic cell cooling system for professionals. Imagine that you can slow the aging of solar cells and dramatically increase their performance. Rainwater cooling is a natural and durable solution that keeps panels clean and protected from temperatures. extremes while guaranteeing maximum photoelectric efficiency day after day and year after year. Our patented technology offers immediate profitability to solar power producers who are equipped. SUNiBRAIN ™ is compatible with absolutely all types of photovoltaic plants in France as elsewhere!

L'addition

Venture Round in 2017
L'addition is an Ipad cash register software for bars, restaurants, food trucks, and etc. It has developed software that fully meets the expectations of restorers for order intake and collections. Relying on Apple media, its offer is intuitive and economical. The application aims to exceed the functionality of a conventional cash register while enjoying the robustness and ease of use of the iPad. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

IEF2I

Venture Round in 2010
IEF2I operates in the professional training market, particularly in the IT segment.

Sunna Design

Venture Round in 2014
Sunna Design is a France-based company that designs and produces LED and solar lighting solutions. The company offers integrated solar street lights for isolated and urban areas, and specific projects; and smart grids powered by solar energy. It also provides design solutions. Sunna Design’s products are used in public spaces with little to no access to electricity. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Blanquefort, France.

LOGIDOC-Solutions

Series A in 2008
LOGIDOC-Solutions, publisher french software, designs and markets innovative solutions since 2005 adopted in all sectors (banking, insurance, government, industry). The software that they design enables users to manage all outgoing mail from their workstation, without changing habits, improving productivity and reducing the direct and indirect costs.