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Unexo

Unexo, SCR is the private equity and venture capital division of Crédit Agricole SA, focusing on investments in middle market and mature companies. It specializes in growth capital, development stages, leveraged management buyouts, owner's buyouts, and recapitalization transactions. The firm primarily targets small and medium-sized enterprises in various sectors, with a particular emphasis on agro-food firms, located in West France, including regions such as Brittany and Pays de la Loire. Unexo typically invests between €0.3 million and €10 million in growth and buyout transactions, while recapitalization investments range from €0.10 million to €6 million. The firm looks for companies with a minimum revenue of €0.25 million and generally takes minority stakes in its portfolio. Founded in 1993, Unexo is headquartered in Rennes, France, with additional offices in Nantes, Rouen, and Caen.

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Edouard Boulan

Associate

Jean-Luc Creach

CEO

Maryan Deroo

Principal

Gregory Derrien

Associate

Jérémy Durand

Associate

Stéphane Frénéat

Principal

Baudoin Gouvenou

Associate

Mélanie Hébert

Investment Director

Antony Lemarchand

Executive Director - Head of the Nantes office

Antoine Martiarena

Associate

Eric Poisson

Associate

Pierre-Loïc Revol

Associate

16 past transactions

Weenat

Venture Round in 2021
Weenat SAS, founded in 2014 and based in Nantes, France, develops an agriculture platform that focuses on precision agronomy. The company offers connected sensors that provide real-time data on weather analysis, crop protection, irrigation, and frost solutions. By integrating these devices with its platform, Weenat enables farmers to optimize their resources through localized information and decision support systems. This technology aims to enhance agricultural efficiency and effectiveness by creating a network that connects various plots of land.

Smartway

Series A in 2021
Created by 2 brothers in 2012, Smartway was born from an ethical and environmental observation linked to the fact of throwing away products that are still good for consumption. Their goal: to reduce food and non-food waste and save their customers money. In order to highlight, in stores, products to be consumed quickly, Smartway creates a link between consumers and distributors through a win-win relationship. On the consumer side, this free service makes it possible, on the one hand, to list products to be consumed quickly (and therefore cheaper) nearby, and on the other hand to increase the performance of stores by improving the management of their unsold products. Smartway is growing in Europe. Its team has won numerous awards from actors involved in sustainable development, web and mass distribution.

Zéro-Gâchis

Venture Round in 2021
Zero-Hash aims to reduce food waste by helping supermarkets manage their unsold.

Qovetia

Seed Round in 2021
Qovetia brings together canine, equine, and rural veterinarians, willing to jointly develop their clinics around common values.

Scalinx

Series A in 2021
Scalinx operates as a fabless semiconductor company specialized in the design and supply of Signal Conversion ASIC and ASSP for Test & Measurement, MilAero, and Communications markets.

Quortex

Seed Round in 2020
Quortex develops artificial intelligence based software solution that will lower the infrastructural and network costs for content delivery over the internet. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Cesson-Sévigné, France.

Aviwest

Series B in 2020
Aviwest SAS develops and markets digital video equipment and solutions for broadcast and security markets. Its products include digital mobile news gathering wireless camera systems that allow broadcasters, content producers, and TV stations to produce professional live video contents, such as breaking news, live shows, and interviews from remote places; and digital audio and video compression boards. The company also provides training, installation, validation, customer support, and maintenance services. Its products are used in digital television and news gathering, and surveillance markets, as well as in military unmanned vehicles and robots. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Rennes, France.

Robocath

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2009 by Philippe Bencteux, MD, Robocath designs, develops and commercializes robotic solutions to treat cardiovascular diseases. As an active player in the evolving medical robotic industry, these innovative solutions aim to make medical procedures safer, thanks to reliable technologies, while complementing manual interventions. R-One™ is the first solution developed by Robocath. It uses a unique technology that optimizes the safety of robotic-assisted coronary angioplasty. It is designed to operate with precision and perform specific movements creating better interventional conditions. Thanks to its open architecture, R-One™ is compatible with market leading devices and cath labs. Robocath aims to become the world leader in vascular robotics and develop the remote treatment of vascular emergencies, guaranteeing the best care pathway for all.

Weenat

Funding Round in 2019
Weenat SAS, founded in 2014 and based in Nantes, France, develops an agriculture platform that focuses on precision agronomy. The company offers connected sensors that provide real-time data on weather analysis, crop protection, irrigation, and frost solutions. By integrating these devices with its platform, Weenat enables farmers to optimize their resources through localized information and decision support systems. This technology aims to enhance agricultural efficiency and effectiveness by creating a network that connects various plots of land.

Filpack

Private Equity Round in 2018
Filpack SA, established in 1977 and located in Pierrelaye, France, specializes in the distribution and manufacturing of packaging solutions for fruits and vegetables. The company offers a comprehensive range of packaging equipment and materials, including films, pallets, wrapping paper, nets, and staplers. Additionally, Filpack provides weighing machines and other measuring instruments essential for the packaging process. By supplying both consumables and equipment, Filpack supports clients across various sectors, including agriculture and industrial markets, in efficiently procuring the necessary packaging materials for their products.

Hoppen

Venture Round in 2017
Hoppen specializes in providing digital solutions tailored for the healthcare industry. The company focuses on delivering multimedia services specifically designed to meet the needs of medical professionals and institutions. By integrating innovative technologies, Hoppen aims to enhance communication and improve operational efficiency within the healthcare sector, ensuring that medical providers can effectively engage with their patients and streamline their processes.

Frénéhard & Michaux

Venture Round in 2016
Frénéhard & Michaux is specialists in their new markets with the building envelope. Our future is focused on fall protection solutions and the protection of work at height. Frénéhard & Michaux is a major French industrial group. Our ambition : Create synergies between our entities to create great ideas. Strengthen the core business of each of our companies. Capitalize on our historical brands to conquer new markets. Extend the group's presence in the construction and industry markets. Pool our R & D resources to develop our product lines. Forge a leading European group with an industrial anchor in France.

NomoTech

Venture Round in 2015
The NomoTech group is a leading player in the wireless broadband market and has three business lines: it is a supplier of telecoms infrastructure, an operator and an internet service provider specialising in rural areas and high-density urban locations.

BURAY

Private Equity Round in 2012
Ets Buray et fils engages in the manufacturing of metalwork, metal frame, and aluminum joinery. The company's product portfolio includes windows, doors, portals, shutters, verandas, pergolas, and insulation material. The company cuts, drills, assembles and paints each metal element of the structure to be produced in their metal workshop. The company was founded in 1947 and is based in Neufchatel en bray, France. The company operates as a subsidiary of MAULER Constructions SAS.

Cafés Merling

Private Equity Round in 2012
Cafés Merling Gestion SAS engages in roasting and selling expresso coffee in France. It offer a wide range of choices such as hot drinks, accompaniments, syrups, jams, and seasonal products such as milkshakes and Christmas teas. The company operates cafe shops for coffee and tea in La Rochelle. In addition the company operates vending machines with hot drinks, cold drinks, sweets, sandwiches, ready meals ,and desserts. Cafés Merling was founded in 1979 and is based in La Périgny, France.