Cet article <strong>ROUVY</strong> is sold to Zwift est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this acquisition, Ouster now offers Physical AI’s first unified sensing and perception platform, combining high-performance digital lidar, cameras, AI compute, sensor fusion and perception software, and cutting-edge AI models.

Cet article <strong>Stereolabs</strong> and Ouster Join Forces to Create a World-Leading Sensing & Perception Company est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The group will rebrand to Solive, forming the largest digital property management company in France and Belgium, with the aim of continuing its market consolidation strategy.

With the support of both companies’ investors (Andera Partners, Reflexion Capital, Newfund, and CDC Banque des Territoires), the merger will generate significant synergies and create a group with €25m combined revenues.

Cet article <strong>Homeland Immo</strong> joins forces with Immo City to create Solive, the leading digital property management company in France & Belgium est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

GWC’s investment will support Quivo in executing its ambitious growth strategy, expanding into GCC markets, and further strengthening its market-leading logistics technology platform.

Cet article <strong>Quivo</strong>, the leading next-generation digital fulfillment platform, receives a strategic growth investment from Gulf Warehousing Company est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

As a leading provider of software and service solutions for IT and Customer Service Knowledge Management, USU is extending its position towards European market leadership through this acquisition.

Cet article <strong>Mayday</strong> is joining forces with USU, shaping the European leader in knowledge management est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction highlights Clipperton’s expertise in advising technology leaders at the forefront of Industry 4.0, combining advanced automation, robotics, and digital transformation to redefine manufacturing standards.

Cet article EssilorLuxottica acquires <strong>Automation & Robotics</strong>, advancing high-performance solutions in ophthalmic manufacturing est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The acquisition adds over 4,000 restaurants to Caspeco’s customer base and will serve 6,500 restaurants across the Nordics, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Together, it will form one of Europe’s largest Restaurant Tech Platforms.

Cet article <strong>Trivec</strong>, the leading provider of POS systems in the hospitality industry, is sold to Caspeco est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Integrating Blumatix solutions into the CSS portfolio aims to provide comprehensive AI functions that significantly increase value creation for companies through more efficient and intelligent processes.

Blumatix, founded in 2010, is an independent organization within the CSS Group even after the takeover. As part of CSS, Blumatix can offer a broader and more powerful portfolio of AI solutions. Blumatix and CSS customers and partners benefit from innovative technologies that offer a significantly higher level of automation.

Cet article <strong>Blumatix</strong> sold its majority stake to Carlyle’s portfolio company CSS Group est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Refectory, a company based in northern France, has revolutionized workplace dining by delivering high-quality meals to employees on the outskirts of major cities at an affordable price. With its innovative corporate catering model, Refectory aspires to become a leader in the sector across France.

Cet article <strong>Carrefour</strong> sold Refectory to Michel Razou est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Wrike, a portfolio company of STG, is a leader in intelligent work management software.

With this acquisition, Wrike will combine creative visual management with its intelligent work management platform, creating an impactful solution that allows companies to drive even more efficiency in their workflows.

Cet article <strong>Klaxoon</strong> sold to Wrike est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Agorize is a platform that enables its customers to launch, manage, and distribute innovation challenges to an active community of 5 million innovators worldwide (students, designers, developers, startups, etc.). The solution has already been adopted by world leaders in all business sectors: Amazon, LVMH, Schneider Electric, PepsiCo and Décathlon are among the company’s 200+ references on five continents.

Agorize, founded five years ago, has established itself as a benchmark in open innovation. By connecting companies with a network of 10 million students, developers, and startups worldwide, it has enabled many organizations to solve complex challenges while attracting the best talent. These two complementary approaches now find common ground.

With this acquisition, Bloomflow is not only expanding its product portfolio. The new new entity, which will benefit from a unique expertise, will have over 100 employees and a prestigious customer base compromising 300 major companies and institutions in 26 countries.

Cet article <strong>Agorize</strong>, a leader in innovation management, is acquired by Bloomflow est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

ChapsVision plans to leverage this acquisition to enhance its platform offering and further help organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI, supporting the transition from experimentation to production solutions in a secure context. 

This deal solidifies Clipperton’s position as a top advisor to European Software category leaders. The sale of Sinequa to ChapsVision brings to 10 the number of SaaS transactions successfully closed by Clipperton in 2024.

Cet article <strong>Sinequa</strong>, the leading enterprise search platform powered by AI, is sold to ChapsVision est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

By joining Hager Group, advizeo will benefit from the expertise and resources of a world leader in energy management. This strategic alliance is an exceptional opportunity for advizeo to strengthen its growth and explore new markets, particularly internationally.

Cet article <strong>advizeo</strong> joins Hager Group to strengthen its leadership in France and accelerate its international development est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This acquisition will enhance Equativ’s retail media capabilities and expand upon the company’s recent merger with Sharethrough, which created one of the largest global independent ad marketplaces.

Cet article <strong>Kamino Retail</strong>, the flexible and agnostic on-site retail media platform designed for retailers, is sold to Equativ est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>myClubs</strong> is acquired by Urban Sports Club, the European leader in online fitness and corporate wellness est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The company, known for its collaborations and white-label technology, offers versatile solutions for all industries and is a pioneer in intelligent document processing (IDP) by integrating innovative AI with machine learning for automated document processing.

This transaction is evidence of Clipperton’s strong track record in executing transactions on behalf of European technology champions with strategic acquirers – including the sale of Smartlook to Cisco or the recent merger of Vade with Hornet Security.

This marks a further significant milestone of a successful start into 2024 for Clipperton’s German team.

Cet article <strong>natif.ai</strong> is acquired by DocuWare est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This partnership aims to position the group as the preeminent cybersecurity software provider for customers and partners, who will benefit from a more extensive product offering positioning Hornetsecurity as a global reference for cloud-based cybersecurity services.

This deal illustrates Clipperton’s increasing focus in the cybersecurity segment, following the recent transactions involving HarfangLab and Advens. This deal further marks the 13th cross-border transaction advised by Clipperton in the past 12 months.

Cet article <strong>Vade</strong> joins Hornetsecurity, creating a European cybersecurity leader est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Eskimoz, a Martech leader specializing in web traffic acquisition (SEO, SEA, Content, Data) has acquired Semtrix, a German leader in SEO services based in Düsseldorf, with 50 employees. 

Philippe Charbonnier, Managing Director at Natixis Partners, led the debt financing process of the transaction.

Following the successive takeovers of Sembox in Italy and Digital Uncut in the UK, as well as the opening of an office in Spain, Eskimoz reinforces its pan-European leader position in web traffic acquisition.

Cet article Marketing Technology leader <strong>Eskimoz</strong> pursues its European expansion with the acquisition of German-based Semtrix est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

In its first major international acquisition, Welcome to the Jungle is strategically enhancing its international presence, to establish a significant foothold in the UK. Additionally, the acquisition facilitates Welcome to the Jungle’s entry into the US market, where Otta already generates a significant share of its applications.

Cet article <strong>Welcome to the Jungle</strong> acquired Otta to expand into the UK and the US est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With its market-leading solution portfolio of IaaS, PaaS, and edge infrastructure, the cloud & edge business will establish a new cloud & edge competence center within WIIT while further accelerating its pan-European growth trajectory.

This transaction illustrates Clipperton’s strong track record in executing transactions on behalf of European infrastructure software companies with strategic acquirers – including gridscale’s recent sale to OVHcloud, Smartlook’s recent sale to Cisco, Gandi’s recent sale to Total Webhosting Solutions and Dan.com’s recent sale to GoDaddy.

Cet article Cloud & Edge Platform Business of <strong>German Edge Cloud</strong> is acquired by European IT services leader WIIT est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Quitoque</strong> is sold to Terence Capital est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Grasp will introduce an exciting new route to partner with MiQ across all markets. The company will continue to operate as an independent business unit under MiQ’s ownership and will retain its current brand.

This transaction illustrates Clipperton’s rich track record in the Martech & Adtech space, with transactions such as the sale of Smartlook to Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] earlier in 2023, Ardian’s €330m take-private of Artefact, Brevo’s $160m Series B or Capital Croissance’s majority stake sale in Equativ.

Cet article <strong>Grasp</strong> is sold to Bridgepoint’s portfolio company MiQ est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Qwant</strong> is sold to Synfonium est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With its market-leading hyperconverged infrastructure PaaS solution, gridscale will add mission-critical capabilities to OVHcloud’s public cloud business while further accelerating its pan-European growth trajectory.

This deal illustrates Clipperton’s strong track record in executing transactions on behalf of European infrastructure software companies with strategic acquirers – including Smartlook’s recent sale to Cisco, Gandi’s recent sale to Total Webhosting Solutions and Dan.com’s recent sale to GoDaddy. In addition, this is the fourth transaction in 2023 that has been led by Clipperton’s German team.

Cet article <strong>gridscale</strong> sold to OVHcloud [EURONEXT:OVH] est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The acquisition will enable Arkance to pursue its international expansion by covering additional countries such as India, the US, the UK and Australia. It further will enable the company to strengthen its product portfolio and enlarge its customer reach.

This transaction illustrates Clipperton’s expertise in advising companies within the software and data services sector, as well as on buy-side deals. 

Cet article <strong>Monnoyeur Group</strong> acquires the technology partner for leading Construction and Manufacturing companies, VinZero est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Smartlook will expand Cisco AppDynamics’ DEM solutions with new user experience insights, analytics, and troubleshooting capabilities, enabling comprehensive visibility into end-user digital behavior across web and mobile platforms.

This transaction confirms Clipperton’s unique ability to execute transactions on behalf of European SaaS companies vis-a-vis North American acquirers – including Dan’s recent sale to GoDaddy, Reporting 21’s sale to Cority and Packlink’s sale to Auctane (both backed by Thoma Bravo). In addition, this will be the fifth SaaS deal that Clipperton has announced in 2023 so far.

Cet article <strong>Smartlook</strong> sold to Cisco [NASDAQ:CSCO] est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This mission was carried out in the context of the sale of Gandi by Montefiore Investment, majority shareholder since 2019. The merger of the two companies, which share a similar DNA and entrepreneurial values, will create a new group, Your.Online.

Gandi’s sale to TWS is a landmark transaction in the web hosting space, which was made possible by the development and acceleration of Gandi’s growth over the past 4 years.

It is also a testament to Clipperton’s expertise in the cloud hosting and domain name segment after advising Dan on its sale to GoDaddy, NBS System’s sale to Oceanet Technology, or Ikoula’s sale to Sewan.

Cet article <strong>Gandi</strong>, the leading French domain name registrar, web and email hosting service, is joining forces with pan-European champion Total Webhosting Solutions est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

With this new acquisition, SES-imagotag continues to build its data division, which also includes Captana, a company specializing in real-time shelf analysis using image analysis and artificial intelligence, as well as several solutions within the VUSION platform.

This deal further illustrates Clipperton’s expertise in advising Future of Retail enablers with thirteen deals closed over the past 24 months that include Artefact, Ekimetrics, Qopius, Datawords Group, and more.

Cet article <strong>In The Memory</strong> sold to VusionGroup (formerly SES-imagotag) est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Clipperton acted as sole financial advisor to eatclever, the virtual delivery brand market leader in the DACH region, on its sale to Peckwater Brands, Europe’s largest operator of virtual food brands.

eatclever was founded in 2015 by Marco Langhoff, Robin Himmels, and Mohamed Chahin, providing virtual food delivery brands to German, Austria,n and Swiss markets, and operates a team of 30 people out of its head office in Hamburg.

Peckwater will add eatclever’s food brands to its portfolio, including taste&soul, Chicos, and KoChi (Korean Fried Chicken).

Cet article <strong>Eatclever</strong> is sold to Peckwater Brands est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Reporting 21</strong> is sold to Thoma Bravo’s portfolio company Cority est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>L’Addition</strong> is acquired by Française des Jeux [ENXTPA:FDJ] est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Dan.com</strong> is acquired by GoDaddy [NYSE:GDDY] est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Groupe BPCE</strong> and Swile combine Swile and Bimpli est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

The merger of PSS and SportPursuit forms Sportscape Group, creating Europe’s most attractive digital sports equipment offering for millions of sports enthusiasts looking for sporting goods at exceptional prices. Its aim is to become the leading destination in Europe and beyond for the sports and outdoor communities. Both Private Sport Shop and SportPursuit brands will continue to operate in their original markets, relying on their strong consumer recognition and loyalty built up over more than 10 years.

Cet article <strong>Private Sport Shop</strong> merges with SportPursuit to become Sportscape Group est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Founded in 2016, Wavy has built a 360° management and communication software, combining a back-office solution and an app, for hair salons, beauty salons and barbershops.

The acquisition of Wavy is set to reinforce Treatwell’s expertise in the hair salon segment and consolidate its presence in France.

Cet article <strong>Wavy</strong> is acquired by Treatwell est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Launched only 14 months ago by Henri Capoul, Guillaume Luscan, and Jérémy Gotteland, Cajoo pioneered the Q-Commerce boom in France. Cajoo is transforming everyday groceries with a full-stack model, offering a wide & highly-curated range of products delivered at home within 15-min click to door.

The acquisition of Cajoo will help Flink boost its national expansion, assortment and customer base in the key French market and further consolidate its leading position in Europe.

Carrefour, early investor and exclusive retail partner of Cajoo, will become the exclusive partner for the French market for Flink and a direct shareholder in the company.

Cet article <strong>Cajoo</strong>, the French Q-Commerce pioneer, joins forces with Berlin-based unicorn Flink est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

This transaction is a landmark deal in the sport tech industry and marks the creation of the leading European player in the corporate sports segment. This is testament of Clipperton’s fast growing track record in the digital health and consumer subscription space. Notable recent transactions in the segment include advising 8fit on its sale to Withings, Merieux’ on the $150m financing round of Dental Monitoring at a $1bn valuation, Inova on its $70m investment by Carlyle and a large fundraise for a leading mindfulness platform (confidential).

Cet article <strong>Gymlib</strong> is joining forces with EGYM est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Septeo is a French-based group and a major provider of software solutions for the legal and real-estate industries. Backed by HG Capital since 2020, Septeo has been executing several build-up acquisitions over the last 2 years.

This transaction marks the second deal of Clipperton in the HR segment over the last 12 months, after AssessFirst’s growth investment of CAPZA Growth Tech. It also makes reference to Clipperton’s role as a long-term advisor to Welcome to the Jungle, with the €20m fundraising led by Revaia. Clipperton has been a long-standing advisor to Foederis, having notably managed the investment of Isatis Capital in 2017.

Cet article <strong>Foederis Group</strong> gets acquired by Septeo est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Eijsink</strong>, a leading SaaS vendor for cloud-based POS systems and digital solutions in Benelux, is sold to Metro est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Altares collects, structures, analyzes and enriches B2B data in order to facilitate decision-making for companies’ general and operational management. As the exclusive partner in France, Benelux and North Africa of Dun & Bradstreet, the leading international B2B information network, Altares has positioned itself as the partner of choice for major accounts, SMEs and public organizations.

Visiblee, which employs nearly 35 people in France and the United States, offers a SaaS solution for identifying professional website visitors for the benefit of more than a hundred customers, mainly major accounts such as Euronext, Le Bon Coin and Bouygues Telecom.

Clipperton acted as buy-side financial advisor to Altares in this transaction.

Cet article <strong>Altares</strong> acquires Visiblee est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Fruitz is a dating platform founded in 2017 which enables users to meet people that are looking for the same kind of relationship.

With this acquisition, Bumble Inc. will strengthen its foothold in Europe as well as combine Fruitz’s dynamic Gen Z oriented product with its industry-leading machine learning, marketing, localization, and safety platforms.

Cet article <strong>Fruitz</strong>, one of the fastest-growing dating apps in Europe, is sold to Bumble Inc. [NASDAQ: BMBL] est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

8fit has firmly established itself as one of the leaders in healthy lifestyle consumer subscription, offering a balanced programme of fitness, mindfulness and nutrition to more than 30 million users worldwide.

The acquisition of 8fit will allow Withings to strengthen its capabilities to provide value-added support to users, expand its global user footprint, develop cross-sell synergies and substantially enrich its digital platform with a vast library of valuable content.

Cet article <strong>8fit</strong>, a globally leading digital wellness platform, is sold to Withings est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Cet article <strong>Packlink</strong>, Europe’s leading shipping platform, is sold to Thoma Bravo’s portfolio company, Auctane est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Alentour connects activity providers with tourist accommodations, allowing travelers to book activities online from a rich and curated offering that was previously difficult to access.

This transaction notably reinforces Clipperton’s track record in advising leaders in the traveltech industry, including former clients such as Click&Boat, Musement or Le Collectionist. 

Cet article <strong>La Banque des Territoires</strong> enters into a strategic partnership with Amadeus est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Founded in 1998, Ikoula is a front-runner in the European cloud hosting industry. Backed by Ardian since 2014, the company provides small and large companies with a complete offer of infrastructure solutions and managed cloud services – a market estimated at ~$140bn in 2020. 

This transaction highlights Clipperton’s expertise in advising high growth customers in the cloud and telecom industry (precedent transactions such as NetRange, Broadpeak, Gridscale).

Cet article <strong>Ikoula</strong> gets acquired by Sewan est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

After raising $160 million in funding to support its technology and product investments and international expansion, Sendinblue announced the acquisition of three e-commerce marketing companies: Chatra, Metrilo, and PushOwl. The acquisition of Chatra will allow Sendinblue to deploy automated chat notifications based on visitor behavior and respond to questions one-on-one via their website or social channels.

According to Armand Thiberge, CEO of Sendinblue, this series of acquisitions is “part of Sendinblue’s longer-term vision to expand our marketing capabilities and dive into the growing e-commerce space.”

This deal highlights Clipperton’s capacity to repeatedly assist customers in their development, as this transaction marks the 3rd collaboration between Clipperton and Sendinblue since 2017.

Cet article <strong>Brevo</strong> (formerly named Sendinblue) acquires Chatra est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.

Merging with Zoov, the technological benchmark for self-service e-bikes, the new Smoove & Zoov entity is set to have the unique ability to address large business-to-government bike sharing tenders globally, while being more technology advanced than new free-floating entrants. It will therefore contribute to massively accelerate the modal shift from cars to bikes.

This deal highlights Clipperton’s expertise in micromobility as well as Cleantech, with this being the second transaction in 2021 in the field of ecological transition after the fundraising of TUCOENERGIE.

Cet article <strong>Zoov</strong> are joining forces to create a European sustainable mobility champion Fifteen est apparu en premier sur Clipperton Finance.