Sagard Europe

Incredible energy at our London Go-To-Market Showcase!    A huge thank you to the 80+ guests who joined us for this great event. Brought live by our in-house Value Creation experts Jonathan Metrick, Parinaz Sobhani and Osanne Delcourt, this was a great opportunity to bring together portfolio companies, LPs and our European network to explore the cutting-edge trends shaping Go-to-Market strategies and the rapidly evolving role of AI in business today.   5 highlights from our conversations :  🔸Connect your date to see full customer profitability 🔸Tighten ICPs to your most profitable customers 🔸Minimize time to value to maximise conversion 🔸Crawl Walk Run - build AI progressively & focus on high impact use cases  🔸Drive AI innovation with your functional experts    A heartfelt thank you to our Sagard NewGen and Portage Partners— Agnès Huyghues Despointes, Guillaume Lefebvre and Berangere Barbe, Hélène FALCHIER and Adam Felesky — for your presence and leadership, and of course the whole NewGen team and Márcia without whom none of this would be possible!   See you in NYC this October for our fifth Growth Summit!   #Sagard #SagardNewGen #GTM #AI #ValueCreation #PrivateEquity #GrowthMindset #Innovation #Craftsmanship Sagard Europe

We are pleased to announce that Sagard MidCap has reaffirmed its commitment to CEVA SANTE ANIMALE, by reinvesting in the company as part of its latest share capital reorganization.   Sagard MidCap has been a shareholder of Ceva since 2010.   Our decision to pursue this incredible journey reflects our confidence in Ceva’s ambitious strategy and its ability to drive innovation and deliver growth in the animal health sector.   Congratulations to MARC PRIKAZSKY and the entire management team for their vision and their relentless commitment to building a world leader headquartered in France.   Antoine Ernoult-Dairaine Saik Paugam Eléonore Caramalli Pierre-Olivier Bouissy

Sagard NewGen awarded Private Equity Fund of the Year by Maddyness! Thank you to Maddyness for this recognition and for your constant support of the French tech ecosystem. You are among the first to recognize that private equity / buyout is part of this ecosystem alongside Venture Capital. It is essential that the French Tech also includes bootstrapped companies, which innovate and thrive without external funding. A larger, more powerful tech ecosystem will benefit us all in the global competition. France is an amazing breeding ground for superb, innovative technology companies, whatever the way they finance their development. This award goes above all to our fantastic team. Thank you for your daily dedication and passion! Naturally, our warmest congratulations go to our portfolio companies and their outstanding management teams, without whom none of this would be possible. We are very proud of being part of your growth journey, thanks for choosing us as your partner! Congratulations to the other winners (Wind - Thierry Vandewalle, Sopra Steria Ventures - Socheat Chhay, JEITO Rafaèle Tordjman, Evolem, 2C Group, Inovexus) and nominees in all categories. Special congrats to our peers and friends, ISAI - Pierre Martini, PSG - Quentin Jonas, your work and achievements are an inspiration to us. Guillaume Lefebvre Berangere Barbe Jan Kinsky Victoire Consten Osanne Delcourt Louis Gosselin Martin Klotz Michel Bsarini Eliott Leinenweber Sagard Europe #MaddynessAwards #PrivateEquity #FrenchTech 🚀

Nutrisens, a Sagard Europe MidCap portfolio company, has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Prodiet Medical Nutrition, a Brazilian specialist of oral and enteral nutrition products. This acquisition further strengthens Nutrisens’ position as an international leader in clinical nutrition and allows Nutrisens to establish a strong local platform to address the broader Latin America market. Congratulations to the team : Georges Devesa Daphné Morel Philippe Magnenet Maxime Baudry Nicolas B. Augustin Perrin Soriano Adrien Bonfils Antoine Ernoult-Dairaine Sagard  

Audensiel, a Sagard Europe MidCap portfolio company, has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Gruppo FOS, an Italian technology company listed on Euronext Growth Milan. This acquisition further strengthens Audensiel’s position as a international leader in digital transformation, focusing on Data, Digital Factory, Cyber Security and IoT.   Congratulations to the team Nicolas PACAULT Aude Rigaudière Thomas Perrot Maxime Baudry Nicolas B. Célia Kanoui Cressey Antoine Ernoult-Dairaine Sagard

DiliTrust, a Sagard NewGen portfolio company, announces the acquisition of PACTA., a Germany-based Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software 💻 👏   This acquisition solidifies DiliTrust European LegalTech leadership by expanding in the DACH region 🏆   This is the 5th acquisition of DiliTrust, since Sagard NewGen investment in May 2022   Congratulation to Yves Garagnon, Nadim Baklouti, the DiliTrust team and welcome on-board Pacta team!   Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/e3Snwb8D   Guillaume Lefebvre, Martin Klotz, Eliott Leinenweber Jérémie Falzone, Félix Wang, Niccolò Maino, Benjamin Hara, Bastien Estival, Violaine Namy #Sagard #NewGen #DiliTrust #LegalTech #SaaS #LBO

I-TRACING, a Sagard NewGen portfolio company, and Bridewell are joining forces to create the independent European cybersecurity services champion! 🚀   Bridewell is the UK’s leading cybersecurity services company with 300+ employees, offering strategic consulting and managed security services for critical infrastructure clients (transportation, energy, water, government, etc.)   By joining forces, I-TRACING and Bridewell would become the #1 independent cybersecurity services pure-player in Europe with 1,000+ cyber experts 💻   Congratulation to the entire I-TRACING team (Théodore-Michel V., Michel Vujicic, Laurent Besset) and welcome on-board Anthony Young and Bridewell team!   At Sagard NewGen, we are happy to support I-TRACING’s growth journey since 2021 📈   Agnès Huyghues Despointes, Guillaume Lefebvre, Berangere Barbe, Martin Klotz   Laurent Charveriat, Pierre Meignen, Alexis Bisson, Lucas Thibault, Arthur Mornington, Jonathan Clapham, Giorgia Monterubbiano, Emma Schönmaier #Sagard #NewGen #ITRACING #cybersecurity #LBO

FuturMaster, a Sagard NewGen portfolio company, announced the acquisition of PlaniSense, a leading production scheduling solution provider. This extension of the solution suite further strengthens the Group’s position as a leading SaaS player in Supply Chain Planning for Enterprise and Mid-Market companies worldwide.   Congratulations to the team Yacine Zeroual Nazim NACHI Mustapha Sali Berangere Barbe Guillaume Lefebvre Jan Kinsky Louis Gosselin Michel Bsarini

Sagard Europe has granted exclusivity for the disposal of its stake in Alvest, a business we are proud to have backed over the last ten years alongside its exceptional management team.   Sagard has been an investor in Alvest since June 2015, first as a majority shareholder, and then as a minority shareholder since January 2018 alongside management, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Ardian.   Thanks to the Alvest team for their trust and congratulations on this amazing journey. Congratulations to the Sagard’s team involved: Rik Battey, Jérôme Triebel, Eléonore Caramalli, Pierre-Olivier Bouissy

Sagard Europe has granted exclusivity for the disposal of its stake in Alvest, a business we are proud to have backed over the last ten years alongside its exceptional management team.   Sagard has been an investor in Alvest since June 2015, first as a majority shareholder, and then as a minority shareholder since January 2018 alongside management, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Ardian.   Thanks to the Alvest team for their trust and congratulations on this amazing journey. Congratulations to the Sagard’s team involved: Rik Battey, Jérôme Triebel, Eléonore Caramalli, Pierre-Olivier Bouissy