Deals (2024)

DELSOL Avocats advised CDC (Banque des Territoires) and BNP Paribas in Ecodair’s €3.5 million fundraising, alongside Phitrust and Crédit Mutuel Asset Management. Ecodair is a computer reconditioning company with a social purpose founded in Paris in 2004. It has five sites in France. In 2023, Ecodair processed more than 46,000 items of IT...

DELSOL Avocats advised CDC (Banque des Territoires), BNP Paribas and invESS Île-de-France, an investment fund managed by ESFIN GESTION, on the €2.3 million fundraising by Merci Julie (SAS SENIORALIS). Merci Julie, a socially responsible company, is a pioneer in the field of home adaptations and tailor-made support services for the elderly and...

DELSOL Avocats assisted SpaceTec Partners in the context of its merger with Euroconsult. SpaceTec Partners is a leading German management consultancy firm specialising in the space sector, with expertise in strategy, innovation and market development. Euroconsult is a global leader in strategy consulting and business intelligence,...

HIGHNORMA has acquired a majority stake in PACTE NOVATION, a company listed on the Euronext Access Paris market. Founded in 1994, PACTE NOVATION is a player in the field of IT software development, providing consulting, integration and development services tailored to customer requirements. PACTE NOVATION currently employs 53 people. PACTE...

IDI, one of the leading private equity firms in France, has acquired a majority stake in EXSTO, a leading French group in the field of high-performance elastomers. EXSTO Group has a turnover of 69 million euros in 2023 and employs nearly 360 people in six production sites in France, Italy and Brazil. It also has a sales office in the United...

DELSOL Avocats advised Edusign, a SaaS platform for secure digital presence sheets, on its acquisition of the AppScho start-up. AppScho offers a complete solution enabling higher education establishments to centralise all their digital services on a mobile application for their students. This acquisition enables Edusign to broaden its range of...

The UpCoop cooperative (Groupe Up), a major player in socially and locally useful payment solutions (luncheon vouchers, gift vouchers, etc.), has acquired the Loyalty Company group, France’s leading expert in data marketing and communications consultancy. Created in 2004, the Loyalty Company group employs 75 experts in consultancy, data,...

Electricité de France (EDF) has acquired a majority stake in the share capital of upOwa, which was founded in 2014 and specialises in supplying low-cost solar kits in Cameroon. upOwa has completed just over 60,000 installations in favor of 300,000 people in rural Cameroon. EDF plans to use its global expertise to help accelerate upOwa’s...

AZmed, a publisher of AI-based diagnostic software for radiologists, has raised 15 million Euros in a Series A round including the family office Maison Worms, Techstars and Tempact Ventures. This fundraising will enable the medtech to accelerate its international development and to use its artificial intelligence software to help radiologists...

Greenerwave, European leader in electromagnetic wave control technologies, has raised 15 million Euros in a Series A round including the fund Innovation Défense (managed by Bpifrance), Safran Corporate Ventures, Intelsat, BNP Paribas Développement and Plastic Omnium. This fundraising will enable Greenerwave to increase its workforce, which...

The American group QUAKER HOUGHTON, world leader in industrial process fluids, has acquired IKV TRIBOLOGIE IKVT and its subsidiaries. IKVT specializes in high-performance lubricants and greases that are primarily used in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and other industrial markets and will be part of the QUAKER HOUGHTON’s EMEA segment....

Manudo group, French leader in high-frequency and thermal welding for industry and in the medical field, is continuing its development with a convertible bond issue from Bpifancre and BNP Paribas Développement. Created in 1958, Manudo group employs 400 people and achieves a turnover of nearly 20 million Euros. Bpifrance, a public investment...

DELSOL Avocats advised the GUEYDON family with the acquisition of a majority stake in their company. The GUEYDON family, founders of the toy retailer King Jouet, have returned as majority shareholders after selling control of the company in 2011 to the Italian retailer Toys Center, which has since then been acquired by the Italian group PRG...

A major player in the fields of HR Tech (notably HRIS), the Lyon-based company Fortify offers innovative and efficient solutions to companies (up to 3,000 employees), supported by around a hundred employees in France. Since its inception in 2014, it has registered a 30% growth. In order to accelerate its development in supporting the digital...

DELSOL Avocats advised Origine Partners, an asset management company based in Lyon (France), with the acquisition of a stake in DuRoure, an agricultural fertiliser mixer. Origine Partners has become the majority shareholder, alongside Bpifrance and CELDA Capital Développement, with the first investment of its Origine PME 1 fund. This...