ESN takeovers under the microscope since 2019
A study by Crescendo Finance and PAC identifies the acquisitions of 382 French NSEs between 2019 and 2023. After rising until 2022, the number of sales and valuation multiples fell last year. How many French NSEs have been acquired between 2019 and 2023, at what valuation multiples and by whom? These are just some […]
Crescendo Finance strengthens its teams
Published on 2 Oct 2023 at 18:54 Article link: https://capitalfinance.lesechos.fr/acteurs/carnet/crescendo-finance-muscle-ses-equipes-1983804 “The M&A consultancy is recruiting a director as well as a senior analyst. They are Julien Pasquet (Master 2 in corporate finance and tax engineering at ESCP), who joins from Baker Tilly, where he has been working for the past two years. He began his […]
Crescendo Finance becomes a patron of the Philharmonie de Paris through the Demos project
Because it is important to make the end of the year rhyme with solidarity, Crescendo finances is committed and becomes a patron of the Demos project. Initiated and coordinated by the Philarmonie de Paris since 2010, the Demos project aims to facilitate cultural democratization and social integration in socially disadvantaged areas. This great initiative is […]
Audensiel strengthens its international roots with Cognodata
https://capitalfinance.lesechos.fr/deals/build-up/audensiel-renforce-son-ancrage-international-avec-cognodata-1866573 Posted Oct 5, 2022, 2:51 PM Mexico becomes Audensiel’s first non-European location. And it is through a stake in a Spanish company that the digital business transformation group signs this entry into this Latin American market. It has thus just entered the capital of Cognodata, a Madrid-based company active in the optimization of business […]
IPSSI carries out its LBO with Abénex
https://www.decideurs-magazine.com/finance/53026-y-roussel-crescendo-finance-abenex-a-compris-que-l-ipssi-etait-une-marque-forte.html IPSSI, a group of private higher education schools dedicated to digital professions, finalized its primary OBO operation with Abénex Croissance at the end of September. The group’s shareholders had given an exclusive mandate to Crescendo Finance to seek a financial partner. Yoann Roussel, Managing partner of the investment bank, discusses this operation, which resulted […]
Harris completes its third takeover in France
After Everwin and Sigma, it is the turn of the software integrator Ventya to join the Canadian group Harris. At the beginning of April, the latter created Harris France to administer its activities and pursue its acquisitions locally. N. Harris Computer Corporation (Harris) has big ambitions in the French vertical software market. Through the publisher […]
Valuation in the digital sector: a glittering alignment of the planets.
Alexandre Folman, founder of Crescendo Finance says: “The acceleration of the digital transformation of companies is increasing the need for qualified resources in an unprecedented way. The resulting scarcity of available experts puts the digital value chain under pressure and in turn increases the value of all its links”. Alexandre Folman, founder and managing partner […]
Crescendo Finance welcomes Fabien Caillot,Director in charge of the Food, Retail and Business Services sectors
Paris, June 21, 2021. As part of its development, the investment bank Crescendo Finance welcomes Fabien Caillot as head of three new sectoral branches: Business Services, Food and Retail. Led by two digital natives, Alexandre Folman and Yoann Roussel, Crescendo Finance has been advising Tech Small-Cap companies (5 to 100m in enterprise value) since 2013 […]
Brussels-based Instys buys out Paris-based Univers Retail.
Based in France, this management and operational strategy expert specialized in retail has about 60 employees in Paris and Lille, and assists major retail chains from the definition of their strategy to its operational implementation – enough to generate €9 million in revenues. Its new owner claimed €35 million in pre-acquisition revenues…
Alexandre Folman, Crescendo Finance : in time of crisis, the valuation of IT services and publishers is still flourishing.
Acial tests its primary LBO.
Acial tests its primary LBO.
Covid crisis , should we expect markets to stop IT mergers and acquisitons?
Document Store pays for the costs of the cold spell in mergers and acquisitions
Crescendo Finance is ranked “Highly rated” in the category Mergers & Acquisitions – Transactions up to €30M – 2019 Ranking – Investment Banking – France by Décideurs Magazine.
Crescendo Finance is ranked “Highly rated” in the Mergers & Acquisitions category – TMT- small & mid-cap – 2019 Ranking – Investment Banking – France by Décideurs Magazine.
Voip Telecom continues its acquisitions thanks to Chevrillo.
Capteo is taken over by one of its co-founder.
The strategy consulting firm aimed at 11 million euros in income is taken over by one of its co-founder after his partner retired. There was change in Capeto leadership. This firm that has never worked with investors since it was founded in 2005 followed Cresendo’s advice and appoints Richard Teuscher, one of its co-founder, as […]
Blue Soft closes its tenth acquisition.
External growth spreads to IT services
Nodya Group expands its offer and its customer base around data.
Wannaspeak identifies a call in the United Kingdom
The editor of online customer relationship management and measurement solutions has joined forces with Iovox, its competitor and one of the leaders in the British market. The target brings just under €2 million in revenues to the new entity. In the market of search analytics, display and call advertising solution providers, according to Benoît Dausse, […]