Phenomen and Abenex : a strategic partnership with European ambitions
Phenomen, French leader in contingency insurance, announces that the private equity fund Abenex has acquired a minority stake of its capital alongside the management – Gérald Beyrand, Axel Calandre, Romain Bonvallet and Benoît Dominique – as well as a pool of historic investors. Abenex will harness the full extent of its expertise to support […]
Abenex opens a new office in Amsterdam.
Abenex, a leading mid-market private equity firm, certified B Corp, focused on making investments in mid-cap businesses in Europe, is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in Amsterdam. Abenex has a strong connection with the Benelux as its founding partners spun-out from Dutch bank ABN AMRO in 2008. The mid-cap team of […]
Abenex shows its ambitions by strengthening its small-cap team
A long-standing player in private equity market, Abenex has become in 15 years a leading European small and mid-market player. In 2018, the management company launched the Abenex Croissance activity dedicated to Small-cap transactions. As part of the strong development of its strategy, Abenex is structuring its dedicated team by appointing Thomas Peretti as Partner […]
Abenex signs L’Autre Cercle’s LGBT+ Charter
Abenex has signed L’Autre Cercle’s LGBT+ Charter, further reinforcing its commitment to promote diversity and inclusion within the private equity industry. L’Autre Cerle is a leading French inclusion advocate of LGBT+ people in the workplace, and by signing its Charter, companies commit to: – Creating an inclusive environment for LGBT+ employees – Maintaining a strict […]
Abenex has become a certified B Corp and confirms its pioneering spirit by becoming one of the first buyout firms to obtain the certification in Europe
At Abenex, we are convinced that in order to create long-term value and ensure that the companies we support thrive, it is essential to take into account sustainable growth. This is recognized by B Corp, which identifies companies that respect the environment, society and its stakeholders, and that see their businesses as a force for […]
Abenex pursues its commitment and publishes its 2022 Sustainability Report
Abenex publishes its 2022 Sustainability Report, highlighting the management company’s projects with high environmental and social value, but also those of its portfolio companies, strengthening every year their ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) engagement and multiplying impactful actions within their ecosystem. The publication of this report is part of Abenex’s transparent approach of sharing […]
Abenex acquires Origin, a distributor of industrial sealing solutions, from Initiative & Finance and Elige
We are pleased to announce that Abenex has acquired Origin Group, taking over from Initiative & Finance and Elige Capital, alongside its management team, led by Bertrand Sée. Origin Group, based in the Rhône-Alpes region, designs, manufactures and distributes industrial sealings solutions and generates €30 million of sales. The control of the entire value chain […]
Ekoscan Integrity has announced a fundraising round by partnering with Abenex, EDF Pulse Ventures and ALIAD
Founded in 2010, Ekoscan Integrity, a leading European end-to-end technology provider of ultrasonic (UT) non-destructive testing (NDT) advanced solutions, has announced that it has successfully raised €23 million by partnering with leading private equity firm Abenex, alongside a new strategic sponsor EDF Group through its corporate venture capital arm, EDF Pulse Ventures(1) , as well […]
Squad, a Cybersecurity specialist, carries out a refinancing
A year and a half after Abenex’s entry in the Group’s shareholding structure, alongside its founders and managers, Squad, a Cybersecurity and DevSecOps specialist, has capitalized on its solid growth dynamic to successfully complete a refinancing operation. The operation aims at replacing the Group’s mezzanine debt, set up in December 2020, by a more flexible […]
Groupe ADF acquires Amrikart Ultraprecision Inc. in Quebec
Based in Montreal since 2011 through its wholly owned subsidiary Solutions Latesys Canada, Groupe ADF now confirms its growth strategy with the acquisition of Amrikart Ultraprecision Inc., a company specialized in high precision dimensional metrology. Groupe ADF has been recognized in the field of metrology through its G2Metric brand name, and wished to complement its […]