Audensiel
In 2019, Audensiel enlisted CAPZA’s support to bolster its external growth strategy in France and Europe.
LBO
2019, 2022
France
In portfolio
Created in 2013 by its current CEO Nicolas Pacault, Audensiel is a multi-specialist digital transformation consulting firm and a strategic partner to major public and private groups in France and internationally. The company has developed a comprehensive offering across six areas of expertise (Data/ AI, Cybersecurity, Cloud & DevOps, Digital, Business Consulting, and IoT) targeting specific sectors such as banking & finance, defence, healthcare, insurance, transportation & industry, luxury & retail, and media & services.
Audensiel has over 1,500 employees across its 18 locations in France, Europe, Canada, and Mexico. In 2023, the company generates a €150 million turnover, recording an average growth rate exceeding 20% over the past four years.
Context & ambition
In 2019, Audensiel had already experienced five years of solid growth, driven by its innovation culture, agile organisation, and differentiating positioning at the heart of industrial and information systems convergence for key accounts.
The Group accelerated its development by pursuing an ambitious acquisition strategy while sustaining organic growth. Nicolas Pacault set out on a mission to find the ideal partner to support him in implementing Audensiel’s external growth strategy: “We found in CAPZA the same responsiveness that enabled Audensiel to overgrow and the same people-focused approach, which is vital in consultancy. Also, their digital business background and international presence were major plus points.”
In July 2019, CAPZA acquired a minority stake in Audensiel. This operation aimed to support the acceleration of the Group’s growth via expanding existing activities, carrying out specific acquisitions, exploring new industry sectors, and establishing offices in France and abroad.
Our role
CAPZA has been supporting Audensiel’s development for over four years through its Flex Equity expertise. As specialists in external growth operations, our Flex Equity teams regularly support companies in deploying their acquisition strategies.
CAPZA first assumed the entire responsibility of M&A for Audensiel, which involved identifying potential firms and carrying out the transactions. It allowed Nicolas and his teams to understand external growth operations deeply. It also gave them time to structure themselves internally. Following this maturation stage and the recruitment of a CFO, Audensiel successfully brought the entire acquisition process in-house, and CAPZA’s teams moved into an advisory role.
This approach has proven effective as the Group has successfully carried out five external growth operations in France, Belgium, and Spain over the past four years.
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