M&A Deal Summary

EKINOPS Acquires OneAccess Networks SA

On October 4, 2017, EKINOPS acquired information technology company OneAccess Networks SA from Idinvest Partners and Sobera Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EKINOPS’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is EKINOPS’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-10-04
Target OneAccess Networks SA
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) EKINOPS
Sellers(s) Idinvest Partners
Sobera Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

OneAccess Networks SA

Clamart, France
OneAccess Networks SA is a provider of physical and virtual network functions enabling Cloud and other managed services to SMB and enterprise customers around the world. OneAccess Networks was founded in 2001 and is based in Clamart, France.

Search 214,107 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try Free

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EKINOPS

Lannion, France

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees591
Revenue 118M EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

EKINOPS is a provider of next-generation optical transport equipment for telecommunications service providers. The EKINOPS 360 solution addresses Metro, Regional, and Long-Haul applications with a single, highly-integrated platform. EKINOPS is a market-leading innovator in 100G transport with a coherent line of products that truly optimizes optical networks and comes in 1RU, 2RU or 7RU chassis. The EKINOPS 360 solution relies on the highly-programmable EKINOPS T-Chip® (Transport-on-a-Chip) architecture that enables fast, flexible, and cost-effective delivery of new services for high-speed, high-capacity transport. Using the EKINOPS 360 carrier-grade system, operators can simply increase capacity of their networks – CWDM, DWDM, Ethernet, ESCON, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, and uncompressed video (HD-SDI, SD-SDI, ASI). EKINOPS was founded in 2003 and is based in Lannion, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: France M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-02 SixSq

Meyrin, Switzerland

SixSq is a developer of an ultra-innovative solution allowing businesses to take full advantage of the added value of Edge Computing. Complementing Cloud computing, the SixSq solution enables smart data processing directly on the company’s site. SixSq was founded in 2007 and is based in Meyrin, Switzerland.

Buy -

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Idinvest Partners

Paris, France

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 7.6B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Idinvest Partners is a European investment firm focused on investing in small to mid-sized companies at various stages of development. Idinvest segments its investment activity into three groups. These include venture and growth capital, private debt, and dedicated portfolios/funds. Idinvest's venture and growth capital group looks to invest directly in early stage companies with high growth potential. Idinvest's private debt group seeks to provide senior or subordinated debt to small and mid-sized companies pursuing growth objectives. Idinvest's dedicated portfolio/funds group looks to invest in private equity funds, acquire secondary fund positions, and directly co-invest alongside other private equity firms in established companies. Idinvest Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in Paris.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 38
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 15 of 18
Country: France M&A 22 of 24
Year: 2017 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-25 Alliance Industrie SA

Paris, France

Alliance Industrie SA is a parts distribution platform in Europe, with a focus on light vehicle and commercial vehicle replacement parts. Alliance Industrie SA was formed in 1991 and is based in Paris.

Sell $2.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-02-21 Vision Systems

Brignais, France

Vision Systems is a tier-one system supplier designing, developing and manufacturing complete and tailored solutions for the aeronautic, land transport and marine markets. Vision Systems was founded in 2005 and is based in Brignais, France.

Buy -
DESCRIPTION

Sobera Capital is an independent secondary investment firm. Sobera specializes in secondary directs, limited partnership secondaries and secondary management. The Firm looks to acquire funds, stabilize distressed situations, and realize value by actively managing exit processes of companies. Sobera Capital was formed in 2010 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-17 Amicra

Regensburg, Germany

Amicra is a supplier of high-precision die bonders for the photonics and advanced packaging market. Amicra was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Regensburg, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-03 Amicra

Regensburg, Germany

Amicra is a supplier of high-precision die bonders for the photonics and advanced packaging market. Amicra was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Regensburg, Germany.

Sell -