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EKINOPS Acquires Olfeo

On May 15, 2025, EKINOPS acquired software company Olfeo from Initiative & Finance

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EKINOPS’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is EKINOPS’s 2nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-05-15
Target Olfeo
Sector Software
Buyer(s) EKINOPS
Sellers(s) Initiative & Finance
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Olfeo

Paris, France
Olfeo is a software firm offering proxy and web content filtering services for companies and government bodies. Olfeo's solutions allow organizations to control Internet access and use with the highest possible level of security to protect themselves from cyberattacks while complying with the laws, regulations, and cultural norms specific to each of its target countries. Olfeo was founded in 2003 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EKINOPS

Lannion, France
Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees419
Revenue 128M EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION

EKINOPS is a supplier 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 3 of 3
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: France M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS 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.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Initiative & Finance

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Initiative & Finance is a private equity firm that targets small and mid-sized companies in France, Belgium, and Switzerland across all sectors. The Firm considers all types of buyouts and growth projects as a majority or minority shareholder. The Firm's investment horizon is 4 to 7 years. Initiative & Finance looks to invest between €2 and €50 million in businesses with revenue of €5 to €200 million. Initiative & Finance was established in 1984 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: France M&A 7 of 7
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-03-07 Ocellis

Suresnes, France

Ocellis is a general contractor initially present in the Paris region and active in the design, renovation, fitting out and maintenance of tertiary spaces (including retail and hotels). The group then diversified with the creation of Ocellis Energie, a specialist in HVAC engineering, and expanded with the launch of Ocellis Région. Ocellis was founded in 1999 and is based in Suresnes, France.

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