Venture • Software

Omnes Capital Invests In Aquafadas SAS

On November 2, 2009, private equity firm Omnes Capital invested in software company Aquafadas SAS

Investment Context
  • This is Omnes Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Omnes Capital’s 70th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • Aquafadas SAS was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2012.

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Investment Summary

Date November 2, 2009
Target Aquafadas SAS
Sector Software
Investor(s) Omnes Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target Company

Aquafadas SAS

Montpellier, France
Aquafadas, an innovative company based in Montpellier, France, was set up in January 2006 by Claudia Zimmer and Matthieu Kopp. It achieved turnover of almost €580 thousand in 2008, thanks to the marketing of its first Mac-based applications for video cataloguing and processing. Currently, 90% of its sales are made via the Internet, and almost 85% outside of France
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Omnes Capital

Paris, France

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 5.7B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Omnes Capital formerly known as Credit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE) is the investment arm of financial services group Credit Agricole. Omnes Capital looks to invest in a range of investment stages and transaction types, including LBO/expansion, venture capital, mezzanine, renewable energy, co-investment, infrastructure, and special situations. The Firm's LBO/expansion group looks to invest €25 to €80 million to support growth initiatives and buyouts of small and mid-cap businesses operating in a variety of industries. Omnes Capital generally invests in businesses operating in France and Italy. Omnes Capital's mezzanine area was formed in 2002 and looks to provide €5 to €30 million of junior capital to similar sized established businesses. In addition to Omnes Capital's traditional equity and subordinated debt investment arm, the Firm also invests in infrastructure projects as well as provides capital for distressed businesses with €10 to €150 million in revenue. Omnes Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Paris.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 86 of 162
Sector: Software 3 of 6
Type: Venture 8 of 11
Country: France 70 of 119
Year: 2009 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-10-01 Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA

Paris, France

Fovea Pharmaceuticals was set up in 2005 to research and develop drugs for treating ophthalmologic disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy. Fovea has developed a range of products in different stages of testing, from pre-clinical products to products about to undergo clinical testing. Over recent years Fovea has signed exclusive cooperation agreements with CombinatorRx Inc. and Novartis.

Sell €370M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-12 PanGenetics BV

Utrecht, Netherlands

PanGenetics is headquartered in Utrecht, The Netherlands with an office near Cambridge in the UK. The company specialises in taking antibodies at the late research stage through to clinical proof of concept. The company employs a lean business model with most development activities outsourced, due to the wealth of specialist providers in Europe. The most advanced candidate is a CD40 antagonist that has already shown promise in an open label phase Ib/IIa Crohns study.

Sell -

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