Keensight Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Geodesial

Keensight Capital Agrees to Acquire Quanos Solutions from IK Partners

December 20, 2022

Software

Keensight Capital has signed an agreement to acquire Quanos Solutions GmbH from IK Partners' IK Small Cap II Fund. Quanos, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, is a provider of industrial aftersales and digital technical documentation software (around 270 employees and 1,000+ customers); Keensight will support the company’s next phase of growth, expanding its product suite, market penetration and international reach. Financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to customary approvals.

Keensight Capital Acquires Majority Stake in BYG4lab

July 22, 2022

Software

Keensight Capital has acquired a majority stake in BYG4lab, a France-headquartered provider of data management software for medical laboratories. The PE firm will support BYG4lab's international expansion (Europe and North America), product diversification and accelerated growth both organically and via acquisitions.

Keensight Capital Takes Majority Stake in Adista from Equistone

June 15, 2021

IT Services

Keensight Capital has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Adista, the leading French alternative B2B hosted services operator, taking over Equistone Partners Europe as majority shareholder alongside FEF and Adista management. Adista — a French IT and telecom services provider with more than 720 employees and 35 branches, €153m in revenues for the 12 months to 31/12/2020 and a target of €300m by 2025 — will be supported by Keensight to accelerate organic growth and pursue external growth / capability expansion.

Keensight-Funded Sogelink and Geodesial Group Merge to Create European Construction Tech Platform

March 30, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Sogelink and Geodesial Group are merging with the support of their common shareholder Keensight Capital to form a combined Construction Tech group. The new Group will combine complementary software and services for infrastructure, construction and property management, creating a ~300-employee platform focused on R&D synergies, international expansion and accelerated growth in Europe.

Geodesial Group Acquires Bloc in Bloc

December 1, 2020

Software

Geodesial Group, a France-based developer and distributor of CAD/CAE software (PE-backed by Keensight Capital), has acquired Bloc in Bloc, an augmented reality solutions provider for building and infrastructure surveys. The acquisition will integrate AR capabilities into Geodesial’s openBIM offering to accelerate growth and expand the Group’s end-to-end AEC (architecture, engineering & construction) software capabilities.

Keensight Capital to acquire majority stake in Sogelink

November 13, 2019

Software

Keensight Capital has signed an exclusivity agreement to acquire a majority stake in Sogelink from mid-cap investor Naxicap, with management and employees remaining shareholders. Sogelink is a French provider of vertical software and SaaS solutions for the construction, infrastructure and property management sectors; Keensight plans to support product diversification and international expansion.