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Abenex Invests in Santis LAB

September 23, 2024

Food & Beverage

Abenex has completed a minority growth investment in Santis LAB, a Franco‑Swiss laboratory that develops and markets food supplements sold through a network of roughly 2,000 pharmacies. The founders and management will remain operational and are investing alongside Abenex to support Santis' expansion into adjacent markets and new geographies.

Abenex Takes Minority Stake in Phenomen

September 6, 2023

Insurance

Abenex, a European private equity firm, has acquired a minority stake in Phenomen, a Paris-based insurtech specializing in contingency, embedded and event cancellation insurance. The investment will support Phenomen's operational and financial strengthening, accelerate its rollout across Europe, and enable transformative M&A to scale its Meetch (embedded insurance) and Leeloo (event cancellation) businesses.

Abenex Continuation Fund Acquires Majority Stake in Europa Group; Europa Acquires APM International

April 29, 2024

Healthcare Services

Abenex closed an oversubscribed continuation fund (~€300m) to acquire a majority stake in Europa Group from its Abenex V portfolio, making Abenex the group's majority shareholder while founders remain significant owners and management continues. As part of its buy-and-build strategy supported by the recapitalization, Europa Group also acquired APM International (a France-based healthcare press agency) to strengthen its medical information and publishing capabilities.

Abenex Invests in Groupe ESCG to Accelerate Expansion

January 6, 2022

Education

French private equity firm Abenex has made a minority growth investment in Groupe ESCG, becoming a reference shareholder to support the school's development alongside founder Gilles Samama. The investment will fund geographic expansion — including planned new campuses in Lyon and Marseille — and operational support to scale ESCG's work-study accounting training programs.

Abenex Invests in Squad as Apax Partners Development Exits

January 12, 2021

Cybersecurity

French private equity firm Abenex has acquired a stake in Squad, a Paris‑headquartered cybersecurity and DevOps consultancy, as Apax Partners Development sells its participation. The transaction preserves founder and management ownership (founders Eric Guillerm and Marc Brua and 15 partner‑executives) and provides Squad with capital to support organic growth and future acquisitions.

Abenex Invests in EDL (Edition et Développement Logiciels) to Accelerate Growth

May 11, 2021

Software

Abenex has become a new shareholder in EDL (Edition et Développement Logiciels), the French developer of Xplore, a RIS/PACS and medical-imaging software suite, to support the company’s development, governance structuring and international expansion. The investment will back EDL’s organic growth and targeted acquisitions while facilitating a leadership transition as one founder steps back from operational duties.