Tracked deals
21
21 tracked deals across 2016-2026.
Private Equity Firm
Financial Services
Abénex
Paris, Île-de-France, France
French private equity firm (certified B-Corp / purpose-driven) partnering with SMEs and mid-cap companies as minority or majority shareholder, with an operational involvement and sustainability focus (e.g., industrial decarbonization and SBTi). Offices in Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam and Milan.
- Focus Areas
- Private equity, Growth equity, Buyouts
- Website
- abenex.com
Recent pace
2
2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
9 buyout · 5 addon · 4 growth capital
Abénex Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 7 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 21 tracked deals for Abénex.
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May 1, 2026
- Buyer
- Abenex, Bpifrance
- Target
- Tethys
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- France
- Type
- Buyout
Abenex announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Tethys, a French specialist in pyromechanical systems for critical applications. The transaction makes Abenex the majority shareholder alongside the management team, with Bpifrance reinvesting as part of the deal.
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- Buyer
- Abenex, Trocadéro Capital Partners, AfricInvest Europe, Bpifrance, Société Générale Capital Partenaires
- Target
- HTDS
- Seller
- Abenex
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Type
- Recapitalization
Abenex has completed the sale of its minority stake in HTDS and is reinvesting alongside the founding family, management, and a pool of minority investors. The transaction supports HTDS’s next phase of growth built around value-added distribution and recurring maintenance of high-tech detection and analysis solutions, particularly across Africa and other high-growth regions.
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December 3, 2024
- Buyer
- Blanchon Group, IK Partners, Abenex
- Target
- Dr Schutz
- Seller
- Dr Karl-Michael Schutz and family
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Type
- Buyout
Blanchon Group has acquired Dr Schutz, the German family-owned specialist in floor renovation, protection and maintenance products, in a deal supported by private equity partners IK Partners and Abenex. The acquisition adds Dr Schutz’s product lines, five main sites and ~90 employees to Blanchon’s network and is intended to accelerate Blanchon’s international expansion and strengthen its flooring capabilities across Europe, particularly in Germany and the DACH region.
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September 23, 2024
- Buyer
- Abenex
- Target
- Santis LAB
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- France
- Type
- Growth capital
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.
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June 17, 2024
- Buyer
- Origin Seal, Abenex
- Target
- Atlantic Joint
- Seller
- Thierry Buissonneaud, Antoine Lefebvre
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Pays de la Loire, France
- Type
- Addon
Origin Seal, backed by private equity firm Abenex, has acquired Atlantic Joint from Thierry Buissonneaud and Antoine Lefebvre. Atlantic Joint, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Nantes, specialises in custom cutting of joints, profiles and sleeves (generating over €3m in sales) — the deal expands Origin Seal's footprint in the Grand Ouest and adds custom-cutting capabilities to the platform.
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June 4, 2024
- Buyer
- Abenex
- Target
- Only creative entrepreneurs
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Utrecht, Netherlands
- Type
- Buyout
Abenex has completed its first investment in the Netherlands by partnering with Only creative entrepreneurs, a full-service digital marketing network. The private equity firm will support Only’s buy-and-build strategy to accelerate expansion in the Netherlands and across Europe.
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April 29, 2024
- Buyer
- Abenex
- Target
- Europa Group, APM International
- Seller
- Abenex V, Wilmington plc
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- France
- Type
- Recapitalization
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.
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February 14, 2024
- Buyer
- Aerow, Abenex
- Target
- Adikts
- Industry
- IT Services
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Type
- Addon
Aerow, the Enterprise Content Management leader backed by private equity firm Abenex, has acquired Adikts, a Paris-based consulting firm focused on AWS cloud, DevOps/DevSecOps and web & data development. The deal is Aerow's first add-on since Abenex became a shareholder in February 2020 and expands Aerow's cloud and migration capabilities to support customers' Move to Cloud strategies.
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September 7, 2023
- Buyer
- Origin Seal, Abenex
- Target
- Interseal
- Seller
- Christophe Legrand, Jérôme Leriche
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- France
- Type
- Addon
Origin Seal, a portfolio company of private equity firm Abenex, has acquired Interseal, a French specialist in industrial sealing solutions founded in 1991. The deal — an add-on to Origin Seal — brings Interseal's ~€8m revenue and technical maintenance capabilities into the group to consolidate market position in France and support further European expansion.
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September 6, 2023
- Buyer
- Abenex
- Target
- Phenomen
- Seller
- Management (Gérald Beyrand, Axel Calandre, Romain Bonvallet, Benoît Dominique), A pool of historic investors
- Industry
- Insurance
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Type
- Growth capital
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.
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September 30, 2022
- Buyer
- Abenex
- Target
- Origin Group
- Seller
- Initiative & Finance, Elige Capital, One historical founding family
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Type
- Buyout
Abenex has acquired Origin Group, a Rhône‑Alpes based designer, manufacturer and distributor of industrial sealing solutions, from Initiative & Finance, Elige Capital and one of the founding families, with management led by Bertrand Sée joining the capital. Origin Group generates approximately €30 million in annual sales; Abenex intends to accelerate market consolidation through external growth to build a leading player in the industrial sealing market.
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January 6, 2022
- Buyer
- Abenex
- Target
- Groupe ESCG
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Type
- Growth capital
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.
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