Neovian Partners supports Naxicap Partners in the carve-out of Cobham Slip Rings

Neovian Partners supports Naxicap Partners in the carve-out of Cobham Slip Rings

by | Nov 17, 2021 | 2021, HR, Industrial Goods

Paris, 17 November 2021. The strategy, leadership and development consultancy Neovian Partners has supported the investment fund Naxicap Partners in conducting the HR Due Diligence of Cobham Slip Rings.

Naxicap Partners has signed an agreement with the Cobham group to acquire its Slip Rings and Rotating Systems operations. The transaction takes the form of a carve-out of the Cobham Electrical and Electronic Equipment division, whose growth Naxicap wished to accelerate, in particular through the implementation of a buy and build strategy.

Cobham’s Slip Rings and Rotating Systems division (Cobham SR) has four production sites, including two in France, one in the USA and one in Sweden; it employs 300 people and has sales of over €50m. The group supplies critical, high performance slip rings and rotating systems for three types of applications including helicopters, wind turbines and radar.

Under the supervision of Annick Kervella, Partner, and with a team composed of Arnaud François, Manager, and Emerik Arnaud, Senior Consultant, Neovian Partners analysed in particular the dynamics between the management of the entities and the group. The firm also advised Naxicap Partners on the organisational adjustments to be made in order to support the Group’s growth in the years to come.

” Annick and her team intervened in a very international context and within a short period of time; the quality of their diagnosis and of the exchanges throughout the project confirmed the organisational decisions that we had foreseen. “

Angèle Faugier, Board Member, Naxicap Partners

” We are delighted to have been able to support the Naxicap Partners teams in this transaction. The complexity of this deal lies in the fact that the Group’s activities are spread over 4 sites in 3 countries and target different types of clients. “

Annick Kervella, Partner, Neovian Partners


About Neovian Partners

Neovian Partners is a consulting firm specializing in the creation of tailored solutions in Strategy, Business Due Diligence, Strategic Screening and HR/Leadership, serving fast-growing investment funds, SMEs and MSCs. Based in Paris and Lyon with a team of about 30 consultants, Neovian Partners is also present internationally, with a network of partner firms with more than 500 employees in 21 countries. Neovian Partners is a generalist firm but with a particularly important project history in software, IT, Internet, Industry, Health and MedTechs, as well as in many niche sectors. More information on : www.neovianpartners.com

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Neovian Partners supports 21 Invest France in its investment in the Edukea group

Neovian Partners supports 21 Invest France in its investment in the Edukea group

by | Sep 29, 2021 | 2021, Education & Training, HR


Paris, 29 September 2021. Neovian Partners assisted the investment fund 21 Invest France in carrying out the HR Due Diligence of the Edukea Group.

The Edukea Group, managed by Christophe Caporossi, is specialised in training in natural health as well as human and animal welfare. Edukea was created as a training platform around ESO, the historical school of osteopathy.

The Group is now composed of three schools dedicated to health ESO Supostéo (Ecole Supérieure d’Ostéopathie), located in the Greater Paris area, is one of the leading osteopathic schools in Europe. IFOA (Institut de Formation d’Ostéopathes Animaliers Européen), based in Tarascon, is one of the pioneer schools in animal osteopathy and has opened training centres in Paris, Barcelona and Namur. The ESNAT (École Supérieure de Naturopathie) has just been created and will welcome its first class of students in October.

Neovian Partners provided its HR expertise and its education sector knowledge to conduct an organisational review of the group’s various entities. Leveraging its ability to align organisational issues with business challenges, Neovian’s teams defined an organisation for building of an optimised European platform.

“It was a pleasure to assist Edukea and 21 Invest France in this exciting project and to contribute to the shareholders’ objective of doubling the size of the group. “

Annick Kervella, Partner, Neovian Partners

Neovian team

Annick Kervella, Partner, Arnaud Francois, Manager and Paul Million, Consultant


About Neovian Partners

Neovian Partners is a consulting firm specializing in the creation of tailored solutions in Strategy, Business Due Diligence, Strategic Screening and HR/Leadership, serving fast-growing investment funds, SMEs and ETIs. Based in Paris and Lyon with a team of about 30 consultants, Neovian Partners is also present internationally, with a network of partner firms with more than 500 employees in 21 countries. Neovian Partners is a generalist firm with a particularly important mission history in software, IT, Internet, Industry, Health and MedTechs, as well as in many niche sectors. More information on : www.neovianpartners.com

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Neovian Partners supports Mesotrans in the exit of UI Gestion and the entry of Société Générale Capital Partenaires and bpifrance

Neovian Partners supports Mesotrans in the exit of UI Gestion and the entry of Société Générale Capital Partenaires and bpifrance

by | Apr 6, 2021 | 2021, Transport, VDD

Paris, 6 April 2021. The strategy consulting firm Neovian Partners assisted the investment fund UI Gestion and the management of Mesotrans group in carrying out the Vendor Strategic Due Diligence of this French player specialising in the grouping and de-grouping transport of hanging meat and frozen food products.

Following several acquisitions since 2016, the Mesotrans group is made up of eight separate entities representing a dozen subsidiaries: TRM, the Vivarais group, the Rungis group, Lucas Europe, Wairy, TFT, TFR and Exbrayat. Thanks to the study carried out by the Neovian Partners team, led by Patrick Richer and Vincent Locanetto, the management of Mesotrans and UI Gestion were able to present financial investors a precise picture of the group’s activities and its markets, by analysing the size, past and future dynamics of each segment. For this project, Neovian Partners’ teams qualified and quantified the potential of the hanging meat and frozen food transport market in France. To do so, Neovian Partners had to validate the competitive advantage of Mesotrans’ model in the different customer segments, compare direct and indirect competitors, as well as carry out quantitative analyses on key markets and activity indicators.

” In a particular context due to the health crisis and the lockdown measures, the Neovian Partners teams succeeded in conducting this study in a seamless way that was very satisfactory for the financial investors; they were able to perfectly demonstrate the high level of technicality of the Mesotrans group’s services, in a resilient agri-food market “.

Julien Donarier, M&A Director, Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance

“Mesotrans is a unique group which, thanks to UI Gestion, has achieved critical size and become the French leader in the transport of hanging meat and one of the leaders in the transport of frozen foodstuffs in France. The group has proven its ability to consolidate the market and integrate the acquired subsidiaries. As one of the few players to master the complex know-how of grouping and de-grouping, especially upstream, protected by high barriers to entry, Mesotrans operates in extremely resilient and growing markets, with solid fundamentals and dynamic drivers.“

Patrick Richer, Chairman and Founder, Neovian Partners


About Neovian Partners

Neovian Partners is a consulting firm specializing in the creation of tailored solutions in Strategy, Business Due Diligence, Strategic Screening and HR/Leadership, serving fast-growing investment funds, SMEs and MSCs. Based in Paris and Lyon with a team of about 30 consultants, Neovian Partners is also present internationally, with a network of partner firms with more than 500 employees in 21 countries. Neovian Partners is a generalist firm but with a particularly important project history in software, IT, Internet, Industry, Health and MedTechs, as well as in many niche sectors. More information on : www.neovianpartners.com

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Neovian Partners supports GENEO Capital Entrepreneur in its investment in Piscine Magiline

Neovian Partners supports GENEO Capital Entrepreneur in its investment in Piscine Magiline

by | Mar 11, 2021 | 2021, Buyer DD, Consumer

Paris, March 11, 2021 The strategy, leadership and development consultancy Neovian Partners has accompanied the investment fund GENEO Capital Entrepreneur by carrying out the Due Diligence buyer of Piscines Magiline, a leading French player in the pool market.

Founded in 1994, Piscines Magiline is a historic player in the manufacture of in-ground pools in France. Designer and manufacturer of basin construction modules (patented concrete modular structure technology), liners and filtration systems (patented NFX system), the group is also present on a wide range of pool accessories and equipment in line with its extensive home automation offering. In approaching Neovian Partners, GENEO Capital Entrepreneur wanted to clarify its understanding of the challenges and dynamics of the French in-ground pool market, particularly in the context of a covid that could have contributed to inflating the market in 2020, and to specify Piscines Magiline’s competitive positioning and thus assess its ability to gain market share in France. Neovian Partners was able to validate the strength of Piscines Magiline’s positioning within its market given its good reputation and image as an innovative and quality pool manufacturer, its territorial coverage, its comprehensive offer as well as a significant market share and an extensive distribution network. Neovian Partners has also identified the company as one of the French leaders in the home automation segment in a market where innovations designed to improve the automated management of swimming pools through new technologies constitute a significant growth lever with an increasingly sustained demand.

“With their excellent knowledge of the French pool market, the Neovian Partners teams were able, in a very short time, to reassure us on the few questions we had, and then to help us build a more qualitative offer from the management’s point of view, based on a better understanding of Magiline’s competitive positioning as well as its medium-term development potential.”

François Picarle, Associate Director, GENEO Capital Entrepreneur

The mission was led by Patrick Richer and Théo Petitjean


About Neovian Partners

Neovian Partners is a consulting firm specializing in the creation of tailored solutions in Strategy, Business Due Diligence, Strategic Screening and HR/Leadership, serving fast-growing investment funds, SMEs and MSCs. Based in Paris and Lyon with a team of about 30 consultants, Neovian Partners is also present internationally, with a network of partner firms with more than 500 employees in 21 countries. Neovian Partners is a generalist firm but with a particularly important project history in software, IT, Internet, Industry, Health and MedTechs, as well as in many niche sectors. More information on : www.neovianpartners.com

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