Paris, 13 December 2022: The strategy consulting firm Neovian Partner has carried out a strategic due diligence of the group Optoprim, a company specialising in photonic technologies.

Founded in 1994, Optoprim is a specialist in photonics who offer and advise clients regarding photonic technologies from the component to complete turnkey technical solutions to professionals working in research or in industry.

Neovian Partners worked with NCI to evaluate the market potential in France, Germany and Italy, countries where Optoprim is present, understand their positioning in the photonics ecosystem and the elements which differentiate them from their competitors.

Neovian Partners has worked for other companies specialised in photonics and optical components several times in the past.

“The group has a strong international dimension and differentiate themselves in their capacity to accompany clients throughout the entirety of a project thanks to their strong R&D capacities and their proven ability to deliver bespoke turnkey solutions.”

Kevin Bailey, Partner

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

Paris, 9 September 2022. The strategy, leadership and corporate development consulting firm Neovian Partners has supported the investment fund Arev Partners in carrying out the buy-side Strategic Due Diligence of Toutapprendre.com.

Founded in 2008 and headed by Marc Wacongne, Toutapprendre specialises specifically in e-learning for works councils and libraries. The four million users of Toutapprendre.com, via works councils (employees and their families) and libraries, have unlimited access to some 3,000 online courses, 75,000 books and comics and 300 press titles.

Arev Partners is taking over from Capital Croissance as a shareholder in Toutapprendre. The smid-cap investor set up by former Cinven employees is launching its €300 million fund after a first closing at the beginning of the year.

Under the supervision of Patrick Richer (Founding Partner) and Arnaud François (Manager), Neovian Partners has validated Toutapprendre.com’s positioning on its markets and its ability to achieve its Business Plan

“ We were delighted to support the Arev Partners team in this first transaction. Toutapprendre.com’s growth prospects are deep and rich, in a market that has undergone many changes following Covid-19.
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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

Paris, 1st August 2022 The strategy, leadership and development consulting firm Neovian Partners has accompanied the investment fund Société Générale Capital Partenaires in carrying out the Strategic and HR Buyer Due Diligence of BK Consulting

The Digital Service company specialising in market finance, banking and insurance, with a turnover of over €64m in 2021, is opening its capital to Société Générale Capital Partenaires, a new minority shareholder, in order to double its size

BK Consulting has more than 700 employees, divided between its offices in Paris, Niort, Brussels and Luxembourg. Their consultants have expertise in organisational improvement (auditing and process optimisation), information systems design and the analysis of technical or functional incidents in applications.

Under the supervision of Annick Kervella (Partner), Neovian Partners conducted a diagnostic of BK Consulting’s positioning in its market and its ability to achieve its Business Plan.

“ We were delighted to support Société Générale Capital Partenaires on this exciting project. Our knowledge of the Digital Service company sector, in which we have assisted many of our clients, enabled us to analyse and benchmark BK Consulting’s positioning. Within a large panel of competitors, we identified BK Consulting’s differentiating factors and validated the high level of their main KPIs.”

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

Paris, 13 July 2022. The strategy, leadership and development consulting firm Neovian Partners has accompanied the investment fund Calcium Capital in carrying out the Strategic Due Diligence – Buyer of Laukimax (ex-Groupe Eliote).

Founded in 1999 by Bruno Le Roy and Fernando Carvalho, GROUPE ELIOTE has become in a few years one of the major players in audiovisual media services for the production of flow programmes (entertainment, magazines, reports, reality shows, game shows, etc.).

In 2018, ELIOTE became the ELIOTE GROUP, whose organisation was then structured around 5 distinct areas of activity: rental of filming equipment, assistance with the production of audiovisual content and programmes, post-production, rental of editing rooms, recording of events and archiving. Henceforth named Laukimax, the Group has a turnover of 18 million euros and 80 employees spread over 5 sites between Boulogne and Paris.

Under the supervision of Patrick Richer (Founding Partner) and Arnaud François (Manager), Neovian Partners conducted a diagnostic of Laukimax’s market positioning, the synergies between its various entities and the Group’s growth levers in the years to come.

“ It was a pleasure to accompany Calcium Capital on this exciting project. In a market that has undergone many changes, notably as a result of Covid-19 and consolidation movements, Laukimax is a player with an original and differentiating positioning. “

Patrick Richer, Founding 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