Paris, 14 November 2024. Neovian Partners, a consulting firm specializing in strategy and leadership for Private Equity, supported the JVS group, in the context of the restructuring of its capital, by completing a Vendor Strategic Due Diligence focused on its CRM activities.

Founded in 1983, the JVS group is a French management software editor for local authorities and intercommunal public institutions.

 The group’s CRM division, representing about 8% of the total revenue of JVS, was initiated in 2016 with the acquisition of Better Company (Better Street), followed by the creation of the Citopia subsidiary in 2018. It has since been strengthened by an active external growth strategy, including the acquisitions of Be Attractive (Attractive City) in 2020, followed by CWAE (Panneau Pocket) and Vooter in 2022.

 The mission of Neovian Partners consisted in supporting the management of JVS in carrying out a Strategic Vendor Due Diligence, by analysing the depth and the dynamics of the French CRM market, its demand characteristics and its competitive environment. Neovian Partners also conducted a review of the group’s business plan related to its CRM activities.

“ The JVS Group’s CRM activities have been enhanced through external growth operations, enabling the group to acquire new technological components and thus expand its offering. JVS, through its various solutions, excels in mastering the key success factors, particularly in terms of proximity and commercial closeness, as well as price competitiveness. We are confident in JVS’ growth prospects.”

Patrick Richer, Founding & Managing Partner

Patrick Richer, Founder & Managing Partner, along with Leonid Dorogoï, Head of Lyon, led the Neovian Partners team.

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, November 6, 2024. Neovian Partners, a consulting firm specializing in strategy and leadership, alongside KEA Partners, a leading strategy and transformation consulting firm, supported Siparex Midcap in their investment in ELBA ORA, a French specialist of POS solutions for the luxury sector.

Founded in 2006, ELBA ORA is a French group specialising in the design, manufacture, and installation of POS solutions for clients in the luxury sector.

A specialist in scenography and experience creation, the group strengthens brand identity through concepts and pop-up stores, offering both permanent and temporary fittings, window displays, and event scenography for over 600 active clients in the cosmetics, wine & spirits, fashion, watchmaking, and luggage markets.

Neovian Partners has analysed the dynamics of the French POS solutions market, its demand characteristics and trends by major market segment for the luxury sector, and its competitive environment.

This operation will allow the Group Office Automation to reinforce its position as leader on the French, North Africa and Francophone African markets while continuing its development thanks to Amethis’ support.

Neovian Partners, thanks to its deep experience in small-mid sized companies conducted the strategy due diligence and confirmed the significance of their positioning and their growth potential. The principle stake was to confirm the strategy of Group Office Automation, but also to analyse different development routes for the group in the years to come.

“ELBA ORA’s positioning in the market’s most promising segment of luxury and temporary POS solutions, its design capabilities, and its well-established brand among major luxury companies will drive the group’s strong growth in the coming years. While competition is fierce, the group’s valuable differentiating factors and the global ‘Made in France’ image of luxury products should offer significant opportunities in new geographies (North America, Asia, and Europe).”

Leonid Dorogoï, Head of Lyon

Patrick Richer, Founding & Managing Partner, along with Leonid Dorogoï, Head of Lyon, led the Neovian Partners team, while Bruno Taborin, Senior Partner, led the KEA Partners team in supporting Siparex Midcap in this operation

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, September 18, 2024. Neovian Partners, a consulting firm specializing in strategy and leadership, supported Siparex Midcap in its investment in Mobsuccess Group by conducting a Strategic Due Diligence.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Paris, Mobsuccess Group is an ad-tech company specializing in digital communication for retail networks and distributed brands. Its solutions, Widely, Story, and Farly, address the digital communication and acquisition challenges across major market audience hubs.

Mobsuccess Group’s solutions offer a 360° approach ranging from communication strategy to digital activation, with expertise in drive-to-store campaigns. The group has established itself as the French leader in this field, generating over 20 million in-store visits annually for its clients.

To date, the company serves more than 100 major account clients, including leading brands such as Kiabi, Feu Vert, Atol, E. Leclerc, Intersport or Gifi, as well as service sector players like AXA, Crédit Agricole, Shiva, or the automotive industry with Citroën or Toyota, representing over 20,000 points of sale in total.

This transaction will enable Mobsuccess Group to enter a new phase in its development, with the ambition to achieve a turnover exceeding €100 million by 2028, while accelerating its external growth strategy and by consolidating its current activities and developing its services across new functionalities and geographies, particularly internationally.

Leveraging its expertise in advertising and technology companies, Neovian Partners conducted a strategic review of the company to confirm the relevance of its positioning for growth. The primary objective was to validate the effectiveness of Mobsuccess Group’s offering and analyse its market development prospects for the coming years.

“Neovian Partners thoroughly examined the market potential in France, in particular the growth in advertising budgets allocated to “drive to store” campaigns. We successfully validated the value of Mobsuccess Group’s solutions and their alignment with client expectations. The mission also included a comprehensive competitive landscape of ad-tech companies in the French market.”

Kevin Bailey, Partner

Patrick Richer, Founding Partner & President, along with Kevin Bailey, Partner, and Pierre Poiret, Senior  Manager, led the team that supported Siparex Midcap in this transaction.

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, April 25^th, 2024. Neovian Partners, a consulting firm specializing in strategy and leadership, supported Naxicap Partners in their investment in Quali Group, a French play & sports areas and landscaping specialist.

Established in 1998, Quali Group is a French manufacturer, installer, and maintainer of innovative and high-quality play & sports areas (Quali-Cité) and a landscaping specialist (Val d’Oise Paysages).

The group offers turnkey custom-made design solutions and relies both on its own agencies with internal sales forces and on a network of partner distributors to meet the needs of its private and public clients.

Neovian Partners has analysed the depth and dynamics of the French play & sports areas and landscaping markets, its regulatory and political trends, its demand characteristics, and its competitive environment.

Neovian Partners has identified several growth opportunities, such as addressing new client segments, acquiring new know-how through development of interactive and sensory equipment or integration of new materials and addressing new regions in France and abroad.

“Quali Group’s reputation, wide offer range, very high product & service quality, strong national presence, and well-trained distributors explain the firm’s solid historical growth. Over the next years, we estimate high growth potential both for the plays & sports areas and landscaping French markets, thus we are confident in Quali Group’s ability to achieve its development ambitions.”

Patrick Richer, Founding and Managing Partner

Patrick Richer, Founding & Managing Partner, along with Leonid Dorogoï, Head of Lyon, led the team that supported Naxicap Partners in this operation.

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, 11 January, 2024. Neovian Partners supported Origine Partners in their investment in DuRoure, a blender of innovative agricultural fertilisers, offering a wide range of mineral and organic solutions, biostimulants and soil amendments.

Created in 1956, DuRoure has structured its offering around 4 main complementary product lines (mineral, pulverulent, organic and foliar) for its diversified customer base, mostly composed of agricultural cooperatives and trading companies.

The group achieved a turnover of €39.7m in 2022, of which 74% of mineral and compound fertilisers, 11% of organic fertilisers, 9% of amendment solutions and 6% of other products.

In addition to the analysis of the French market of agricultural fertilisers, its demand’s dynamics both for traders and final users and its competitive landscape, the Strategic Due Diligence carried out by Neovian Partners successfully fulfilled the objective of evaluating the main regulatory trends and major innovations related to the products supplied by DuRoure.

“DuRoure benefits from excellent image feedback, being recognised nationally for its technical expertise, its level of customer support, its responsiveness, and its comprehensive range of products which are reliable both in terms of sourcing and performance. The group will be able to benefit from the strong growth of the organic and organo-mineral fertilisers over the next years and from its development of new geographical areas.” Patrick Richer

Patrick Richer, Founding & Managing Partner, along with Leonid Dorogoi, Head of Lyon, led the team that supported DuRoure in this operation.

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, March 7th, 2024. The strategy consulting firm Neovian Partners has conducted the strategic Vendor Due Diligence for Steliau, a premier electronic solutions supplier to thousands of customers.

Originally established 30 years ago, Steliau is a high value-added distributor offering bespoke solutions to their clients. The company co-designs solutions with their clients and offers the services of an electronics distributor. They have grown to 200 employees and increased their revenues times 10 over the last 10 years to €200 million and has purchased 4 companies over the last few years. They are located in France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

The Vendor Due Diligence conducted by Neovian Partners provided an in-depth evaluation of Steliau’s strategic positioning and growth drivers. The project’s objective was to determine the resilience of the electronic component distribution and integration market and its depth, Steliau’s competitive advantage and asses their ability to continue their expansion through strategic acquisitions and organic growth.

« The electronics market in Europe suffered from major supply chain and pricing issues due to covid and international political instability and is recovering. Steliau is uniquely positioned to soften the impact of these conditions of their business. Neovian Partners has extensive experience in the European electronics market, and we were able to draw on this experience to illustrate Steliau’s strengths in their competitive environment. » 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