Legal information Site Map Home Services Company news Research Events About us Careers Context Founded 20 years ago, Advens is the leading French pure player in cybersecurity with 300 employees throughout France and over EUR 30m net sales expected for 2021, up 30% compared to 2020 Backed by ISAI since 2016, Advens offers a comprehensive cybersecurity package that combines high value-added services with an innovative Security-as-a-Service model to meet the growing needs of companies, regardless of their specific sector or business. Advens has thus developed an operational security centre ("Security-as-a-Service Factory") unique in France, which takes advantage of the best technologies, Artificial Intelligence and human expertise to provide efficient and proven protection against cyberthreats As attacks continue to grow in intensity and complexity, Advens was seeking new financial partners to accompany its ambitious organic and external growth plan. With the support of its new shareholders (Capza and Parquest Capital), and by capitalizing on the very strong loyalty of its teams and clients, Advens' ambition is to become a leader in cybersecurity and the first SOC-as-a-Service provider in Europe About Parquest Capital Created in 2002, Parquest Capital is an independent investment firm with a well-established franchise on the French mid-market segment. Parquest Capital invests in French mid-size companies and focuses on long term growth projects in France and abroad, together with the management teams. At the heart of Parquest Capital's strategy is the ambition to build an effective, strong, trustworthy partnership with the management teams of its portfolio companies focusing on three privileged sectors: B-to-B services, consumer goods/ retail, healthcare. DISCOVER PARQUEST CAPITAL About Advens Advens, which literally means Together & In Advance, was created in 2000 in France. Advens’ goal is to help our clients generate value thanks to cybersecurity and at the end of the day make the digital era an opportunity for a better world. With 300 people based in Lille, Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Nantes, 30% annual growth and more than 300 active clients in France and abroad, Advens is the first French pure player in cybersecurity. DISCOVER ADVENS Deal Team Should you want to know more about this transaction, you can contact one of the team members above Bryan, Garnier & Co acts as Sole Financial Advisor to Parquest Capital on its minority investment in Advens Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as Sole Financial Advisor to Parquest Capital in the context of the acquisition of a minority stake in Advens alongside Capza and Advens’ Management & Employees This is a major operation – which would value Advens at more than EUR 100m – and above all, unprecedented. Indeed, in addition to the company’s growth and development objectives, the management and shareholders have chosen to place societal impact at the heart of Advens’ business model. On this occasion, up to 40% of the company’s financial value will be distributed in the coming years to an endowment fund to support initiatives with a societal impact, in particular to promote the inclusion and education of the younger generation. Ultimately, it could be the largest endowment fund in Europe on this theme This marks another landmark transaction for Bryan, Garnier & Co’s Technology practice and continues to demonstrate its expertise in cybersecurity services. Other transactions in the sector notably include the EUR 20m Private Placement of ElecticIQ, the sale of Metsys to European Digital Group, the sale of Lexsi to Orange and the acquisition of Codenomicon by Synopsys Share PREV NEXT Menu Home All transactions Investment Banking Capital Markets Sectors Intelligence Other Events Our team Careers About us Contact us LEGAL LEGAL INFORMATION SITE MAP LATEST NEWS Behind the scene : the stake of private growth financing in the client lifecycle approach of Bryan, Garnier & Co Bryan, Garnier & Co, a leading pan-European investment bank focusing on growth companies, is delighted to announce that Alexandre has been appointed Senior Associate in the Business & Tech-enabled Services Team. Halla Koppel joins Bryan, Garnier & Co as Vice President in Investment Banking Caroline Brun joins Bryan, Garnier & Co as Vice President in the Business & Tech-enabled Services Team Jérôme Guyot joins Bryan, Garnier & Co as Managing Director – Equity Capital Markets We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT