Saas.group, a company specializing in the development and acquisition of software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups, announced in May 2023 its acquisition of Beekast, a French collaborative platform that helps companies create, run and monitor meetings and training sessions on a daily basis. This acquisition is designed to strengthen Saas.group’s presence on the French market.
The acquisition of Beekast follows that of Crosstalent in France, a provider of HR tools for medium-sized and large companies, and is part of the group’s drive to strengthen its presence on the French market, where the company now has almost 40 employees. Beekast, a company founded in 2015 by Yassine Chabli, the start-up’s founder and CEO, today boasts over a million active users across nearly 1,000 partner companies (including Google, ESSEC and Action Logement Services).
Thanks to this acquisition, Beekast will continue to be an independent French company, strengthening Saas.group’s presence on the French market. Saas.group has acquired fourteen companies to date, incluing Beekast, Crosstalent, Tower, Rewardful, Prerender, Juicer, Seobility and others. With almost 180 employees in some twenty different countries, the group aims to develop and offer online development and e-commerce solutions to companies specializing in marketing, human resources and e-learning.
Joffe & Associés (Christophe Joffe, Charlotte Viandaz and Oriana Castelli) acted for Beekast’s shareholders in this transaction.
- Investors : SAAS.GROUP
- Seller : M CAPITAL PARTNERS , BRIGHTEYE VENTURES , SOFIMAC IM , PARIS BUSINESS ANGELS (PBA) , VAL’ANGELS , FONDATEUR(S) , Yassine Chabli , Said El Haddati , Quentin Georget
- Company Investment banker / M&A advisor : NFINANCE , Guy Cohen , Adrien Rousseau
- Corporate Lawyers : JOFFE & ASSOCIES , Christophe Joffe, Charlotte Viandaz et Oriana Castelli
- Financial society : MARSH , Audrey Levy-Corcos
- Purchaser Corporate lawyer : ORRICK , Gergana Rodriguez-Bacarreza
