France

Considering our foundation, Dedale Intelligence has naturally built unparalleled coverage of the local French technology ecosystem, with deep relationships at sponsor, vendor, and M&A levels

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France location

While having a firm vision to grow and develop as a global company from the start, Dedale Intelligence has also naturally focused on creating deep ties with the French ecosystem

France boasts a very dynamics and competitive local investor scene, as well as a strong ecosystem of technology vendors from all maturity stages. It also attracts more and more interest from anglo-saxon investors and corporates that seek to tap into one of the largest continental European markets

Collaboration case studies

Private Equity pre-deal investigation

Client
€2Bn Midcap buyout French fund with dedicated technology coverage
Seeing the intensification of competition for French technology deals, this midcap fund team as been one of our longest standing sponsor partner. Each year, we conduct dozens of light & deep collaborations on all technology situations coming their way

This team has also transitioned it's DNA to a more proactive and thesis driven approach, that Dedale Intelligence has been powering with numerous thematic sourcing projects
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Corporate through partnership

Client
Life science GRC tech enabled specialist
Dedale Intelligence was fortunate to support the Private Equity team that ended up acquiring this attractive and growing life science GRC company

Post transaction, we initiated collaboration with the Founder of the company to initiate tactical and transformational M&A plays to pursue during the investment cycle. After weeks of in-depth investigation, the management of the company now has a clear M&A roadmap to execute on
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M&A Advisor support

Client
France top technology M&A Advisor
For years, this top technology M&A Advisory team has been collaborating continuously with Dedale Intelligence to develop earlier and deeper perspectives into up and coming processes

While leveraging intelligence continuously from the Dedale Intelligence platform, the team has also conducted several bespoke projects on top to help prepare for specific high-profile processes and develop deeps views on specific equity story aspects
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Team leaders

Cédric Le Bouëdec
Head of Development & Investor Relations

Cédric started his career in Business Development at CANAL+ and Pernod Ricard, then specialized in technology & software, especially on Go-To-Market, Sales, and Key Account Management functions, including over 4 years at Meltwater. Cédric graduated from Emlyon Business School (Grande École Program, MSc in Management), studied at ECNU in Shanghai, China, and worked for 6 months in Sydney, Australia. At Dedale Intelligence, Cédric leads the Sales team and execution of the GTM strategy and the development of the company's investor, advisor and top executive network. He also co-pilots the investor relations (Customer Success), building relationships with leading corporates and investment firms across Europe and the U.S.

Mathieu Canler
Investment & Strategy Associate VP

Mathieu began his career with 4+ years in strategy consulting, covering a wide range of industries including retail, telecoms and healthcare. He then joined an insurtech company under LBO as Strategy & Transformation Manager, where he launched a new activity. Since joining Dedale Intelligence, Mathieu has been leading multiple projects from deep software segment research to more target-centric operations with pre-due diligence and commercial due diligence work, covering areas like Financial Services, Office of the CFO, Digital Experience Platform or Governance, Risk & Compliance.

Maxime Courtaux
Investment & Strategy Senior VP & CPO

Maxime was born and presently lives in France. After 8 years at Boston Consulting Group as a strategy consultant and manager, Maxime entered the software and technology sector where he specialized in strategic plans for large companies and commercial due diligence for Private-Equity companies in the Energy and Technologies space in Europe, Africa, and South-East Asia, doing research and publishing on Artificial Intelligence and DeepTech in businesses. Since 2023, Maxime joined Dedale Intelligence to lead the efforts to build and scale its products, tech, and data stack. Maxime speaks English and French and graduated from CentraleSupélec and ESCP Business School.

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