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Press release - 20 March 2023

New deal completed: Largillière Finance advised the transfer of XOS to the existing managers, supported by Turenne Emergence

A new deal in the tech and business services sectors for Largillière Finance: the investment bank has advised Guillaume Coppin, founder of e-learning content specialist XOS, in his first capital operation, supported by the Turenne Emergence fund.

Founded in 2012 by Guillaume Coppin, XOS offers its customers training solutions designed to optimize the skills development of talents and prepare them for the skills and professions of tomorrow.

With the aim of making e-learning training as effective as possible, XOS teams combine neuroscience and professional training on a daily basis thanks to neuropedagogy.

XOS supports its customers in three ways:

  • A Catalogue offering with over 1,200 off-the-shelf courses in soft skills, office automation and language learning. XOS distributes its content directly or via leading LMS partners (Talentsoft, Cornerstone, Syfadis, Rise up, Dokeos, Myskillcamp, Mos...),
  • Customized e-learning content production via our in-house production studio. Based on pre-designed and proven pedagogical models, XOS produces quality content with a high memorization rate,
  • A Talents offer to delegate e-learning experts to end-customers.

XOS's ambition is to continually expand its range of training courses, particularly in areas at the heart of organizations' CSR initiatives: inclusion, carbon footprint reduction, continuing education, etc. The e-learning specialist intends to continue its strong growth, both with major B2B accounts and public administrations.

To support this ambition, all employees were involved in the operation, around the management team formed by Guillaume Coppin, Chairman and Founder, and Jérôme Bosio, Managing Director.

Guillaume Coppin, Chairman & Founder, & Jérôme Bosio, Managing Director, comment: “We are very proud of the confidence that Turenne Emergence has shown in us by investing in our company. We are convinced that this collaboration will enable us to further innovate and offer ever more effective solutions to our customers. We look forward to continuing our development to create new quality training content and an exceptional experience to reach new heights”.

Stéphane Saudo, Partner, and Grégoire Sébé, Investment Director, commented: “We are delighted to support the XOS team in this new phase of development. XOS's one-stop-shop offering won us over with its pedagogical efficiency and its perfect adaptation to the business constraints of its customers”.

Nicolas Ibanez, Partner at Largillière Finance, adds: “We'd like to thank Guillaume Coppin for his confidence in us. Our mastery of the challenges of the digital training business enabled us to set up a competitive process, ensuring that he could pass on the Group to several managers with the support of a leading investment fund”.

 

Stakeholders in the operation:

XOS Guillaume Coppin, Jérôme Bosio
Investors: Turenne Emergence Stéphane Saudo, Grégoire Sébé
Executive Legal Advisor: Mermoz Thomas Hermetet, Marina Lobell
Executive M&A Advisor: Largillière Finance Nicolas Ibanez, Maxime Fournely, Roxane Chollet
Vendor Financial Due Diligence: Crowe HAF Julien Latrubesse, Thomas Corbineau, Olivia Charlier
Investors Legal Advisor: Bignon Lebray Edouard Waels, Alice Barat
Financial Auditor: ACA Nexia Fabrice Huglin, Charles Kohen
Executive Financial Advisor: Squareness Jérôme Fortin, Marie Renard
Banks:
  • BNP
Patrice Romuald, Rebecca Joly, Adelaïde Jouan
  • Crédit Agricole
Thierry Jégo

With offices in Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Brussels and Geneva, Largillière Finance is an independent investment bank dedicated to assisting managers and shareholders of small and medium-sized companies with their capital transactions: company sales and acquisitions, financing (capital and/or debt), financial engineering (valuation, etc.) and financial strategy.

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