{"id":10749,"date":"2026-01-07T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/largilliere-finance.com\/transaction\/cession-dakao-a-sage\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:52:48","slug":"cession-dakao-a-sage","status":"publish","type":"transaction","link":"https:\/\/largilliere-finance.com\/en\/transaction\/cession-dakao-a-sage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sold of Akao to Sage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>This acquisition positions Sage as one of the leading providers of end-to-end digital invoicing solutions<\/li>\n<li>A strategic decision aimed at helping French SMEs and mid-market companies prepare for the electronic invoicing reform scheduled for September 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Akao, a French expert in flow automation and digitalization, joins Sage, a leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technologies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This sale, advised by Largilli\u00e8re Finance, enables Sage to strengthen its position in a market profoundly transformed by the arrival of electronic invoicing in September 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Akao is a long-standing partner of Sage as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), serving more than 2,700 SMEs and mid-market companies and processing over 100,000 invoices per day. The Akao solution covers the entire invoicing lifecycle, from receiving and processing supplier invoices to issuing customer invoices. It enables companies to simplify and digitalize their operations, strengthen their internal controls, and improve their productivity and the visibility of their financial process by leveraging a comprehensive workflow engine and document management capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>As technological innovations accelerate and the electronic invoicing reform draws closer, companies must reach a critical milestone in their digital transformation. Indeed, according to a recent study by Sage, only one in four SMEs feels ready to tackle these changes, despite the significant impact expected on their financial processes. Akao\u2019s AI-based SaaS solution provides a concrete response to these challenges by combining accounting automation, document digitalization, digital archiving, compliance, and comprehensive process management\u2014offering companies a reliable and fully digitalized environment to manage their invoicing flows.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Millions of businesses in France are adapting to prepare for the electronic invoicing reform. 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