ECOVADIS acquired by PARTECH VENTURES
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EcoVadis has secured €30 million in its first institutional funding round led by Partech Ventures. This minority investment represents the first outside capital raised by the company since its founding in 2007, following ten years of 50% annual organic growth. The fresh capital is earmarked for accelerating the worldwide adoption of its CSR ratings, enhancing the reliability of its scorecards, and furthering investment in core technologies. Specifically, the group plans to utilize the funding for in-house R&D to integrate machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) into its proprietary platform. This pivotal investment enables EcoVadis to broaden its expertise and scale its transatlantic operations to support the transformation of the millions of businesses operating in global supply chains.
ECOVADIS, which reported an EBITDA margin of in 2016, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of , a level to compare with the average currently observed in the TMT (Tech, Media, Telecom) sector (15.1x).
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Target
EcoVadis is the leading provider of globally trusted business sustainability ratings and scorecards. The organization operates a SaaS platform that provides evidence-based ESG intelligence across 200 industry categories and 175 countries. The entity's methodology covers environmental, social, and ethical practices, serving more than 95,000 businesses, including multinational giants like Amazon, L’Oréal, and JPMorgan. Its business model focuses on driving sustainability-led business decisions across global supply chains, private equity portfolios, and ESG-linked financing. By providing actionable benchmarks and carbon action tools (such as its Carbon Action Module), the firm supports companies in monitoring and improving the performance of their trading partners. Headquartered in Paris with 15 global offices, the firm has become the partner of choice for integrating sustainability intelligence into procurement and risk management ecosystems.
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Acquirer: partech ventures