De Pardieu Brocas Maffei has advised all the shareholders of BlueKiwi Software SA, i.e. FCPR Sofinnova Capital V, Dassault Systèmes International and the founders in connection with the acquisition of 100% of its share capital by Atos SA group. Set up in 2007 by Carlos Diaz and Christophe Routhieau, and financed by Sofinnova, and then by Dassault Systèmes, Blue Kiwi Software has become one of the leading enterprise social network software editors. Blue Kiwi social networking software solution is available in SAAS mode and enables companies, their employees, partners or customers to share their ideas, knowledge, best practices and promotes online collaboration.
Olivier Sichel, from Sofinnova comments “we have, at a very early stage, demonstrated that we believe in enterprise social networks by investing in BlueKiwi as from 2007 while this company hardly had its 3rd customer at that time. We are today very proud to see that a leader like Atos, which has turned this thematic issue into a strategic priority, has acknowledged the outstanding quality of the company”.
- Seller/Sofinnova: Olivier Sichel, Nicolas Autret / Dassault Systèmes International: Pascal Daloz, Florian Simon, Laura Grenon
- Founders: Carlos Diaz, Christophe Routhieau
- Purchaser / ATOS: Patrick Byron, David Cole, Bruno Vaffier
- BlueKiwi Software: Jean-Luc Valente
- Advisors to the Sellers / De Pardieu Brocas Maffei: Jean-François Pourdieu, Maxime Dequesne, Abir Mansour
- Advisors to the Purchaser / Baker & Mc Kenzie : Alain Sauty de Chalon, Caroline Chevillard