Investments

Co-Investment
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    Co-Investment

    European Digital Group

    France

    Business services
    Business services

    European Digital Group (EDG) is a service group that supports large accounts and SMEs in their digital transformation and digital marketing strategy. Founded in 2019 by Vincent Klingbeil, EDG has experienced rapid growth through a combination of organic development and strategic acquisitions, based on a virtuous entrepreneurial and commercial model. EDG's offering is built around five key areas: technology and cybersecurity, data & AI, performance marketing, digital content, and growth enablers.

The Ardian team brought a deep sector knowledge, which I think allowed them not only to do a terrific job in that due diligence period, but also meant they could work very efficiently within our deal time frame.

Doug Brody KKR Capital Market

Ardian and Arsenal both want our investments to benefit society and by working together in this case we’ve reduced the time it takes to set up a clinical trial by many months, which means new drugs come to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Steve McLean Partner of Arsenal Capital

During the due diligence phase, we identified Ardian as a future shareholder capable of making a significant contribution to Emera's development. As soon as the transaction closed, we were able to define and launch value-creating initiatives with Naxicap and Ardian, particularly in terms of group structuring, external growth, digital transformation and real estate strategy, in France but also in Spain and other European countries.

Eric Baugas CEO of EMERA