DDA & Company advises Articque shareholders, on its sale to Chapsvision Group

Paris, July 2nd, 2024

DDA & Company advises Articque shareholders, on its sale to Chapsvision Group.

Backed by Turenne Groupe since 2018, Articque is a French software vendor expert in geodecisional solutions, helping organizations to optimize their decisions through an in-depth understanding of geographic data. Its solutions are widely adopted in the fields of geomarketing, commercial sectorization and data visualization for public observatories. They are used by over 1,500 users within 450 key accounts customers, medium-sized companies and public bodies.

This merger brings together two companies with a shared vision of technological excellence and French expertise in data processing.

Through this acquisition, ChapsVision aims to create numerous synergies around its solutions in the fields of CRM, Marketing Automation, Sales Management, Field Force Management, Merchandising and GIS.

Olivier Dellenbach, CEO and Founder of ChapsVision, declares: “We are glad to welcome Articque to ChapsVision Group. Specialized in geodecisional cartography and dataviz, the acquisition of Articque enables us to better support our customers in leveraging their complex data, facilitating strategic decision-making through a better understanding of spatial dynamics and global trends. “

Hélène Auguet, CEO of Articque, adds: “We are delighted and convinced to be joining the ChapsVision adventure. This will enable us to accelerate the technological development of our geodecisional solutions, and gain access to an European dimension within a leading French vendor whose values we share. The complementary of our solution allows us to address the market with an unrivalled value proposition, which we can’t wait to present to our respective customers, given the richness of our use cases.”

Alexandre Odin, Partner at DDA & Company, concludes: “ChapsVision is a perfect destination for both Articque team and its technology, which fits perfectly with the Group’s strategic trajectory. We are very pleased that this French technology asset, developed by Georges-Antoine Strauch and his team, will be able to continue its growth with continuity and sustainability.”

The DDA & Company, composed of Alexandre Odin and Grégoire Bizouerne advised Articque shareholders.

About ChapsVision

As a specialist in sovereign data processing based on artificial intelligence, ChapsVision enables companies and public authorities to succeed in their digital transformation and to create value thanks to a software suite centered around its data exploitation system.

Through major R&D investments in the processing of massive, heterogeneous data, complemented by a sustained strategy of targeted acquisitions and international expansion, ChapsVision has rapidly built up a coherent group comprising two branches addressing sectors with a strong data footprint. One is dedicated to customer engagement, unified commerce and economic and strategic intelligence for businesses, while the other offers sovereign solutions dedicated to cyber intelligence and cybersecurity for the defense, intelligence and security markets.

Founded in 2019, ChapsVision has over 1,000 employees, 1,000 key account customers, and is targeting revenues of over €200m in 2024.

About Articque

Articque is the French expert in strategic decision-making through cartography.

As a software vendor of geodecisional solutions, Articque enables companies and organizations in all sectors to better manage their activities by enhancing their decisions. Articque provides solutions for a wide range of territorial optimization applications, such as geomarketing, commercial sectorization and the creation of territorial observatories.

Its Cartes & Données Online and Articque Platform solutions, identifiable by their modular “flowchart“ interface, combine cutting-edge mapping and data processing technologies, with a catalog of geolocalized data. They are used by over 1,500 users within 450 key accounts customers, medium-sized companies and public bodies.

Founded in Tours by Georges-Antoine Strauch and Jérome Barthélémy, creators of the Carte & Données software, Articque employs 45 people and generates 4 millions euros of revenues.