Eurazeo, through its Small-mid buyout team, has entered into exclusive negotiations relating to an investment in 3P, a leading software publisher specialized in procurement and post-procurement as well as asset management solutions for public-sector institutions. The transaction marks the eleventh investment for Eurazeo PME IV, the third outside France, and demonstrates the expertise of the Small-mid buyout strategy in supporting fast-growing European technology and services mid-market champions in their international expansion.
Headquartered in Belgium and created in 2001, 3P offers a fully integrated platform with a subscription-driven revenue model designed to automate, secure and optimize tendering, procurement as well as post-procurement processes, while helping clients ensure compliance with the latest European, national and regional legislation and requirements. 3P’s products are used by 2,000+ public clients across Belgium and France and caters for the needs of diversified clients: municipalities, regional authorities, hospitals, universities, police forces, etc.
3P has showcased double-digit historical growth providing clients with mission-critical software enabling public entities to save time and optimize procurement processes while reducing administrative burden and ensuring compliance. Eurazeo will support and accelerate the company’s development by pursuing its European expansion strategy, which has been initiated in France by the historical shareholders: founders, 3d investors and ING who will all reinvest in the transaction alongside Eurazeo and the management team.
Clément Morin, Managing Director Small-mid buyout, at Eurazeo:
“We are thrilled to partner with 3P management team and historical shareholders on this next phase of growth. 3P is a perfect match to our ambition to support European software champions in both their organic and external growth. We now look forward to supporting the group by leveraging Eurazeo’s network, resources and experience, especially in cross-border M&A.“
Pascal Meyers, CEO of 3P:
“We are very enthusiastic about the arrival of Eurazeo as majority shareholder. We are convinced that their strong expertise, network and European DNA will help us to accelerate our strong growth ambitions to become Europe’s premier public-sector procurement technology partner, based on further broadening our European footprint as well as leveraging our major investments in a next-gen ai-empowered cloud solution.”
The reinvesting shareholders:
The founders, 3d investors, and ING are thrilled to welcome Eurazeo as 3P’s majority shareholder, reinforcing their confidence in 3P’s future through a significant reinvestment. There is a shared conviction that Eurazeo’s expertise as a leading IT investor will empower 3P to solidify its position in Belgium, and France and expand throughout Europe. They are fully committed to supporting 3P’s management team and Eurazeo in scaling 3P’s highly efficient GovTech public procurement platform throughout Europe.
