Lorentz, Deschamps & Associates (LD&A) advises Wallix for a €2m private placement with Auriga Partners and TDH
Paris, November 16th, 2011
WALLIX (www.wallix.com), a leading European provider of IT security solutions, today announced the closing of a €2 Million fund raising. This round, co-led by leading venture firm Auriga Partners and TDH, the Holding of Thierry Dassault, will support WALLIX international expansion and fuel its global sales efforts through a growing network of partners.
Since the launch of WALLIX AdminBastion (WAB) in 2008, the company has positioned as a European leader of Access Management & IT Traceability. WALLIX has in particular developed a unique “session recording” technology, allowing the video recording of complete sessions of users when logged to their Information Systems.
Auriga Partners and Thierry Dassault will actively support the company in its international development, already well advanced in many countries such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Russia and UK. WALLIX will widely deploy an offer perfectly matching their clients increasing needs for IT risk management and various compliance regulations.
François Carlot, Partner at LD&A, comments: « WALLIX has developed a unique technology with the best time to market, as IT security and traceability are now, more than ever, a key priority for businesses & administrations. WALLIX track record, both in France and internationally, is impressive and position the company as a rising star in this segment »
LD&A team : François Carlot, Partner, Stéphane Saudo, Analyst.
Further information : www.ldaglobal.com
About LD&A
Lorentz, Deschamps & Assoc.(LD&A), a leading corporate finance boutique for high growth new energy and high-tech SMEs, was founded in 2004 by Francis Lorentz and Marc Deschamps. The team of 18 people is based in Paris, London and Brussels and has an international network of partners, including investment and venture capital funds, banks, technical experts, and human resources specialists. Along with its partner Jupiter Capital Partners (Munich), LD&A creates and implements financial solutions and transactions (fund raisings, mergers, acquisitions, exits) for the growth and valuation of innovative companies in the Telecoms, Internet, IT, digital media and clean tech sectors. (www.ldaglobal.com)
About WALLIX
Wallix offers innovative IT solutions for the management of user identities and access, and for the traceability of operations, with a simple, cost-effective approach, without deployment constraints in the client entity’s information systems, and in compliance with the latest standards applying to computer security. Wallix, which is based in Paris (in France) and Reading (in England), is a developer and distributor of computer-security software, specialising in the management of risks linked to the access by users to the critical computing infrastructure of businesses. The company also has a channel of resellers in various key countries across Europe and in the USA (with an office in New York, on the East Coast). Wallix is a prize-winner of the Oseo Innovation, of the PM’UP programme, and a partner of the System@tic Paris Region high- technology cluster. (www.wallix.com)
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