SEDI-ATI WELCOMES A NEW INVESTMENT FUND
About Optica
11 July 2023
SEDI-ATI WELCOMES A NEW INVESTMENT FUND
SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques is pleased to welcome Yotta Capital Partners as a new investment fund and majority shareholder.
The buyout took place on 11 July 2023.
In July 2016, SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques (SEDI-ATI) was taken over by JF Vinchant Holding Strategy (JFVHS), itself majority-owned by Jean-François Vinchant, Chairman and CEO of SEDI-ATI, with the support of the investment fund IDF Capital.
Seven years later, the exit of IDF Capital provided the opportunity to carry out a capital operation with a new investment fund, Yotta Capital Partners (Yotta). As the first investment fund dedicated to the development and decarbonisation of French industrial SMEs, Yotta is backed by Bpifrance, the European Investment Fund and other leading institutional investors, mainly French.
“I am delighted to welcome Yotta as a shareholder in SEDI-ATI. A new holding company, FIBER OPTICS GROUP, has been created. It owns 100% of SEDI-ATI, with Yotta holding a majority stake, in order to consolidate the company’s development and innovation, and also to give it the ressources it needs to pursue external growth.
This operation, which is again backed by a French investment fund, is part of our objective of ensuring French sovereignty and independence.
As a part of this transaction, my holding company (JFVHS) remains a significant shareholder in the new holding company alongside Yotta, and therefore President and CEO of SEDI-ATI through JFVHS.”
Jean-François VINCHANT
President and CEO of SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques
About SEDI-ATI
Since 1972, SEDI-ATI is specialized in the design and custom manufacture of fiber optic-based passive components for complex and extreme environments.
SEDI-ATI designs solutions to withstand the most hostile conditions, such as cryogenics, very high temperatures, vacuum, pressure, corrosion, radiation, and opto-pyrotechnics.
SEDI-ATI meets the most demanding applications in the aerospace, nuclear, industrial, defense, medical, and research markets.
SEDI-ATI is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified. SEDI-ATI is also a recipient of the French “Plan de Relance” and a member of the Bpifrance Excellence network.
More information on: www.sedi-ati.com - Contact: +33 (0)1 69 36 64 32 – contact@sedi-ati.com
About Yotta Capital Partners
Yotta Capital Partners is a private equity and buyout fund dedicated to the Industry of the Future. With 25 years of experience, its hybrid team is made up of private equity and industrial professionals. Committed to the environment, Yotta Capital Partners invests in French small and medium-sized industrial companies and provides support in modernization, growth, and decarbonization, accelerating the transition into the 4th industrial revolution. Yotta Capital is a member of the IC 20 and has been awarded the French “Label Relance”.
More information on: www.yottacapital.fr - Contact: +33 (0)1 81 70 88 50 - ycp@yottacapital.
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