Paris \u2014 Main Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (\u201cMain\u201d) and PRIM\u2019X announce that Main has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in PRIM\u2019X, a leading deve\u00adlo\u00adper of encryp\u00adtion and data secu\u00adrity soft\u00adware. The company prima\u00adrily serves defense, govern\u00adment and secu\u00adrity custo\u00admers in Europe. This tran\u00adsac\u00adtion repres\u00adents Main\u2019s second plat\u00adform invest\u00adment in France, follo\u00adwing the opening of its Paris office in Febru\u00adary 2025. PRIM\u2019X\u2019s manage\u00adment team will remain opera\u00adtio\u00adnally active and retain a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mino\u00adrity stake, ensu\u00adring conti\u00adnuity and long-term commit\u00adment. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion has been appro\u00adved by the rele\u00advant regu\u00adla\u00adtory authorities. <\/p>\n
PRIM\u2019X<\/strong> was foun\u00added in 2003 by CEO Serge Binet and has since specia\u00adli\u00adzed in encryp\u00adtion and data secu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons for compa\u00adnies and (semi-)public insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons. From its loca\u00adti\u00adons in Lyon (head\u00adquar\u00adters) and Paris, the company serves over 1,000 custo\u00admers world\u00adwide. PRIM\u2019X\u2019s products are aimed at secu\u00adrity-criti\u00adcal sectors \u2014 custo\u00admers include govern\u00adment orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons and compa\u00adnies from the defence, tele\u00adcom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, aero\u00adspace and finan\u00adcial services sectors. <\/p>\n PRIM\u2019X enables its custo\u00admers to operate secu\u00adrely, increase data secu\u00adrity and meet the highest stan\u00addards of digi\u00adtal sove\u00adreig\u00adnty. From a strong posi\u00adtion in its home market of France, PRIM\u2019X is now also active in Spain, the Nether\u00adlands, Mexico and South Korea, where demand for confi\u00adden\u00adtial data manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adons is growing signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly. PRIM\u2019X is excel\u00adlently posi\u00adtio\u00adned to take advan\u00adtage of these growth opportunities. <\/p>\n Further growth through new sectors, stra\u00adte\u00adgic acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and added value for customers.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the next phase of growth, Main Capi\u00adtal and PRIM\u2019X will work toge\u00adther to further expand the company\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal posi\u00adtion, deepen exper\u00adtise in exis\u00adting markets, enter new indus\u00adtries and expand the product port\u00adfo\u00adlio with inno\u00adva\u00adtive and comple\u00admen\u00adtary solu\u00adti\u00adons. With Main\u2019s local presence in the Bene\u00adlux region, DACH region and Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advia, among others, and its exper\u00adtise in inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal buy-and-build stra\u00adte\u00adgies, this part\u00adner\u00adship can acce\u00adle\u00adrate PRIM\u2019X\u2019s growth and inno\u00adva\u00adtion and further increase custo\u00admer value. <\/p>\n Jonas Kruip, Co-Head Main France: <\/strong>\u201cIn a world where cyber thre\u00adats are beco\u00adming incre\u00adasingly complex, high-quality data encryp\u00adtion is not a luxury, but an abso\u00adlute neces\u00adsity. Protec\u00adting sensi\u00adtive infor\u00adma\u00adtion is crucial for trust in digi\u00adtal systems. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of PRIM\u2019X under\u00adlines our commit\u00adment to secu\u00adrity soft\u00adware and our willing\u00adness to colla\u00adbo\u00adrate with like-minded entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs. We look forward to support\u00ading PRIM\u2019X\u2019s manage\u00adment team in the next phase of growth \u2014 with a focus on orga\u00adnic growth and targe\u00adted acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Our goal is to jointly deve\u00adlop new markets and sectors, streng\u00adthen the product port\u00adfo\u00adlio and drive innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n Streng\u00adthening natio\u00adnal and Euro\u00adpean digi\u00adtal sovereignty.<\/strong><\/p>\n With the stra\u00adte\u00adgic support of Main, PRIM\u2019X further streng\u00adthens its posi\u00adtion in Europe and conti\u00adnues to promote product certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion by reco\u00adgni\u00adzed cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity autho\u00adri\u00adties such as ANSSI (France), CCN (Spain) and AIVD (Nether\u00adlands). This contri\u00adbu\u00adtes to the confi\u00addence in PRIM\u2019X products at natio\u00adnal and Euro\u00adpean level. The deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment acti\u00advi\u00adties based in France remain a central foun\u00adda\u00adtion for further growth and custo\u00admer support. <\/p>\n Serge Binet, foun\u00adder and CEO of PRIM\u2019X: <\/strong>\u201cOur new part\u00adner\u00adship with Main Capi\u00adtal is a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mile\u00adstone in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of PRIM\u2019X. With a streng\u00adthe\u00adned inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal perspec\u00adtive, we conti\u00adnue our commit\u00adment to grow globally and invest in data secu\u00adrity inno\u00adva\u00adtion to streng\u00adthen the digi\u00adtal sove\u00adreig\u00adnty of govern\u00adments and busi\u00adnesses. While PRIM\u2019X has successfully grown inde\u00adpendently to date, we see Main Capi\u00adtal as a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner that can help us acce\u00adle\u00adrate our growth and expand our reach. The entire manage\u00adment team remains actively invol\u00adved and leading this new phase of growth as we focus on tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inno\u00adva\u00adtion and market expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n About PRIM\u2019X<\/strong><\/p>\n PRIM\u2019X is a leading soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adper specia\u00adli\u00adzing in encryp\u00adtion and data secu\u00adrity solu\u00adti\u00adons for busi\u00adnesses and (semi-)governmental orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons. The company offers a wide range of proprie\u00adtary soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons \u2014 inclu\u00adding file and folder encryp\u00adtion, hard disk and laptop encryp\u00adtion, email encryp\u00adtion, encryp\u00adtion during data trans\u00adfer and within Micro\u00adsoft 365 cloud envi\u00adron\u00adments. PRIM\u2019X was foun\u00added in 2003 by the current CEO and serves over 1,000 custo\u00admers in Switz\u00ader\u00adland and abroad with around 50 employees from offices in Lyon and Paris. \u2014 www.primx.eu <\/p>\n About Main Capi\u00adtal Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n Main Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners is a leading inves\u00adtor in soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies in the Bene\u00adlux region, DACH, France, Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advia and the USA with assets under manage\u00adment of around 6.5 billion euros. As a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner, Main has been support\u00ading soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies in profi\u00adta\u00adble growth and the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of leading soft\u00adware groups for over twenty years. With offices in The Hague, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, Stock\u00adholm, Antwerp, Paris and a part\u00adner office in Boston, the team compri\u00adses 90 employees and mana\u00adges an active port\u00adfo\u00adlio of over 50 soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies with a total of more than 12,000 employees. Through the Main Social Insti\u00adtute, Main awards scho\u00adlar\u00adships for IT and compu\u00adter science cour\u00adses. In April 2025, Main also announ\u00adced the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Paris-based Trace One. \u2014- www.main.nl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris \u2014 Main Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (\u201cMain\u201d) and PRIM\u2019X announce that Main has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in PRIM\u2019X, a leading deve\u00adlo\u00adper of encryp\u00adtion and data secu\u00adrity soft\u00adware. The company prima\u00adrily serves defense, govern\u00adment and secu\u00adrity custo\u00admers in Europe. This tran\u00adsac\u00adtion repres\u00adents Main\u2019s second plat\u00adform invest\u00adment in France, follo\u00adwing the opening of its Paris office in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n