With over 20 years of experience, Callimedia is a leading player in digital learning based in Montpellier, France.
The company operates in the B2B market segment thanks to a cutting-edge LMS platform, off-the-shelf learning modules, and tailor-mode learning content creation.
With its innovative AI capabilities, Callimedia serves large corporates, SMEs and public institutions from a dozen verticals.
Customer
Callimedia was at a strategic crossroads in 2024.
The planned retirement leave of one of the co-founders, and market shifts due to massive AI adoption, unlocked new risks and opportunities.
The privileged scenario was to join forces with a larger player with strong SaaS expertise, provided the enterprise valuation aligned with the sellers' expectations.
Challenges
Our team provided end-to-end M&A assistance through a 6-month competitive process until closing.
This deal enabled Callimedia to:
• accelerate its ongoing transformation towards automation and a SaaS business model
• level up its value proposition to end customers while addressing new market segments.
• design a clear path to reach a critical size in the consolidating and fast-evolving European Edtech market.
Achievements
" Odyssey was our closest strategic partner to expand our vision, swiftly execute our sale project despite many challenges and eventually create value. Their unwavering commitment, result-driven negotiation expertise and strong business acumen were key in successfully closing the deal. Callimedia, now backed by Syfadis, enters a new growth era to achieve its ambitions in the Edtech industry.”
Christophe Fabre, Co-founder & Managing Director at Callimedia