Looking ahead
Well established in France since 2009, where it already generates more than 40% of its revenues, and with more than a hundred mandates in the United States, Mexico and Asia, Proaction International is now accelerating its growth in Quebec, North America and Europe. The contribution of Desjardins Capital and Siparex comes at a pivotal moment for the company, which is innovating with its unique combination of 360º management consulting services and the most advanced management technology on the market.
Our technological development, in conjunction with our service offering aimed at developing and retaining managers in the context of a pandemic and labor shortages, allows us to mobilize our clients' teams and optimize their performance, which makes our business and mission even more relevant today.
Denis LefebvrePresident and Chief Executive Officer, Proaction International
Creating collective wealth
While many equate optimization with staff cutbacks and reduced working conditions, Proaction International's objective is to help companies enhance the value of their employees and management teams. To do so, communication structures are implemented that allow for a two-way flow of information: bringing issues from the employee on the floor to the CEO, and also communicating the vision of senior management to the teams on the ground in order to ensure stakeholder alignment. The result: a common vision and a collective movement towards success that benefits everyone.
More than ever in modern organizations, people at the heart of performance
The Transatlantic Fund invests not only in a company but also in a team of high-level professionals and programmers. The team members are based in Quebec, France, England, Belgium, and the United States. They work tirelessly to help managers achieve operational excellence.
The investment by Desjardins Capital and the Transatlantic Fund in Proaction International is an excellent example of our strategy to partner with successful companies in order to accelerate their international development. Proaction International relies on a solid team of consultants and a digital transformation approach with UTrakk to digitalize the role of managers, which is very innovative.
Marie-Hélène NoletChief Operating Officer, Desjardins Capital
Proaction International's positioning is exactly in line with the type of outstanding SMEs from Quebec or France that the Transatlantic Fund, managed by Desjardins Capital and Siparex, wants to support. Proaction International is already enjoying great success in France and we are delighted to support the company in further accelerating its transatlantic development
Bertrand RambaudPresident, Siparex Group
About Proaction International
Founded in 2004 and a leader in performance management, Proaction International is a technology and consulting company with several subsidiaries, all with the common objective of improving the performance of individuals and organizations. Firmly human-centered, Proaction International's philosophy has been proven time and again in SMEs and multinationals in 16 countries. As a source of inspiration, a builder of long-term relationships, an employer par excellence, and a symbol of an ideal, Proaction International contributes to the improvement of the world's economy. Proaction International's head office is in Montreal in the famous former Club Saint-Denis building, and it also has offices in Toronto, Miami, and Paris.
About Desjardins Capital
With over 45 years of experience, Desjardins Capital's mission is to promote, support and retain SMEs in Quebec. With assets under management of $2.8 billion as of June 30, 2021, Desjardins Capital participates in the sustainability of over 610 companies, cooperatives and funds operating in various business sectors and from all regions of Quebec. In addition to helping to maintain and create thousands of jobs, this component of Mouvement Desjardins provides entrepreneurs with access to a vast business network to support the growth of their companies. For more information, visit the website.
About the Siparex Group
The Siparex Group is an independent French private equity specialist with around 4.0 billion dollars of assets under management, distributed between its equity in large companies and SMEs, as well as subordinated debt and venture capital under the XAnge brand. Siparex covers the entire French territory as well as Italy (Milan), Germany (Munich), Benelux (Brussels) and Canada through a transatlantic co-investment fund in partnership with Desjardins Capital, a private equity subsidiary of the Desjardins Group. www.siparex.com
About the Transatlantic Fund
The Transatlantic Fund has over $120 million under management and is jointly managed by Desjardins Capital in Quebec and Siparex in France. It makes it possible to co-invest in French and Quebec SMEs to support their plans for expansion across the Atlantic.
