Success Story: Ventech Realizing 7x Return Upon Adikteev's LBO

Another success story: Adikteev just completed a new LBO with AgilaCapital, welcoming 70+ tech entrepreneurs and three unicorn founders to its board.

And Ventech is proud to announce that we have realized a complete exit with a 7x return, an exceptional multiple in today’s market, as reported by CFNews.

All started by several slides!

We first backed Adikteev at its pre-seed stage with €600K, not betting, but firmly believed in the hands-on, and well surrounded founding team led by Xavier Mariani and Emilien Eychenne, entrepreneurs who’ve since built one of Europe’s most successful adtech scale-ups.

Today, the company expects $150M in revenue and $30M EBITDA in 2025, with 98% of sales abroad, and offices spanning Paris, San Francisco, and Seoul. A true global player born in France.

But beyond the numbers lies a deeper story: the Ventech “AdTech mafia” effect.

From Webedia (one of the first bets on ad digitalization) to Ogury, StickyADS.tv (Acquired by FreeWheel), STORETAIL (Acquired by Criteo in 2018), mediarithmics, Adikteev, now to the next-gen Olyzon and xpln.ai, each previous success has inspired and funded the next generation. Founders invest back into the ecosystem. “Friends of friends” become co-founders, angels, or LPs.

Growth becomes contagious!

This is how sustainable tech ecosystems are built, through networks of trust, long-term conviction, industrial expertise, mutual support and continuous giving back to the innovation community.And as we are opening up more and more to AI, we’re seeing the same dynamics emerge again.

From AI-Native 365Talentss (2018) and Prewave (2020), to GenAI-native DRIMCO GmbH, AmberSearch, Inven or Vertesia (2025), Ventech has been nurturing Europe’s next “AI mafia”, visionary founders shaping the future of intelligent software.

Different sectors, same DNA:

➡️ early conviction

➡️ founder-first partnerships

➡️ network effects that compound over time

From 0 to Centaurs, and from Adtech to AI, the story continues.

More transaction details on CFNews.