What exaegis does

Exaegis is a privately held French trust and intelligence platform operating at the intersection of market research, technology-company rating, and M&A advisory for the digital ecosystem. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tours, France, the company organizes its offering around four core activities: Research (delivered via the MARKESS brand, acquired in 2018 and founded originally in 1997) which produces continuous market intelligence on French digital transformation; Pulse, a data-driven commercial performance platform; Trust, which delivers security assessments and the registered TRUXT rating label with operational guarantee covering default risk; and Corporate Development, providing M&A advisory and deal sourcing. The company serves three customer profiles: financial backers (funds, banks, lessors), technology companies (software publishers, IT services firms, telecom operators), and enterprises and public administration, with named enterprise research clients including Microsoft, IBM, Orange, Cegid, GFI, and Konica Minolta.

The underlying technology stack is built on proprietary research and analytics platforms rather than third-party SaaS. Core components include the Research Hub portal (research.exaegis.com), the Pulse platform, and the TRUXT rating methodology, supplemented by the RateAndGo startup-rating platform and the Exaechain blockchain-related platform. The data asset underpinning the business is substantial: MARKESS by Exaegis conducts continuous research interviewing more than 5,000 decision-makers annually across French digital markets and reaches 90,000 readers, of which roughly one-third are decision-makers. The group operates through three French S.A.S. entities (Exaegis S.A.S., Exaegis Corporate Development S.A.S.U., and Markess International S.A.S.), with leadership including President Laurent Briziou, Director General Ronan Mevel (MARKESS by Exægis), and Director Vincent Gelineau.

Exaegis generates revenue through a hybrid model combining subscription-based research programs (Research Hub, sold on annual cycles), recurring trust and rating services, professional services fees from Corporate Development advisory mandates, and platform fees from RateAndGo. The firm employs 11-50 people based primarily in France, with a recent track record of active M&A advisory through 2025 including mandates for FreemiumPlay (€2M raise), Docoon, Connect Services, Synclease, Inherent, and DLG. No external funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no disclosed revenue figures were identified in the source material.

Name

exaegis

Legal name

Exaegis, S.A.S.

Website

https://exaegis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Exaegis is a French trust and intelligence platform offering market research (MARKESS by Exaegis), tech-company ratings (TRUXT), a commercial performance platform (Pulse), and M&A advisory, serving financial backers, technology companies, and enterprises in the French digital ecosystem.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Market Intelligence & Rating Services

NAICS

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG Data, Ratings & Research (Providers, Methodologies, Analytics) (FSAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG & Sustainability Research (FSACAGAH), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Advisory (BPAHAFAA)

Keywords

• Digital market intelligence
• Technology company ratings
• M&A advisory services
• Business performance analytics
• Trust rating services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-cyr-sur-loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Research & Market Intelligence Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to Exaegis Research Hub providing continuous market data, sector analysis, supplier rankings, and trends across French digital markets. Markess by Exaegis delivers research programs interviewing over 5,000 decision-makers annually.
2. Corporate Development Advisory: M&A advisory and consulting services including deal sourcing, strategic advisory, and transaction execution for digital ecosystem companies.
3. Trust Rating Services: Rating and assessment services for tech companies, providing evaluation of reliability and default risk coverage for investors and partners.
4. RateAndGo Platform: Startup rating platform commercialized as a separate offering for evaluating early-stage companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Exaegis operates a multi-divisional platform combining market research (Markess/Research), business performance acceleration (Pulse), security and trust evaluation/ratings (Trust), and M&A advisory (Corporate Development). Its offerings serve financial backers, technology companies, enterprises, and public administration across the digital and financing ecosystem.

Product overview

Exaegis is a multi-solution portfolio company operating as a trust and intelligence platform for the digital and financing ecosystem. The offering consists of four core divisions: Research (Markess) for market intelligence and analysis, Pulse for commercial performance acceleration, Trust for security evaluation and tech company ratings, and Corporate Development for M&A advisory services. These are complemented by supporting platforms including the Research Hub (research portal), TRUXT (rating label), RateAndGo (startup rating), and Exaechain. The company acquired MARKESS in 2018, integrating its research capabilities under the MARKESS by exaegis brand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Research (Markess): Market intelligence and research services covering French digital markets
• Pulse
• Trust
• Corporate Development
• TRUXT
• RateAndGo
• Exaechain

Products and services

• Research (Markess) Market intelligence and research service covering the digital ecosystem, based on a large annual survey of decision-makers, acquired from Markess and offered to financial backers, technology companies, enterprises, and public administration.
• Pulse Business performance acceleration program designed for technology vendors (publishers, enterprise social networks, and digital operators) to diagnose and improve commercial outcomes.
• Trust Security and trust evaluation offering covering technology companies, including the TRUXT label and RateAndGo service for independent assessment and rating of digital providers.
• Corporate Development M&A advisory service for technology companies and their backers, covering deal sourcing, strategic counsel, and transaction support across the digital ecosystem.
• Research Hub Online platform delivering Exaegis Research (Markess) studies, datasets, and analytic content to subscribed clients in the digital and financing ecosystem.
• RateAndGo Trust rating service that provides independent scoring of technology vendors, leveraging the TRUXT methodology for buyers and partners evaluating digital providers.
• TRUXT Proprietary rating label and methodology used by Exaegis to assess and certify trust and security levels of technology companies for financial backers and enterprise buyers.
• Exaechain Platform offering within the Exaegis suite, associated with the digital and financing ecosystem and supporting trust, research, or ecosystem data workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,000 decision-makers interviewed annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• OVHminorOthersOVH serves as the hosting provider for Exaegis's website infrastructure (www.exaegis.com), located at 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France.
• FreemiumPlayminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExaegis Corporate Development advised FreemiumPlay on their €2 million funding round with Elevation Capital Partners in November 2023. FreemiumPlay is a digital platform for cultural and leisure services aggregation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cision: Global media intelligence and communications research firm. Adjacent to Exaegis's market intelligence practice, sharing the model of subscription-based decision-maker data and analytics for vendor and enterprise buyers.
• Moody's: Global credit rating, research, and analytics provider. Conceptually comparable to Exaegis's TRUXT rating and operational guarantee business, though at vastly larger scale and across all sectors.
• Forrester Research: Global research and advisory firm serving technology vendors and enterprise buyers across digital transformation, customer experience, and cloud. Similar subscription-research and advisory business model to Exaegis/MARKESS.
• IDC (International Data Corporation): Global market intelligence firm covering IT, cloud, telecom, and digital transformation. Closely comparable to MARKESS by Exaegis for syndicated market sizing, vendor rankings, and forecasts — though at a global rather than France-centric scope.
• Gartner: Global IT research, advisory, and consulting firm serving CIOs, vendors, and investors. Overlaps with Exaegis's Research and Trust/evaluation services across a much broader geographic and technology footprint.

Direct peers

• Clipperton: Independent M&A advisory firm specializing in European tech and digital deals. Closely comparable to Exaegis Corporate Development given similar boutique positioning and focus on mid-market digital transactions.
• Wavestone: France-headquartered IT and digital transformation consultancy with proprietary research publications and a vendor-evaluation practice. Comparable to Exaegis as a French-rooted advisory firm covering enterprise digital transformation topics.
• Clearwater International: European corporate finance advisor with a dedicated technology practice. Comparable to Exaegis Corporate Development for cross-border M&A advisory within the European digital ecosystem.
• PAC (Pierre Audoin Consultants): Independent French-headquartered research and advisory firm covering the IT services and digital ecosystem. Directly comparable to Exaegis/MARKESS given overlapping client base (ESN, software vendors, enterprises) and identical research-and-advisory model; Exaegis Director General Ronan Mevel was previously a senior consultant at PAC.

Regional players

• Bpifrance: French public investment bank providing financing, guarantees, and equity to French companies including digital/tech firms. Comparable to Exaegis in its role of evaluating and supporting French digital ecosystem participants, though as a state institution rather than a private market player.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/exaegis_france
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAaBsy5jQOcbt_0Ul6BPr8A
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/exaegis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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