DCI

Who owns DCI?

DCI is a French IT Services company, formerly owned by Naxicap Partners and LBO France, exited in 2023. No current private equity owner is on file.

About DCI

DCI, formally Data Concept Informatique, is a France-based IT infrastructure integrator serving mid-market and key-account clients from its headquarters in Les Ulis, in the Paris region. Its offering is organized around four areas of expertise: security and compliance, unified communications, network and performance, and data centers and virtualization. At the time of its 2016 change of ownership the group reported revenue of more than EUR 47 million for 2015, over 150 employees and a network of four regional offices, ranking it among the larger independent infrastructure integrators in France. Through subsequent acquisitions the company broadened into digital services and IT consultancy, reaching revenue above EUR 90 million and positioning itself as a consolidation platform in a fragmented market.

Ownership journey

DCI was established in 1992 in Les Ulis as a specialist integrator of enterprise IT infrastructure. LBO France backed the company through its Mid Cap strategy in 2011, supporting a management team led by Fabrice Tusseau, who was appointed chief executive that year and later chairman, and who increased his stake over the holding period. LBO France exited in 2016 via a secondary transaction, at which point Naxicap Partners became the majority backer of the group. Naxicap held its majority position from 2016 and exited in 2023 via a trade sale.

Under PE ownership

Under Naxicap Partners the group pursued an active buy-and-build strategy aimed at scaling beyond infrastructure integration into higher-value IT consultancy and services. It acquired cloud services operator Lhexian in November 2017 and subsequently the digital services firm Retis, moves that management and the sponsor framed as targeted consolidation in a fragmented, high-growth market. These acquisitions lifted group revenue from just over EUR 47 million at entry to more than EUR 90 million, while extending the company's regional footprint and service portfolio. By the time of the 2023 exit DCI had transformed from a regional infrastructure integrator into a broader digital services group.