Type
Business expansion
Country
France
Region
île de France; Yvelines;
Location of affected unit(s)
Guyancourt
Sector
Administrative Services
Security And Investigation Activities
Security Systems Service Activities
80.20 - Security systems service activities

300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
3 July 2023
Employment effect (start)
4 July 2023
Foreseen end date
31 January 2025

Description

Neverhack (formerly Pr0ph3cy), which is specialised in cybersecurity consultancy and services, has been acquired by the American Carlyle Group. The takeover enables the company to continue its international expansion, and it will recruit 300 people in France over the next 18 months, mainly consultants, level 3 SOC analysts, cybersecurity architects, pen testers, IAM experts, etc. Carlyle has announced that it wants to invest 'at least €100 million in the French start-up.

The company is expected to achieve sales of €70 million in 2023, and employs 600 people worldwide - including around 370 consultants - where it has 9 offices in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Rennes, Toulouse, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Belgium, Germany and Canada. 


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2023), Neverhack, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 109292, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/109292.