Information Technology
Sidetrade: 20 years on the stock market, 20 times its IPO price
On July 7, 2025, in a moment filled with pride and emotion, Sidetrade’s Founder and CEO, Olivier Novasque, visited the Euronext Paris headquarters alongside some of the company’s historic figures to mark two decades of public listing. The traditional market opening bell ceremony highlighted two decades of uninterrupted growth and bold entrepreneurship that have established Sidetrade as a world leader in the Order-to-Cash space.
When Olivier Novasque founded Sidetrade in 2000, his goal was to build a valuable, agile company ahead of its time. He foresaw the need to reinvent the financial relationship between customers and suppliers,
. Based on this vision, he laid the foundation for a technology platform designed to deeply transform cash flow generation. Going against the prevailing standards of the time, he rejected the dominant on-premises model and bet on from the very beginning, an audacious move that proved visionary.
A former finance executive turned entrepreneur, Novasque made the rare choice to raise only essential funds. Instead, he prioritized self-financed growth, aiming to build a high-quality, industrial-grade, tech-driven business.
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For years, tech company success was often measured by the size of their fundraising rounds rather than their ability to sustain a viable business model. Sidetrade took a different route, rooting its growth in self-financing.
This performance is the result of a sustained growth strategy and over a decade of investment in artificial intelligence, funded entirely by the company’s ability to generate cash year after year. In 2024, the company delivered a standout performance:
This financial discipline has in no way compromised shareholder value creation. . This represents a stock market performance of over +1,800%, more than 11 times that of the CAC Mid & Small index, which rose by +164% over the same period.
Innovation is part of Sidetrade’s DNA. In 2025, the company’s innovation capabilities were recognized by some of the most respected rankings in the sector:
These accolades highlight the uniqueness of Sidetrade’s technology foundation, which includes a cloud-native architecture, proprietary action-oriented AI, and a one-of-a-kind payment behavior , enriched with over $7.2 trillion in intercompany transactions.
From its humble beginnings in a Paris office to a global presence, Sidetrade has followed a trajectory of organic growth reinforced by nine acquisitions. The company has rigorously executed its model while expanding geographically across Germany, the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, and of course, France. Today, with 65% of revenue generated outside France, Sidetrade supports major enterprises in as a .
Sidetrade’s inclusion in the index in June 2025 marks more than institutional recognition; it affirms the rise of a European tech champion capable of combining breakthrough innovation with profitable growth to power the next generation of enterprise finance.
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Sidetrade’s unique trajectory, combining technological innovation, financial performance, and capital discipline, is now catching the attention of American institutional investors. said .
Sidetrade is one of the few long-term success stories on the Euronext stock market. With a robust and exportable model, the company has established itself as a global leader with solutions deployed across multinational companies. This trajectory, built with discipline and vision, is now entering a new chapter: one of AI-augmented finance, where more intelligent, more autonomous, and entirely focused on the AI agent revolution.
First Half Year Revenue for 2025: July 16, 2025 (after the stock market closes)
Christelle Dhrif +33 6 10 46 72 00 cdhrif@sidetrade.com
Sidetrade (Euronext Growth: ALBFR.PA) provides a SaaS platform designed to revolutionize how cash flow is secured and accelerated. Leveraging its new-generation agentic AI, nicknamed Aimie, Sidetrade analyzes $7.2 trillion worth of B2B payment transactions daily in its Cloud, thereby anticipating customer payment behavior and the attrition risk of 40 million buyers worldwide. Sidetrade has a global reach, with 400+ talented employees based in Europe, the United States, and Canada, serving global businesses in more than 85 countries. Among them: AGFA, BMW Financial Services, Bunzl, DXC, Engie, Inmarsat, KPMG, Lafarge, Manpower, Morningstar, Page, Randstad, Safran, Saint-Gobain, Securitas, Siemens, UGI, Veolia.
For further information, visit us at www.sidetrade.com and follow @Sidetrade on LinkedIn.
Flavio Bornancin-Tomasella fbornancin-tomasella@euronext.com
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