A SaaS CRM built for the demands of M&A advisors and private equity firms.
Arx provides a SaaS CRM dedicated to Corporate Finance, M&A, Private Equity and deal flow professionals.
Our clients handle highly sensitive data: mandates, acquisition or disposal opportunities, investor information, strategic contacts, interaction histories, confidential pipelines and documents related to transactions. In this context, security, confidentiality, availability and data sovereignty are not merely technical requirements but business prerequisites.
That is why Arx has designed its security framework around a defence-in-depth approach, combining European infrastructure, strict access control, encryption, continuous monitoring, structured vulnerability management, service continuity and auditability.
Arx relies exclusively on OVHcloud to host its platform. Data is not hosted on AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.
Our architecture is built on an independent European infrastructure:
This architecture allows Arx to offer a hosting environment aligned with the challenges of digital sovereignty, control over data location, and reduced exposure to non-European jurisdictions.
Data sovereignty is not limited to geographic location. It also means controlling the jurisdictions to which the providers, infrastructure and technical components used by the platform are subject.
Arx has chosen an independent European infrastructure to avoid exposing its clients to foreign extraterritorial legislation, such as the Cloud Act, the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), or more generally any mechanism allowing non-European authorities to compel access to data from providers subject to their jurisdiction.
None of the hosting components used by Arx for the platform is operated by AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud. Data is hosted exclusively with OVHcloud, within a European infrastructure, with production in France, backups in France and a disaster recovery site in Germany.
This approach allows Arx to provide a sovereign hosting environment, designed to protect the sensitive data of M&A advisors, investment funds, in-house M&A teams and Corporate Finance departments against the risks associated with non-European extraterritorial laws.
In practice, the data entrusted to Arx remains hosted in Europe, within a European legal framework, with no dependency on cloud infrastructure subject to the main US extraterritorial regimes.
By relying on OVHcloud, Arx benefits from a European cloud foundation committed to a recognized approach to security, compliance and certification.
The OVHcloud certifications and frameworks relevant to our domain notably include:
These frameworks complement Arx’s own security measures and help meet the expectations of organizations subject to high requirements in audit, governance, confidentiality and compliance.
The Arx platform is built on a cloud-native architecture based on Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps principles, designed to support our clients’ requirements for security, performance, scaling and high availability.
We use Kubernetes to ensure stability, resilience and scalability, GitOps and Argo CD for controlled, traceable and secure deployments, and Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager for continuous platform monitoring.
This architecture maintains a high level of operational control while meeting the availability needs of the teams who use Arx daily to manage their opportunities, investor relations, transactions and mandates.
Arx applies a multi-layered technical security approach to protect the platform, the data and user access. The architecture is multi-tenant, with logical segregation per client and isolation mechanisms designed for the separation of data, rights and usage. This is complemented by physical separation of certain infrastructure components, as well as strict separation of the production, pre-production and development environments.
Data in transit is encrypted with TLS 1.3 and stored data, including backups, is encrypted with AES-256. The platform is protected by WAF / WAAP and anti-DDoS mechanisms. Access is governed by controls based on roles, responsibilities and business needs. SSO is available and MFA is mandatory on sensitive environments. Arx also continuously monitors its critical components, with event logs, application audit trails, regular vulnerability scans and continuous analysis of code, dependencies and container images.
Arx is organized to maintain or restore critical services through automated infrastructure, regular backups and a documented recovery plan.
Our continuity measures include:
These measures aim to ensure operational continuity for the teams that rely on Arx to manage their deal flow, investor relations, opportunities and transactions.
Arx works with clients subject to strong requirements in security, compliance, confidentiality and continuity, particularly in the banking and financial sector.
Our security framework is regularly subject to technical, organizational and GDPR audits carried out by our prospects or clients. These audits challenge our practices and help us continuously raise our standards.
The latest audits conducted by demanding players, notably in the banking and M&A sector, have confirmed the robustness of our framework and supported both ongoing and new engagements with clients operating under stringent security constraints.
Arx secures its clients’ data within a sovereign infrastructure through an approach structured around four pillars:
With Arx, M&A advisors and investment funds benefit from a secure, sovereign SaaS CRM, designed to protect the strategic data at the heart of their operations.
Find out why they trust Arx
“Our company was very interested in the constant evolution of the platform and the development of its features. Arx Network helped us to digitise part of our M&A activity while respecting the basis of our profession. The accuracy of the information and the fact that the data is up-to-date, helps us optimise our marketing process.”
Stéphane Vanbergue
Founding Partner
Eight Advisory
“The solutions offered by ARX have contributed to structure and develop our business. They are user-friendly, it is simple to onboard users, and Arx’s team is very attentive to the needs of the market. At Translink CF, in all 30 offices, Arx is one of the preferred solutions.”
Marc Irisson
Founding Partner
Translink CF
“We have been following the Arx team since the beginning. Their solution corresponds perfectly with our daily interactions with Private Equity firms. We particularly appreciate the accuracy of its data and the streamlined search tool.”
Marc Dunoyer
Head M&A Mid-Cap
Société Générale
“Arx Database enhances our efficiency in tracking investment fund portfolios. It helps us quickly identify funds based on their investment criteria and sector expertise. A valuable time-saving for our teams in deal sourcing.”
Jonathan Bohbot
Managing Director
Bryan Garnier & Co
“Arx Platform helps us prepare our meetings with Private Equity Firms effectively. The verified information on portfolio companies, and being able to anticipate their exits is what gives our commercial strategy a competitive advantage.”
Thierry Dartus
Head of Transaction
Grant Thornton
“With Arx Network’s intuitive interface our teams are able to rapidly screen a significant number of PE portfolios. The tool allows us to isolate potential cross-border opportunities that we can share with our various offices worldwide.”
Arnaud Dudognon
Managing Director
Lincoln International
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