Sidetrade acquires EzyCollect to expand AI Order-to-Cash in APAC

Sidetrade has entered the Asia-Pacific market with the acquisition of Australia-based ezyCollect, expanding its AI-powered Order-to-Cash platform capabilities to the region and targeting small and mid-sized businesses.

The agreement gives Sidetrade 100% ownership of ezyCollect, a company specialising in Order-to-Cash management for SMBs across Australia and New Zealand. This acquisition will establish Sydney as Sidetrade's regional headquarters, allowing it to operate across all global time zones.

Expansion strategy

The Asia-Pacific move represents Sidetrade's latest step in its global expansion. With established bases in Europe and North America, Sidetrade's reach now extends to three continents. EzyCollect brings to the group a portfolio of over 1,100 client companies, representing AUD $18 billion in B2B receivables and about 320,000 debtors.

Sidetrade's founder and CEO, Olivier Novasque, commented on the decision to acquire ezyCollect:

"During our visit to Sydney, I was deeply impressed by the expertise and talent of the EzyCollect teams, their forward-thinking vision of the mid-market, and their remarkable speed and execution capacity. With EzyCollect, Sidetrade is equipping itself with the means to achieve its global ambitions."

"This proposed acquisition opens immediate access to Asia-Pacific, one of the world's most dynamic economic regions, while enhancing our ability to support the subsidiaries of our multinational clients operating in the area. Beyond geographic expansion, EzyCollect's SMB market represents a tremendous opportunity for Sidetrade's agentic AI. AI agents will have a massive impact on this segment, where cash management is critical, and companies often lack the scale to build specialized Order-to-Cash teams."

"By combining EzyCollect's simplicity of deployment and use with the power of our agentic AI, we aim - together with the EzyCollect teams - to roll out these mid-market solutions across all the regions where we already operate, marking a major step forward in Sidetrade's global development."

Sidetrade's platform supports finance teams in automating decision-making, accelerating collections, and managing receivables more efficiently. EzyCollect will offer these capabilities in the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets through Sidetrade's agentic AI, known as Aimie.

Market impact and product integration

EzyCollect, founded in Sydney in 2014, has built a reputation in the APAC region for serving mid-market businesses, providing comprehensive solutions that include credit risk assessment, customer remittance automation, and advanced electronic payments. The company reports that clients typically achieve a 40% reduction in late payments and an 80% decrease in bad debts within 90 days of implementation. ezyCollect has seen compound annual growth of 28% over the past three years and anticipates revenue of around AUD $14 million (EUR €8 million) for 2025, with projections to reach AUD $18 million (just over EUR €10 million) in 2026.

Management at ezyCollect will continue to lead the commercialisation of the EzyCollect by Sidetrade offering for SMBs, maintaining the entrepreneurial culture that contributed to the company's success in the region.

Discussing what the acquisition means for ezyCollect, CEO and co-founder Arjun Singh said:

"Joining Sidetrade is a major step forward for EzyCollect and a giant leap for all mid-market companies we already help succeed. We are proud to join forces with the world's leader in Order-to-Cash, whose advance in agentic AI is unmatched. Now, our clients will benefit from efficiency and intelligence standards previously reserved for large enterprises. This partnership gives us global scale, accelerates our innovation, and preserves our agile DNA and customer proximity."

Complementary solutions and AI advantage

Sidetrade will now offer two distinct Order-to-Cash solutions: Augmented Cash for large enterprises and EzyCollect by Sidetrade for mid-market organisations. These solutions are designed to address the cash management needs of businesses ranging from small firms to multinationals, with a shared focus on leveraging AI and payment-behaviour data for improved outcomes. Sidetrade's Data Lake, which analyses USD $7.2 trillion in transactions, will be enhanced with payment data from APAC small and mid-sized businesses, broadening regional and global insight on payment behaviours.

The inclusion of EzyCollect's payment digitalisation platform into Sidetrade's offering will extend the scope of Augmented Cash, introducing native payment management into the Order-to-Cash process and supporting fully digitalised, end-to-end transaction management for business clients. This is intended to further facilitate cash-flow management and support the ongoing transition towards electronic payments in B2B markets.

Acquisition terms

The transaction, representing Sidetrade's tenth and largest acquisition to date, is valued at approximately EUR €37 million. The purchase will be completed using a combination of available cash and a EUR €25 million long-term bank loan at a fixed interest rate of 3.1%, with hedging instruments, and a potential earn-out linked to revenue growth through 2028. According to Sidetrade, this values ezyCollect at about 3.7 times its projected 2026 annual revenue.

Sidetrade will integrate ezyCollect into its operations retroactively from 1 October 2025. The Asia-Pacific region is projected to contribute nearly 13% of the group's consolidated revenue from next year, while further balancing the group's income streams and reducing dependence on France. Combined, Sidetrade and ezyCollect will be responsible for managing AUD $18 billion in receivables for over 1,100 SMBs globally.

Olivier Novasque added a perspective on the unified future of the two companies:

"We are delighted to welcome the EzyCollect team to Sidetrade. This partnership goes beyond geography; it unites two teams that share the same values and the same ambition: to invent the Order-to-Cash of tomorrow. By aggregating proprietary payment-behavior data from the Americas, Europe, and APAC, we will further elevate the intelligence of our Aimie agents to deliver tangible performance, from mid-market firms to global enterprises, around the clock and across time zones."

The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, with Sidetrade retaining a strong cash position after the transaction to allow for potential future expansion opportunities.