Aldebaran Capital Partners

About Aldebaran Capital Partners

Aldebaran Capital Partners is a French independent private equity firm with €300 million of assets under management as of December 2024, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Paris. The firm specialises in the transformation of small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs and ETIs) facing complex situations such as carve-outs, family transitions or market repositioning, with the special situations mandate distinguishing Aldebaran from generalist mid-cap peers.

Investment thesis

Aldebaran Capital Partners targets French SMEs and ETIs in complex transformation situations including corporate carve-outs, family succession transitions and strategic repositioning scenarios. Equity ticket sizes typically range from €10 million to €30 million per transaction, with the transformation mandate requiring active operational engagement alongside management team renewal and strategic value creation initiatives across the holding period.

Recent activity

The platform tracks a single dedicated fund vehicle and 3 active portfolio companies across the inaugural deployment of the transformation-focused programme. As a recently established platform (2020 founding), Aldebaran is in active deployment phase with realised exits expected to materialise as portfolio transformation programmes complete. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.