Auxitex
Auxitex - Institut de Participation du Grand Sud Ouest is a French regional private equity firm founded on 18 June 1992 in Bordeaux as a Societe anonyme with SIREN 387860851 and share capital of EUR 1.44 million. The firm originates from a 1979 initiative L Epargne pour l entreprise launched by the Chambers of Commerce of Bordeaux La Rochelle Limoges and Toulouse with the goal of supporting regional industrial development through equity investment. Headquartered at 5 Allees de Tourny 33000 Bordeaux and operating with one to two employees the firm is led by President Bertrand Jean-Marie Roux. Auxitex invests as a balance-sheet evergreen SA rather than as an AMF-regulated SGP managing third-party funds and deploys ticket sizes around EUR 0.5 million across roughly 20 portfolio investments since inception representing approximately EUR 10 million in deployed capital. The investment mandate covers buyout LBO and capital development across diversified sectors including industrials business services TMT and consumer with a focus on French Grand Sud Ouest regional SMEs. Member of France Invest.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 7 portfolio companies (5 active · 2 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Auxitex has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Auxitex - Institut de Participation du Grand Sud OuestBuyout1992 · 34yr€10M5 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
5 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvier Gestion | Financials | France | 2020 |
| Mapmedia | IT Services | France | 1994 |
| Massa Labs | Deep Tech | France | 2021 |
| Naogen Pharma | Pharma | France | 2018 |
| Surtec | Industrials | France | 2016 |
Realized
2 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Mountain | Software | France | 2018 | 2020 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Groupe HISI | TMT | France | 2013 | 2021 | Secondary | – |
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About Auxitex
Auxitex (Auxitex Institut de Participation du Grand Sud Ouest) is a French regional private equity firm headquartered in Bordeaux with selective Paris presence, originally founded in 1979 via the L'Épargne pour l'entreprise association initiated by the chambers of commerce of Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Limoges and Toulouse, before formal legal entity establishment in 1992. The firm operates as a chambers-of-commerce-sponsored regional platform with €1.44 million share capital per latest filings, led by Bertrand Jean-Marie Roux as President of the Board.
Investment thesis
Auxitex deploys capital through a single-vehicle and evergreen structure with multiple sleeves spanning innovation capital (early-stage), growth capital and transmission capital (LBO and succession), with average ticket sizes up to €0.5 million per deal and a target enterprise value range below €50 million. Sector deployment is multi-sector with selective allocations to consumer, software and IT services, industrials and SMEs and start-ups. Geographic focus is concentrated on the Grand Sud-Ouest region including Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, with the chambers-of-commerce sponsorship enabling deep local entrepreneurial network access.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Groupe HISI (software and IT services, 2021). Recent acquisitions include La Bouche Rouge (cosmetics and beauty, recent investment per public sources). The platform tracks approximately 20 portfolio companies across the single-vehicle evergreen structure with continued small-ticket deployment across the Grand Sud-Ouest regional SME segment. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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