Capital Croissance
Capital Croissance is a French independent private equity firm founded in 2012, managing around €950 million. It supports startups, SMEs, and mid-cap companies through equity and quasi-equity investments, offering tailored support to management teams for growth, transformation, or transmission projects.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
7 funds tracked, 43 portfolio companies (32 active · 11 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
43 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Capital Croissance has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Club des entrepreneurs Capital CroissanceGrowthinvesting2025 · 1yr€100M1 active
TernelVCinvesting2024 · 2yr€150M8 active
Unrealized
8 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials |  France | 2025 | |
| Healthcare |  US | 2024 | |
| ClimateTech | France | 2026 | |
| Data & Analytics | France | 2024 | |
| Software | France | 2024 | |
| Software | France | 2025 | |
| SaaS | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | Chile | 2023 |
France· Entry 2025US· Entry 2024France· Entry 2026France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2024Edelweiss Transition and Impact IBuyoutinvesting2023 · 3yr€150M2 active
Unrealized
2 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financials | France | 2024 | |
| Fintech | France | 2024 |
France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2024CAIRN Capital IIIGrowth2023 · 3yr€285M11 active
Unrealized
11 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financials | France | 2023 | |
| Software | France | 2022 | |
| Business Services | France | 2024 | |
| Software | France | 2024 | |
| Financials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Software | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Software | France | 2024 | |
| Financials | France | 2023 | |
| IT Services | France | 2024 |
France· Entry 2023France· Entry 2022France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2023France· Entry 2024CAIRN Capital IIGrowthharvesting2019 · 7yr€140M7 active · 6 realized
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software | France | 2020 | |
| Software | France | 2021 | |
| Business Services | France | 2021 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 | |
| Consumer | France | 2019 | |
| Business Services | France | 2022 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 |
France· Entry 2020France· Entry 2021France· Entry 2021France· Entry 2021France· Entry 2019France· Entry 2022France· Entry 2021Realized
6 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software | France | 2021 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| TMT | France | 2021 | 2023 | Secondary | – | ||
| Business Services | France | 2019 | 2024 | Secondary | – | ||
| TMT | France | 2021 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Software |  Luxembourg | 2020 | 2025 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2019 | 2023 | Secondary | – |
K2 Business ClubGrowthinvesting2019 · 7yr€200M2 active
Capital CroissanceGrowthdivesting2012 · 14yr€250M1 active · 5 realized
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer | France | 2025 |
France· Entry 2025Realized
5 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer | France | 2016 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Software | France | 2017 | 2019 | Secondary | – | ||
| Cloud Infrastructure | France | 2016 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Healthcare | France | 2019 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Consumer | France | 2018 | 2022 | Secondary | – |
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About Capital Croissance
Capital Croissance is a French independent private equity firm with €950 million of assets under management, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Paris. The firm supports startups, SMEs and mid-cap companies through equity and quasi-equity investments across the company lifecycle, with multi-stage flexibility distinguishing the platform from single-strategy mid-market peers.
Investment thesis
Capital Croissance deploys capital across venture capital (early-stage tech), growth equity (scaling French SMEs) and selective mid-cap buyout positions, with equity tickets ranging from €1 million to €50 million depending on stage and underlying vehicle. Sector focus spans the broad coverage typical of multi-strategy lifecycle platforms, with the firm supporting French entrepreneurs across multiple growth stages and sub-verticals.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Equativ (TMT, 2023), reflecting selective distribution activity across the multi-stage portfolio. The platform tracks 6 funds and 14 active portfolio companies across the multi-vintage programme. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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