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.
Capital Croissance is a PARIS venture capital firm with €950M AUM, 33 active companies and 12 exits.
- ·11 exits in the last 5 years · consistent DPI cadence.
- ·Average hold across 12 realized deals: 4 years.
- ·Fund cadence: ~2Y between vintages · last raise 2025.
Sector breakdown
45 companiesGeography breakdown
4 geographiesKey facts
Recent exits
Capital Croissance sold Advanced Track and Trace to Sansara (Maison Neyret) and Groupe Pochet consortium in 2026 after 5 years.
Capital Croissance sold Sofia Developpement to Corilus in 2026 after 7 years.
Capital Croissance sold Sympass to Meanings Capital Partners in 2025 after 5 years.
Capital Croissance sold Humanskills Group to B&Capital in 2024 after 5 years.
Coverage notes
7 funds tracked, 45 portfolio companies (33 active · 12 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Capital Croissance has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Club des entrepreneurs Capital CroissanceinvestingGrowth2025€100M2 assets1 exitsGrowth2025 · 1yr€100M21
Realized
1 exit| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groupe ANVI Industrials · France | 2021 | 2023 | Trade Sale | EDA; Belli; Finan'6; Hyléance (judicial asset sales) | – |
TernelinvestingVC2024€150M8 assetsVC2024 · 2yr€150M8–
Unrealized
8 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Cosma Industrials · France | 2025 |
| Dune Health HealthTech · US | 2024 |
| Fairglow ClimateTech · France | 2026 |
| Iceberg Data Lab Data & Analytics · France | 2024 |
| Mercateam SaaS · France | 2024 |
| Qomon SaaS · France | 2025 |
| Sopht SaaS · France | 2024 |
| Strong by Form Construction · Chile | 2023 |
CAIRN Capital IIIGrowth2023€285M11 assetsGrowth2023 · 3yr€285M11–
Unrealized
11 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| ABE Courtage Financials · France | 2023 |
| Certigroup Cybersecurity · France | 2022 |
| Cubik Business Services · France | 2024 |
| E-Testing SaaS · France | 2024 |
| Ilona Financials · France | 2025 |
| Renobat Construction · France | 2025 |
| Seipra Score Software · France | 2025 |
| Serapid Logistics · France | 2025 |
| STid Cybersecurity · France | 2024 |
| Synalp Financials · France | 2023 |
| Travelsoft TMT · France | 2024 |
Edelweiss Transition and Impact IinvestingBuyout2023€150M2 assetsBuyout2023 · 3yr€150M2–
Unrealized
2 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Aether Financial Services Fintech · France | 2024 |
| Suire-Sogeas Fintech · France | 2024 |
CAIRN Capital IIharvestingGrowth2019€140M7 assets6 exitsGrowth2019 · 7yr€140M76
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Ach@t Solutions SaaS · France | 2020 |
| Equativ Software · France | 2021 |
| Gereso Business Services · France | 2021 |
| iDealwine Consumer · France | 2021 |
| Onatera Consumer · France | 2019 |
| Pilocap Business Services · France | 2022 |
| Quest Education Group Education · France | 2021 |
Realized
6 exits| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Track and Trace Deep Tech · France | 2021 | 2026 | Trade Sale | Sansara (Maison Neyret) and Groupe Pochet consortium | – |
| Equativ TMT · France | 2021 | 2023 | Secondary | Bridgepoint | – |
| Humanskills Group Business Services · France | 2019 | 2024 | Secondary | B&Capital | – |
| JVWeb TMT · France | 2021 | 2024 | Trade Sale | European Digital Group | – |
| Sympass Software · Luxembourg | 2020 | 2025 | Secondary | Meanings Capital Partners | – |
| VLAD Industrials · France | 2019 | 2023 | Secondary | Turenne Sante | – |
K2 Business ClubinvestingGrowth2019€200M2 assetsGrowth2019 · 7yr€200M2–
Capital CroissancedivestingGrowth2012€250M1 assets5 exitsGrowth2012 · 14yr€250M15
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Entry |
|---|---|
| Cube Education Education · France | 2025 |
Realized
5 exits| Company | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babyzen Consumer · France | 2016 | 2021 | Trade Sale | Stokke | – |
| iD Systemes SaaS · France | 2017 | 2019 | Secondary | Meeschaert Capital Partners | – |
| Oceanet Technology Cloud Infrastructure · France | 2016 | 2021 | Trade Sale | Groupe Celeste | – |
| Sofia Developpement HealthTech · France | 2019 | 2026 | Trade Sale | Corilus | – |
| Toutapprendre.com EdTech · France | 2018 | 2022 | Secondary | AREV | – |
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What investment strategy does Capital Croissance focus on?
- Capital Croissance focuses on VC, Growth, Buyout strategies in the private equity space.
- How many portfolio companies does Capital Croissance have?
- Capital Croissance has 33 active portfolio companies and 12 completed exits and 7 funds tracked on GP Intel.
- Where is Capital Croissance headquartered?
- Capital Croissance is headquartered in PARIS, France.
- What is Capital Croissance's assets under management?
- Capital Croissance manages approximately €950M in assets under management.
- When was Capital Croissance founded?
- Capital Croissance was founded in 2012.
- What sectors does Capital Croissance invest in?
- Capital Croissance invests across TMT, Industrials, Software, Consumer, Healthcare, Financials, Business Services.
- What are Capital Croissance's recent exits?
- Recent realized exits by Capital Croissance include: Advanced Track and Trace (2026) to Sansara (Maison Neyret) and Groupe Pochet consortium; Sofia Developpement (2026) to Corilus; Sympass (2025) to Meanings Capital Partners; Humanskills Group (2024) to B&Capital; JVWeb (2024) to European Digital Group; Groupe ANVI (2023) to EDA; Belli; Finan'6; Hyléance (judicial asset sales); Equativ (2023) to Bridgepoint; VLAD (2023) to Turenne Sante.
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