Cerea Partners

About Cerea Partners

Cerea Partners is a French private equity and private debt firm with €1.5 billion of assets under management as of December 2024, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Paris. The firm specialises exclusively in the food and beverage (agro-food) sector, providing diversified financing solutions including buyout equity, mezzanine debt and growth capital across European food and beverage SMEs and mid-cap companies, with deep sector-specific operational expertise across the value chain.

Investment thesis

Cerea targets European food and beverage companies, deploying capital across buyout equity (majority and significant minority positions in profitable food businesses), private debt (mezzanine and senior debt for sponsor-backed and non-sponsor-backed food companies) and growth equity for scaling food brands. Sector focus spans Industrials (food production and processing), Consumer (food brands), Agriculture and Healthcare (food-as-medicine and functional food). Equity ticket sizes vary by strategy from debt-focused positions through to mid-cap buyout equity.

Recent activity

Recent realised exits include Monviso Group (consumer, 2025), Axium Packaging (industrials, 2024), Krampouz (consumer, 2024) and La Compagnie des Desserts (consumer, 2023), reflecting active distribution across the food brand and packaging verticals. The platform tracks 5 funds, 27 active portfolio companies and 12 realised exits across the dedicated food and beverage programme. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.