Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement - Carvest
Carvest is the captive private equity arm jointly owned by 11 regional banks of the Crédit Agricole group covering the eastern and central quadrant of France (Centre-est, Loire Haute-Loire, Champagne-Bourgogne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine, Alsace Vosges, Nord Est, Touraine et Poitou, Val de France, Centre Ouest and Centre Loire). Founded in April 2004 and headquartered in Lyon with offices in Reims, Dijon, Orléans and Strasbourg, the firm manages around EUR 343M and writes minority equity tickets of EUR 0.5M to EUR 15M into regional SMEs and mid-caps across growth capital, buyouts (LBO, OBO, MBO, BIMBO), venture capital and private debt. It has completed more than 140 deals since inception and holds around 16 to 20 active positions at any time.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 34 portfolio companies (32 active · 2 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
34 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement - Carvest has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
CarvestGrowth2004 · 22yr€343M32 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
32 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer |  France | 2026 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2025 | |
| Business Services | France | 2026 | |
| Consumer | France | 2025 | |
| Business Services | France | 2024 | |
| Consumer | France | 2017 | |
| Consumer | France | 2024 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2018 | |
| Software | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2016 | |
| Business Services | France | 2013 | |
| Industrials | France | 2019 | |
| Industrials | France | 2020 | |
| Industrials | France | 2017 | |
| TMT | France | 2025 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2024 | |
| Consumer | France | 2017 | |
| Business Services | France | 2019 | |
| MedTech | France | 2024 | |
| Consumer | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Consumer | France | 2014 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2025 | |
| Consumer | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 | |
| Consumer | France | 2014 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2018 | |
| Industrials | France | 2021 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 |
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2 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2015 | 2025 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2015 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – |
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About Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement - Carvest
Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement - Carvest is a venture capital platform based in Paris with €15 million of assets under management as of December 2024. The firm targets European and selectively global technology companies across industrials, consumer, healthcare, financials, business services and energy, with capital deployed across early-stage and Series A/B rounds alongside institutional limited partners.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys venture capital into industrials, consumer, healthcare, financials, business services and energy categories with a focus on technology-enabled businesses across France and selectively across Europe. Investment focus spans seed and growth stages with capital deployed across multiple rounds per portfolio company, supporting founder teams through international scaling and selective M&A activity. The fund structure enables longer holding periods than typical venture vehicles, supporting category-leadership outcomes in technology platforms with global ambitions.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Huttopia (consumer, 2024). The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 21 active portfolio companies and 1 realised exit across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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