Garibaldi Participations
Garibaldi Participations is a private equity firm founded in 2004 and based in Lyon, France. It is a subsidiary of Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes, managing around €200 million in assets and investing primarily as a minority shareholder in SMEs and mid-sized companies across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 51 portfolio companies (45 active · 6 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
51 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Garibaldi Participations has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Garibaldi Participations SCRBuyout2004 · 22yr€200M45 active · 6 realized
Unrealized
45 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction |  France | 2026 | |
| E-commerce | France | 2026 | |
| Business Services | France | 2019 | |
| Construction | France | 2017 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Business Services | France | 2026 | |
| Consumer | France | 2024 | |
| ClimateTech | France | 2024 | |
| Business Services | France | 2017 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2020 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 | |
| Construction | France | 2022 | |
| Consumer | France | 2024 | |
| Consumer | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2026 | |
| Construction | France | 2023 | |
| Consumer | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Consumer | France | 2023 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Consumer | France | 2019 | |
| Consumer | France | 2016 | |
| Construction | France | 2019 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 | |
| Business Services | France | 2020 | |
| Industrials | France | 2020 | |
| Business Services | France | 2023 | |
| Business Services | France | 2022 | |
| Telecom | France | 2024 | |
| Deep Tech | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2019 | |
| E-commerce | France | 2022 | |
| Business Services | France | 2020 | |
| Construction | France | 2024 | |
| Construction | France | 2022 | |
| Business Services | France | 2014 | |
| Construction | France | 2017 | |
| Consumer | France | 2017 | |
| Construction | France | 2015 | |
| Industrials | France | 2018 | |
| Business Services | France | 2019 | |
| Mobility | France | 2021 | |
| Logistics | France | 2021 |
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6 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2019 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| MedTech | France | 2021 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| MedTech | France | 2017 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Education | France | 2017 | 2025 | Secondary | – | ||
| Business Services | France | 2020 | 2025 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2022 | 2025 | Secondary | – |
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About Garibaldi Participations
Garibaldi Participations is a French private equity firm with approximately €200 million of assets under management, founded in 2004 and based in Lyon. The firm is a subsidiary of Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes (Groupe BPCE), investing primarily as a minority shareholder in SMEs across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and selectively in broader French markets.
Investment thesis
Garibaldi Participations targets Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional French SMEs and selectively broader French mid-cap companies, deploying minority equity positions aligned with the patient capital mandate of the Banque Populaire mutualist banking group. Sector focus spans Industrials, Business Services and selectively other regional French verticals, with the Lyon regional heritage providing deep banking and management team relationships.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include ADDEV Materials (industrials, 2025) and Groupe Jarnias (business services, 2025), reflecting active distribution across the regional portfolio. The platform tracks a single dedicated fund vehicle, 7 active portfolio companies and 2 realised exits across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes programme. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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