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GEI - Poincaré Gestion

Nancy, France·Founded 2010·

Growth EquityBuyout

·fonds-gei.com

GEI - Poincaré Gestion is a French regional private equity firm founded in 2010, headquartered in Nancy with a secondary office in Strasbourg. Managed by Poincaré Gestion SAS (AMF licence GP-10000031) under the GEI brand (Generation Entrepreneurs Investisseurs / Grand Est Investissement), the firm backs profitable SMEs and mid-sized companies in growth and ownership-transition situations across the Grand Est, Hauts-de-France and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions, with selective extensions to neighbouring countries. Target companies typically generate over EUR 10M in revenue or EUR 1M in EBITDA, with equity tickets of EUR 3M to 15M per deal. The firm managed around EUR 182M as of 2024 across two flagship vehicles, FCPR GEI (EUR 55M, vintage 2011) and FPCI GEI 2 (EUR 104.9M, investment period closed in June 2021), with successor FPCI GEI 3 (vintage 2022) deploying into 2024-2025 platforms such as Yema, Siliceo, BB Distribe and GISMIC. Notable exits include Coeurdor sold to Oerlikon in 2021, Adista sold to Keensight Capital in 2021, and the 2019 tertiary LBO of Pinette Emidecau Industries alongside GENEO Capital Entrepreneur and Demeter. The firm positions itself as an entrepreneur-investor community rather than a pure financial sponsor, with close partner involvement and operational coaching as core differentiators.