GEI - Poincaré Gestion
GEI - Poincaré Gestion is a French regional private equity firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Nancy with a secondary office in Strasbourg. Managed by Poincaré Gestion SAS (SIREN 523837110 AMF agrement GP-10000031) under the GEI brand (Generation Entrepreneurs Investisseurs / Grand Est Investissement). GEI backs profitable SMEs and mid-sized companies in growth and transmission situations across the Grand Est Hauts-de-France and Bourgogne-Franche-Comte regions with selective extensions to neighbouring countries. Target companies typically generate over EUR 10M in revenue or EUR 1M EBITDA with equity tickets of EUR 3M to 15M per deal. Poincare Gestion managed approximately EUR 182M in assets as of 2024 across two flagship vehicles FCPR GEI (EUR 55M vintage 2011 closed harvest) and FPCI GEI 2 (EUR 104.9M investment period closed June 2021) with a successor FPCI GEI 3 vintage 2022 currently deploying into 2024-2025 platforms such as Yema Siliceo BB Distribe and GISMIC. Notable exits include Coeurdor sold to Oerlikon in 2021 Adista to Keensight Capital in 2021 and Pinette Emidecau Industries LBO ter alongside GENEO Capital Entrepreneur and Demeter in 2019. The firm is positioned as an entrepreneur-investor community rather than a pure financial sponsor with partner involvement and operational coaching as core differentiators.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
3 funds tracked, 35 portfolio companies (23 active · 12 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund GEI - Poincaré Gestion has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
FPCI GEI 3Growth2022 · 4yr€25M8 active
Unrealized
8 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB Distribe | Industrials | France | 2025 |
| Fahrner | Industrials | France | 2024 |
| Groupe GISMIC | Industrials | France | 2024 |
| Horatec | – | – | 2025 |
| MPM | – | – | 2025 |
| SETP | – | – | 2025 |
| Siliceo | Energy | France | 2024 |
| Yema | Consumer | France | 2024 |
FPCI GEI 2Growth2017 · 9yr€105M13 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
13 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aero SA | Consumer | France | 2018 |
| Diagast | Healthcare | France | 2017 |
| Euradif | Industrials | France | 2018 |
| Gaiffe | Industrials | France | 2021 |
| Groupe 2L Logistics | Industrials | France | 2019 |
| Groupe TWINTEC | Industrials | France | 2022 |
| Hussor Erecta | Industrials | France | 2022 |
| I-4S | Industrials | France | 2020 |
| Industeam | Industrials | Luxembourg | 2017 |
| Optec | Industrials | France | 2021 |
| Powerling | Software | France | 2023 |
| Recygroup | Industrials | France | 2021 |
| SEMIN | Industrials | France | 2023 |
Realized
4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeurdor | Industrials | France | 2018 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Groupe JBT | Healthcare | France | 2019 | 2024 | Secondary | – | |
| MANGANELLI | Software | France | 2019 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Rollpack | Industrials | France | 2019 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – |
FCPR GEIGrowth2011 · 15yr€55M2 active · 8 realized
Unrealized
2 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Media Holding (AMH) | Consumer | Belgium | 2013 |
| DV2 | Consumer | France | 2015 |
Realized
8 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adista | TMT | France | 2012 | 2021 | Secondary | – | |
| Auxel SA | Industrials | France | 2013 | 2016 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Euromac2 | Industrials | France | 2011 | 2015 | MBO | – | |
| HCL Maitre Pierre | Consumer | France | 2013 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Idhea | Consumer | France | 2013 | 2016 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Miss Numérique | Consumer | France | 2017 | 2019 | MBO | – | |
| Pinette PEI | Industrials | France | 2016 | 2019 | Secondary | – | |
| Unaferm | Industrials | France | 2015 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – |
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About GEI - Poincaré Gestion
GEI - Poincaré Gestion is a private equity firm with €5 million of assets under management as of December 2024 and a founding year of 2010, headquartered in Paris. The platform targets majority and significant minority stakes in European mid-cap businesses across industrials, consumer, healthcare, business services and energy, deploying institutional capital from successive flagship vehicles.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys buyout and growth equity capital across industrials, consumer, healthcare, business services and energy businesses in France and selectively across Europe, targeting majority and significant minority equity positions in mid-cap and lower mid-cap European companies. Value-creation framework emphasises operational improvement, working capital optimisation and selective M&A activity, with the partnership culture supporting management teams across multi-year ownership periods.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Inherent (diversified sectors, 2021). The platform tracks 3 fund vehicles, 26 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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