InnovaFonds
Founded in 2011, InnovaFonds is an independent French private equity firm managing over €500 million across five investment vehicles. It invests in small and medium-sized enterprises through growth capital and buyout transactions, actively supporting business development with an entrepreneurial approach.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
5 funds tracked, 51 portfolio companies (34 active · 17 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
51 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund InnovaFonds has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Fonds Industries et Technologies IIIBuyoutinvesting2025 · 1yr€215M7 active
Unrealized
7 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services |  France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2026 |
France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2026Partenaire Managers IBuyoutclosed2025 · 1yr€115M0 active
No portfolio companies tracked yet.
Innovafonds AuraBuyoutharvesting2020 · 6yr€150M22 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
22 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2021 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2021 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| TMT | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2021 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2020 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 |
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4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2021 | – | Continuation Vehicle | – | ||
| Construction | France | 2021 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2023 | 2026 | MBO | – | ||
| ClimateTech | France | – | 2025 | Trade Sale | – |
Innovafonds IIBuyoutdivesting2015 · 11yr€200M4 active · 6 realized
Unrealized
4 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2019 | |
| Industrials | France | 2018 | |
| Industrials | France | 2015 | |
| Industrials | France | 2019 |
France· Entry 2019France· Entry 2018France· Entry 2015France· Entry 2019Realized
6 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | France | 2018 | 2024 | – | – | – | |
| Industrials | France | 2015 | 2019 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2017 | 2021 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2019 | 2023 | Continuation Vehicle | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2018 | 2023 | – | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2018 | 2024 | – | – | – |
France· Entry 2018France· Entry 2018Fonds Industries et Technologies IBuyoutdivesting2010 · 16yr€150M1 active · 7 realized
Unrealized
1 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2014 |
France· Entry 2014Realized
7 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2012 | 2018 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2012 | 2020 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2014 | 2020 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2011 | 2013 | – | – | – | |
| Industrials | France | 2013 | 2017 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2013 | 2018 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2010 | 2015 | Trade Sale | – |
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About InnovaFonds
InnovaFonds is an independent French private equity firm with over €500 million of assets under management as of December 2024, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Paris. The firm manages five investment vehicles deploying capital across small and medium-sized enterprises through growth capital and buyout transactions, with the platform actively supporting French SME ecosystem across multiple investment cycles.
Investment thesis
InnovaFonds targets French SMEs and lower mid-cap companies, deploying growth equity and selective buyout capital with equity tickets typically ranging from €5 million to €25 million per transaction. Sector focus spans the broad coverage typical of generalist French SME platforms, with particular depth in industrial businesses and selectively other verticals where operational improvement and bolt-on M&A drive value creation.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Tera Environnement (ClimateTech, 2025), reflecting selective distribution activity across the French SME portfolio. The platform tracks 3 funds and 45 active portfolio companies across the multi-vintage programme. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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