Ocean Participations
Regional private equity arm of Credit Mutuel Ocean, backing minority and majority equity in SMEs across Vendee, Charente-Maritime and Deux-Sevres in western France since 1988. Evergreen bank balance-sheet capital with no third-party fund; roughly 86 live holdings and 250-plus companies backed to date. Tickets up to EUR 3M across development, transmission and innovation capital.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 47 portfolio companies (43 active · 4 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
47 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Ocean Participations has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Ocean ParticipationsEvergreenActive1991 · 35yr43 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
43 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logistics |  France | 2012 | |
| MedTech | France | 2021 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Hospitality | France | 2018 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2019 | |
| Consumer | France | 2022 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 | |
| Consumer | France | 2025 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2021 | |
| ClimateTech | France | 2018 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2014 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2020 | |
| IT Services | France | 2022 | |
| Hospitality | France | 2024 | |
| Construction | France | 2025 | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2019 | |
| Agriculture | France | 2011 | |
| Hospitality | France | 2011 | |
| Real Estate | France | 2010 | |
| Business Services | France | 2026 | |
| Mobility | France | 2010 | |
| Consumer | France | 2017 | |
| Consumer | France | 2021 | |
| Consumer | France | 2020 | |
| Consumer | France | 2023 | |
| TMT | France | 2012 | |
| Consumer | France | 2017 | |
| SaaS | France | 2022 | |
| Education | France | 2020 | |
| Consumer | France | 2022 | |
| Consumer | France | 2023 | |
| MedTech | France | 2017 | |
| Industrials | France | 2026 | |
| Industrials | France | 2017 | |
| Logistics | France | 2019 | |
| Construction | France | 2019 | |
| ClimateTech | France | 2024 | |
| SaaS | France | 2018 | |
| SaaS | France | 2020 | |
| Consumer | France | 2012 |
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4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2009 | 2018 | IPO | – | – | |
| Agriculture | France | 2018 | 2025 | – | – | ||
| ClimateTech | France | 2020 | 2022 | IPO | – | – | |
| Industrials | France | 2013 | 2015 | Trade Sale | – | – |
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About Ocean Participations
Ocean Participations is a private equity firm with €95 million of assets under management as of December 2024 and a founding year of 1988, headquartered in Paris. The platform targets majority and significant minority stakes in European mid-cap businesses across industrials, software, consumer, healthcare and business services, deploying institutional capital from successive flagship vehicles.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys buyout and growth equity capital across industrials, software, consumer, healthcare and business services 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 GROUPE GRIMAUD LA CORBIERE (industrials, 2021). The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 89 active portfolio companies and 2 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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