Pléiade Investissement
Pléiade Investissement is a Paris-based entrepreneurs' investment holding founded in June 2000 by Francois Poirier, President since founding. Structured as a friendly holding company, it invests the permanent capital of its roughly 10 entrepreneur-shareholders, around EUR 250M, rather than raising third-party funds, with a team of about 10 including 6 investment professionals. The firm writes equity tickets of EUR 2M to 10M into French SMEs valued between EUR 8M and 150M, partnering with management teams in development capital, LBO, OBO and MBO transactions and taking both minority and majority positions. Sector focus spans industrials, software, consumer goods, healthcare services and business services, mostly in France with selective international exposure through Generix, Aden Services and smartTrade Technologies. Since 2000 the firm has backed around 26 platform companies and completed at least 11 exits, including Léon de Bruxelles (2008), Ciblex (2010, Geodis), Hologram Industries (2008), SES-Imagotag (2018, BOE Technology), Harvest (2019, Five Arrows), ALFI Technologies (2019, MBO), Nova Lease (2020, Verso) and Euromip (2024, Neatech).
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 26 portfolio companies (13 active · 13 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
26 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Pléiade Investissement has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Pléiade InvestissementGrowthRealized2000 · 26yr€250M13 active · 13 realized
Unrealized
13 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | China | 2011 | |
| Industrials |  France | 2017 | |
| Consumer | France | 2011 | |
| Consumer | France | 2000 | |
| Software | France | 2006 | |
| Software | France | 2002 | |
| Consumer | France | 2015 | |
| Consumer | France | 2018 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2019 | |
| Industrials | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2022 | |
| Industrials | France | 2007 | |
| Consumer | France | 2022 |
France· Entry 2017France· Entry 2011France· Entry 2000France· Entry 2006France· Entry 2002France· Entry 2015France· Entry 2018France· Entry 2019France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2022France· Entry 2007France· Entry 2022Realized
13 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2010 | 2019 | MBO | – | ||
| Software | France | 2000 | 2010 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2010 | 2016 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2004 | 2010 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2011 | 2017 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2018 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Consumer | France | 2022 | 2025 | – | – | – | |
| Software | France | 2011 | 2019 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2003 | 2008 | Secondary | – | ||
| Consumer | France | 2001 | 2008 | MBO | – | ||
| Financials | France | 2017 | 2020 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| TMT | France | 2009 | 2018 | Secondary | – | ||
| Software | France | 2017 | 2025 | Secondary | – |
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About Pléiade Investissement
Pléiade Investissement is a French private equity firm with €250 million of assets under management as of December 2024, headquartered in Paris. Founded in 2000, the firm focuses on buyout and growth equity investments in European mid-cap businesses across industrials, software, consumer and business services, deploying capital from successive flagship funds with institutional limited partner support.
Investment thesis
Pléiade Investissement deploys buyout capital into European mid-cap and small-cap businesses across industrials, software, consumer and business services, targeting majority equity positions in profitable companies with clear value-creation runways. Investment focus emphasises operational improvement, selective bolt-on M&A acceleration and selective international expansion across France and selectively across Europe, with capital deployed from successive flagship funds backed by institutional limited partners.
Recent activity
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 1 dedicated investment vehicle, 22 active portfolio companies and 0 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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