Seven2
Seven2, formerly Apax Partners, is a leading independent European private equity firm founded in 1972 and headquartered in Paris. It manages around €5 billion in assets, investing primarily in small and midcap companies with strong fundamentals and growth potential across Europe.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
7 funds tracked, 33 portfolio companies (31 active · 2 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Seven2 has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Seven2 Duality2025 · 1yr€400M2 active
Seven2 Development FundGrowth2024 · 2yr€350M2 active
Unrealized
2 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proxsys | – | – | 2026 |
| School of Arts | Business Services | France | 2024 |
Apax Development Fund IIGrowth2023 · 3yr€350M5 active
Unrealized
5 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diapason | Financials | France | 2020 |
| ILLUIN Technology | TMT | France | 2025 |
| Mailinblack | TMT | France | 2022 |
| Pandat Finance | Financials | France | 2022 |
| Porsolt | Healthcare | France | 2023 |
Seven2 MidMarket X FPCIBuyout2021 · 5yr€1.6B17 active
Unrealized
17 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEB | Consumer | France | 2018 |
| Almond | Consumer | France | 2021 |
| Bompard | Consumer | France | 2018 |
| BTP Consultants | Industrials | France | 2021 |
| CEME | Energy | France | 2022 |
| Efficy | TMT | Belgium | 2021 |
| Expereo | TMT | France | 2018 |
| Fulgard | Healthcare | Italy | 2024 |
| Hirsch Group | TMT | France | 2023 |
| HRK LUNIS | Business Services | France | 2025 |
| INFRANEO | Industrials | France | 2023 |
| Mental Care Group | Healthcare | France | 2021 |
| Odigo Group | TMT | France | 2020 |
| Odin Groep | Business Services | Netherlands | 2022 |
| Olifan Group | Financials | France | 2025 |
| Opteven | Financials | France | 2022 |
| Zwart Techniek | Energy | France | 2026 |
Apax Midmarket fundBuyout2020 · 6yr€1.6B1 active
Apax MidMarket IX FPCIBuyout2016 · 10yr€1.0B2 active · 1 realized
Unrealized
2 heldRealized
1 exit| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayonnance Technologies | TMT | France | 2020 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – |
Seven2 MidMarket FundBuyout2014 · 12yr€1.6B2 active · 1 realized
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About Seven2
Seven2 is a private equity firm with €5 million of assets under management as of December 2024 and a founding year of 2008, headquartered in Paris. The platform targets majority and significant minority stakes in European mid-cap businesses across TMT, consumer, healthcare, business services, financials, industrials, software and energy, deploying institutional capital from successive flagship vehicles.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys buyout and growth equity capital across TMT, consumer, healthcare, business services, financials, industrials, software 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 Pandat Finance (financials, 2022). The platform tracks 6 fund vehicles, 29 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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