Socadif
Socadif Capital Investissement is the wholly-owned private-equity arm of Credit Agricole Ile-de-France, launched in March 1990. The firm operates as an evergreen Societe de Capital Risque (SCR) with around EUR 140 million of permanent capital and has completed around 250 investments since inception across capital developpement, capital transmission, capital innovation (launched 2024) and capital remplacement strategies. Tickets range up to EUR 10 million alone and up to EUR 50 million in syndication with Credit Agricole Group affiliates such as IDIA Capital Investissement, SGCP, Sofipaca, Sofilaro, Nord Capital, UNEXO and Rives Croissance. The firm also runs Socadif Dette Privee (private-debt arm launched 2023). Portfolio focuses on Ile-de-France SMEs and mid-market generalist mix across industrials, services, healthcare, fintech, education and real estate.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 70 portfolio companies (48 active · 22 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
70 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Socadif has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
SOCADIFGrowth1991 · 35yr€140M48 active · 22 realized
Unrealized
48 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Tech |  France | 2026 | |
| Consumer | France | 2024 | |
| Hospitality | France | – | |
| Consumer | France | – | |
| Software | France | 2024 | |
| Mobility | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2026 | |
| – | France | – | |
| Pharma | France | 2021 | |
| Logistics | France | – | |
| Real Estate | France | 2025 | |
| Education | France | 2024 | |
| Consumer | France | – | |
| Healthcare | France | – | |
| Logistics | France | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2025 | |
| Fintech | France | 2025 | |
| Business Services | France | – | |
| – | France | – | |
| Business Services | France | 2025 | |
| Energy | France | 2024 | |
| Business Services | France | – | |
| Logistics | France | – | |
| – | France | – | |
| – | France | – | |
| – | France | – | |
| Deep Tech | France | 2025 | |
| Business Services | France | – | |
| Software | France | 2023 | |
| – | France | – | |
| – | France | – | |
| Hospitality | France | 2022 | |
| Consumer | France | – | |
| Pharma | France | – | |
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2026 | |
| FoodTech | France | 2025 | |
| Education | France | 2020 | |
| E-commerce | France | 2025 | |
| Mobility | France | – | |
| Hospitality | France | – | |
| – | France | – | |
| Healthcare | France | 2021 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2022 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2023 | |
| IT Services | France | 2023 | |
| MedTech | France | 2026 | |
| FoodTech | France | 2024 | |
| IT Services | France | – |
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22 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer | France | 2016 | 2020 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| IT Services | France | 2018 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2005 | 2014 | MBO | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2019 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Consumer | France | 2018 | 2024 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2007 | 2011 | Secondary | – | ||
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2008 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2017 | – | MBO | – | ||
| HealthTech | France | 2019 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Financials | France | 2013 | 2019 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2013 | 2019 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Business Services | France | 2008 | 2017 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Consumer | France | 2014 | 2019 | Secondary | – | ||
| Logistics | France | 2021 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2019 | 2025 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2013 | 2022 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2012 | 2022 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2013 | 2017 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Aerospace & Defence | France | 2021 | – | – | – | – | |
| Logistics | France | 2013 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Energy | France | 2019 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Telecom | France | 2019 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – |
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About Socadif
Socadif is a private equity firm with €10 million of assets under management as of December 2024 and a founding year of 1990, headquartered in Paris. The platform targets majority and significant minority stakes in European mid-cap businesses across industrials, business services, software and consumer, deploying institutional capital from successive flagship vehicles.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys buyout and growth equity capital across industrials, business services, software and consumer 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
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 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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