Stags Participations
Stags Participations is the family-office private equity vehicle of Philippe Louis-Dreyfus and his children (Louis Dreyfus Armateurs maritime branch since 2007), founded in 2011 and headquartered at 21 Quai Gallieni in Suresnes near Paris. The firm operates through a series of SAS-vintage holding companies (Stags Participations I, II, III, IV, F, V-D) and invests its own family capital as a long-term minority co-investor alongside founders and leading private equity funds including Wendel, Ardian, AXA Private Equity, Parquest Capital, Bridgepoint and IK Partners. Stags targets companies with revenues above EUR 30M across six preferred sectors: industrials, healthcare, digital and IT services, business services, agro-food and education. The firm is led by Charlotte Lezius-Doncel (Founding Partner) with Ladislas Roche and Gregoire de Castelnau as Managing Directors and the Louis-Dreyfus family Investment Committee. Stags is NOT an AMF-regulated portfolio management company; it operates as an evergreen family holding without third-party LP fundraising. Notable exits include Arkadin (2014 NTT Communications EUR 350M Trade Sale), Sogelink (2016 Apax Partners Secondary), Believe (2021 IPO Euronext Paris), Domidep (2019 Maisons de Famille Secondary), EuroDommages (2025), Acquaviva and GES (2017-2021).
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 46 portfolio companies (32 active · 14 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
46 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Stags Participations has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Stags ParticipationsGrowthRealized2011 · 15yr€250M32 active · 14 realized
Unrealized
32 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Services | China | 2014 | |
| Business Services |  France | 2025 | |
| Business Services |  Belgium | 2023 | |
| Business Services | France | 2020 | |
| Software | Canada | 2018 | |
| Healthcare |  Germany | 2022 | |
| Energy | France | 2014 | |
| Business Services |  UK | 2021 | |
| Healthcare | Australia | 2020 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2021 | |
| Industrials | France | 2017 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2020 | |
| Healthcare |  US | 2018 | |
| Industrials | France | 2017 | |
| Software | France | 2020 | |
| Healthcare |  Spain | 2019 | |
| Software | US | 2018 | |
| Software | France | 2017 | |
| Consumer | France | 2018 | |
| Healthcare | US | 2019 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2023 | |
| HealthTech | Canada | 2019 | |
| MedTech | France | 2018 | |
| Business Services | France | 2023 | |
| Telecom | France | 2016 | |
| Industrials | France | 2015 | |
| Education | France | 2022 | |
| TMT | France | 2024 | |
| Industrials | France | 2019 | |
| Healthcare |  Switzerland | 2020 | |
| Healthcare | US | 2020 | |
| Healthcare | France | 2021 |
France· Entry 2025Belgium· Entry 2023France· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2022France· Entry 2014UK· Entry 2021France· Entry 2021France· Entry 2017France· Entry 2020US· Entry 2018France· Entry 2017France· Entry 2020Spain· Entry 2019US· Entry 2018France· Entry 2017France· Entry 2018US· Entry 2019France· Entry 2023France· Entry 2018France· Entry 2023France· Entry 2016France· Entry 2015France· Entry 2022France· Entry 2024France· Entry 2019Switzerland· Entry 2020US· Entry 2020France· Entry 2021Realized
14 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer |  Italy | 2018 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Business Services | US | 2016 | 2019 | Secondary | – | ||
| Hospitality | US | 2017 | 2024 | Secondary | – | ||
| TMT | France | 2012 | 2014 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| TMT | France | 2007 | 2021 | IPO | – | ||
| Healthcare | France | 2017 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Business Services | France | 2015 | 2017 | MBO | – | ||
| Healthcare | France | 2017 | 2019 | Secondary | – | ||
| Financials | France | 2018 | 2025 | MBO | – | ||
| Consumer | France | 2019 | 2024 | Secondary | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2015 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Real Estate | France | – | 2025 | Secondary | – | ||
| IT Services | France | 2013 | 2016 | Secondary | – | ||
| Business Services | US | 2017 | 2021 | Secondary | – |
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About Stags Participations
Stags Participations is a family-office investment holding with capital deployed across 2 active fund vehicles and a founding year of 2019, headquartered in Paris. The platform deploys permanent capital into industrials, healthcare, software, business services and consumer businesses, structured to enable long-holding-period equity partnerships unconstrained by traditional fund duration.
Investment thesis
Stags Participations deploys permanent capital into industrials, healthcare, software, business services and consumer businesses across France and selectively across Europe, with the family-office structure enabling long-holding-period equity partnerships unconstrained by typical fund duration. Investment focus combines majority and significant minority stakes with operational partnership rights, supporting management teams through growth, transmission and selective M&A activity over multi-decade horizons.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include EuroDommages (financials, 2025). The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 30 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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