Unigrains
Unigrains is a French private equity investment firm founded in 1963, specializing in providing financial solutions and sector expertise to agri-food and agro-industry companies. It manages approximately 964 million euros in equity capital and has supported over 1,000 companies.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
2 funds tracked, 58 portfolio companies (49 active · 9 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Unigrains has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Fondo Agroalimentare ItalianoGrowth2018 · 8yr€55M0 active
No portfolio companies tracked yet.
Unigrains Capital Investissement DirectBuyout2010 · 16yr€900M49 active · 9 realized
Unrealized
49 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABCD NUTRITION GROUPE | Consumer | France | 2017 |
| AGRIAL ENTREPRISE | Business Services | France | 2014 |
| ATLANTIQUE MANAGEMENT | Business Services | France | 2011 |
| AUXINEA | Business Services | France | 2020 |
| BIODECAP INDUSTRIES | Healthcare | France | 2016 |
| Bouvet Ladubay | Consumer | France | 2019 |
| CEE R. Schisler Packaging Solutions | – | – | 2023 |
| CENECA CENTRE EXPOSITION CONCOURS AGRICOLES | Business Services | France | 2016 |
| COOPERL ARC ATLANTIQUE | Business Services | France | 2023 |
| Demarne | Consumer | France | 2024 |
| ELAN | – | – | 2023 |
| EURODUR | Business Services | France | 2012 |
| Groupe Beillevaire | – | – | 2024 |
| Huilerie Cauvin | – | – | 2022 |
| INNATIS | Business Services | France | 2021 |
| IRRIFRANCE Groupe | – | – | 2025 |
| L'Albero del Pane | – | – | 2025 |
| La Prensa Etichette | – | – | 2024 |
| La Quercynoise | – | – | 2024 |
| Labelys | – | – | 2024 |
| LAZARD MULTI ASSETS | Business Services | France | 2020 |
| Leygatech | – | – | 2023 |
| LIM Group | Industrials | France | 2025 |
| Loyez Woessen | Industrials | France | 2021 |
| Maison Duprez | – | – | 2024 |
| Naming | – | – | 2024 |
| OTICO | – | – | 2023 |
| OXYANE PARTICIPATION | Business Services | France | 2017 |
| PASQUIER | Business Services | France | 2008 |
| RAGT ROUERGUE AUVERGNE GEVAUDAN TARNAIS | Software | France | 2017 |
| RED ROUGE ENGINEERED DESIGNS | Business Services | France | 2023 |
| REUSSIR | Business Services | France | 2021 |
| RM EXPANSION | Business Services | France | 2013 |
| SAIAM SA IMMOBILIERE 1 AV MARCEAU | Software | France | 2016 |
| Savel | Agriculture | France | 2024 |
| SGT | – | – | 2023 |
| SICAVYL SICA DE VIANDES DE L YONNE ET DU LOIRET | Business Services | France | 2025 |
| SOFIPROTEOL | Business Services | France | 2015 |
| Squiban | Agriculture | France | 2024 |
| Staphyt | – | – | 2025 |
| Sylvatek | – | – | 2023 |
| TROCADERO WILSON | Business Services | France | 2006 |
| UFEA UNIGRAINS PARTENAIRE | Software | France | 2021 |
| UNICEREM | Business Services | France | 2016 |
| UNIGRAINS DEVELOPPEMENT | Software | France | 2015 |
| UNIGRAINS DIVERSIFICATION | Software | France | 2021 |
| UNIGRAINS EQUIPEMENTS | Software | France | 2018 |
| Urbis Food | – | – | 2023 |
| Vivaldi Group | – | – | 2023 |
Realized
9 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPM | Software | France | 2016 | 2020 | Trade Sale | – | |
| BIOGEMMA | Healthcare | France | 2016 | 2018 | MBO | – | |
| BLETANOL UNION DE COOPERATIVES AGRICOLES | Energy | France | 2017 | 2019 | – | – | – |
| DELEPLANQUE ET COMPAGNIE | Software | France | 2017 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Frigomeccanica | – | – | 2021 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | |
| GLOBAL BABY | Software | France | 2014 | 2018 | Trade Sale | – | |
| HUILERIE CROIX VERTE | Software | France | 2016 | 2024 | MBO | – | – |
| SOCOPA VIANDES | Software | France | 2016 | 2018 | Trade Sale | – | |
| SUD AGRO | Software | France | 2016 | 2019 | Trade Sale | – |
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About Unigrains
Unigrains is a French private equity investment firm exclusively dedicated to the agri-food and agro-industry sectors, with €964 million of assets under management as of December 2024, founded in 1963 and headquartered in Paris. The firm provides financial solutions and sector expertise to agri-food and agro-industry companies across France and selectively Europe, with a 62-year continuous track record positioning Unigrains as one of the longest-established sector specialists in European private equity.
Investment thesis
Unigrains targets French and selectively European agri-food and agro-industry companies, deploying growth equity and selective buyout positions across the food value chain. Sector focus spans food production, food processing, agricultural inputs, packaging and food-tech innovation. The exclusive sector mandate enables deep operational and regulatory expertise across food safety, traceability, sustainability and value chain consolidation themes that generalist mid-cap firms cannot match.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include DELEPLANQUE ET COMPAGNIE (industrials, 2024) and HUILERIE CROIX VERTE (industrials, 2024), reflecting selective distribution activity across the agri-food portfolio. The platform tracks a single dedicated fund vehicle, 27 active portfolio companies and 8 realised exits across the multi-decade agri-food specialist programme. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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