Buyout GPs in Europe
Discover European private equity GPs focused on buyout strategies. From large-cap LBOs to mid-market management buyouts, these firms acquire controlling stakes in established businesses to drive operational improvements and value creation.
Sofival
Sofival is a French family-controlled industrial and investment holding (Blas and Lemoine families, HQ Russy-Bemont in O…
FemuQui Ventures
Femuqui Ventures is an independent portfolio management company founded in 1992, specializing in private equity investme…
PRISTINE
Pristine is a French asset management and trust firm founded in 2016, providing fiducie and fund structuring and managem…
Compagnie Financière et de Participations Roullier
Compagnie Financiere et de Participations Roullier (CFPR) is the financial holding company of Groupe Roullier, the Saint…
MTV CAPITAL IM
MTV CAPITAL IM is an independent asset management company based in Paris, specializing exclusively in commercial real es…
SOFIDEP
Sofidep is a public economic development organization in French Polynesia that has been investing for over 20 years in g…
Chequers Partenaires
Chequers Partenaires SA is a private equity firm based in Paris, France, founded in 1992, specializing in investments in…
Re-Sources Capital
Re-Sources Capital is a French private equity firm founded in 2014, based in La Madeleine, specializing in supporting th…
Isai Gestion
ISAI Gestion is a French venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2009, managing approximately c550 million i…
ACCESS CAPITAL PARTNERS
Access Capital Partners, founded in 1998 and based in Paris, is an independent European private assets manager specializ…
Sagard
Sagard is a French private equity firm founded in 2002 as Sagard SAS, the Paris-based principal investments arm of Power…
ETERNAM
Eternam, founded in 2011 and a subsidiary of Groupe Cyrus, is an AMF-authorized portfolio management company specializin…
Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault
Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (GIMD) is the family-owned holding company of the Dassault family established in 1929…
Omada Investment Managers
Omada Investment Managers is an AMF-regulated Paris-based SGP licensed in 2024 under GP code GP-20240025 evolved from th…
KEPLER CHEUVREUX INVEST
Out-of-scope quarantine: Kepler Cheuvreux is an independent Pan-European equity broker (research, execution, fixed incom…
Smalt Capital
Créée en 2000, Smalt Capital est une société française de capital-investissement basée à Marseille, spécialisée dans le…
Reed Management
Reed - Societe Generale Group is a European investment firm founded in 2023 that brings together industrial expertise, t…
Jadel
Jadel est une société d'investissement entrepreneuriale française, créée en 2021, qui accompagne les PME ambitieuses dan…
LT Capital
Quarantined 2026-05-19: DB record LT Capital conflated TWO distinct venture and PE firms with identical trading name. Th…
Bpifrance Investissement
Bpifrance Investissement is the investment management company of Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, operating…
Vermeer Capital
Vermeer Capital is an independent Paris-based private equity firm founded in 2008 by Jean-Louis Detry. The firm speciali…
TELAMON
Telamon Partners is a private equity firm focused on the Greek mid-market, partnering with management teams to unlock su…
MIDI 2I
Créée en 2005, MIDI 2i est une société de gestion de portefeuilles immobiliers, filiale de la Caisse d'Epargne de Midi-P…
Ardian
Ardian is a global diversified private markets firm headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1996. It manages or advis…
Tikehau Capital
Tikehau Capital is a global alternative asset management group founded in 2004 and headquartered in Paris. It manages ap…
Wendel
Wendel is a French listed investment firm tracing its origins to the Wendel family iron-making heritage founded in 1704.…
PAI Partners
PAI Partners is one of the leading European private equity firms, founded in 1872 and headquartered in Paris. It manages…
LFPI GESTION
La Financiere Patrimoniale d'Investissement (LFPI) is a major French alternative asset manager founded 2003 with around…
NextStage AM
NextStage AM is an independent asset management company based in Paris, founded in 2002, specializing in multi-strategy…
ATALANTE
Atalante SAS = legal entity (founded 2003) for the commercial brand Capza (AMF GP-04000065). DUPLICATE: Capza GP (id f40…
ARCHIMED
ARCHIMED is a global private equity firm founded in 2014 and headquartered in Lyon, France, focused exclusively on healt…
Omnes Capital
Omnes Capital is a leading European private equity firm founded in 1999, dedicated to the energy transition and innovati…
Equistone Partners
Equistone Partners Europe is an independent European mid-market private equity firm headquartered in London with offices…
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity (France)
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity (France) is the AMF-regulated SGP arm of the Edmond de Rothschild Group the Geneva-h…
Crédit Mutuel Equity
Crédit Mutuel Equity is a French private equity firm that has been supporting startups, SMEs, and mid-sized companies fo…
Quaero Capital
Founded in 2005 in Geneva, Quaero Capital is an independent, specialist fund management firm that provides high convicti…
ISALT
ISALT is an independent portfolio management company founded in 2019, specializing in long-term equity investments in Fr…
Audacia
Audacia is an independent French private equity firm founded in 2006, specializing in growth capital for family SMEs and…
IRD Invest
IRD Invest is the investment arm of Groupe IRD, a Hauts-de-France regional sponsor founded in 1991 and based in Marcq-en…
Idia
IDIA Capital Investissement, founded in 1980 and based in Montrouge, France, is the private equity arm of Crédit Agricol…
Argos Wityu
Argos Fund is an independent European private equity group founded in 1989, headquartered in Paris, specializing in mid-…
MML Capital
MML Capital Partners is an international mid-market private equity firm founded in 1988, investing alongside management…
Turenne Groupe
Founded in 1999, Turenne Groupe is a French private equity firm managing over €2 billion in assets and supporting more t…
RAISE
RAISE is a European investment group based in Paris, pioneering engaged finance by combining financial performance, gene…
Weinberg Capital Partners
Independent French mid-cap private-equity firm founded in 2005 by Serge Weinberg and Philippe Klocanas; manages around E…
Entrepreneur Invest
Entrepreneur Invest is a French independent asset management company founded in 2000, specializing in financing French g…
REDTREE CAPITAL FRANCE
RedTree Capital is an independent private real estate fund manager based in Paris, France, specializing in value-add opp…
Merieux Equity Partners
Mérieux Equity Partners is a leading European healthcare-specialized investment firm founded in 2009, managing over €1.6…
Cerea Partners
Cerea Partners is a French private equity and private debt firm founded in 2004, specializing in investments in small an…
UI Investissement
UI Investissement is a French private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1967, managing around €1.5 billion in a…
Amethis
Amethis is a French private equity firm founded in 2012, managing over €1 billion in assets. It provides growth capital…
Arkea Capital
Arkéa Capital, founded in 1982 and a subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, is a key player in private equity in France with…
Adagia Partners
Adagia Partners is a leading pan-European mid-market private equity firm with offices in Paris and Frankfurt, managing a…
123 Investment Managers
123 Investment Managers, founded in 2001 and AMF-approved, is an independent asset management company based in Paris tha…
CFJ (Compagnie Financière Jousset)
CFJ (Compagnie Financière Jousset) is the family-office investment holding of French entrepreneur Frédéric Jousset, co-f…
Elyan Partners
Elyan Partners SAS, founded in 2021 and based in Paris, is an independent investment team and exclusive financial adviso…
A Plus Finance
A Plus Finance, founded in 1998 and based in Paris, France, is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in…
Isatis Capital
Isatis Capital is an independent French private equity firm founded in 2013, specializing in financing and supporting pr…
Evolem
Evolem is a family office and private equity firm founded in 1997 by entrepreneur Bruno Rousset, based in Lyon, France.…
iXO Private Equity
iXO Private Equity is one of the largest independent French private equity firms specializing in small and mid-cap inves…
Motion Equity Partners
Motion Equity Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 1989, specializing in mid-market leveraged buyout…
MBO+
Independent French mid-market private-equity firm founded in 2002 (formerly MBO Partenaires); deploys around EUR 1bn cum…
Société Générale Capital Partenaires
Société Générale Capital Partenaires (SGCP) is a French private equity firm managing 850 million euros, with over 1 bill…
TRAIL
Trail Capital is a French private equity firm founded in 2007, focused on supporting high-performing small and mid-sized…
PATRIMONIA CAPITAL
Patrimonia Capital, founded in 2019 as the asset management company of the Patrimonia group, specializes in managing pro…
Unigrains
Unigrains is a French private equity investment firm founded in 1963, specializing in providing financial solutions and…
Capital Croissance
Capital Croissance is a French independent private equity firm founded in 2012, managing around €950 million. It support…
Meanings Capital Partners
Meanings Capital Partners is a leading French multi-activity investment platform specializing in the lower mid-cap segme…
JCDecaux Holding
Family-investment vehicle of the Decaux family founded around 2000 ahead of the JCDecaux SE IPO; majority shareholder of…
Hivest Capital Partners
Hivest Capital Partners is an independent French private equity firm founded in November 2016 in Paris by Axel Bonnassie…
Parquest Capital
Parquest Capital is an independent Paris-based private equity firm focused on the French mid-market segment, founded in…
Initiative & Finance
Initiative & Finance is a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 1984, specializing in the financing and transmissio…
Indigo Capital
Indigo Capital SAS is an independent Paris-based private debt and mezzanine investment firm founded in May 2011 by Moniq…
For Talents Transmission
Family-investment fund and PE operator of Matthieu Leclercq (former president of Decathlon, 4th-generation Mulliez famil…
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur
GENEO Capital Entrepreneur is a French private equity firm founded in 2019, managing an evergreen fund with €740 million…
Vivalto Partners
Vivalto Partners is an independent European private equity management company founded in 2021 and based in Paris, specia…
La Maison Partners
La Maison Partners is a diversified investment group founded in 2014, investing alongside visionary entrepreneurs at var…
Sparring Capital
Sparring Capital is an independent Paris-based private equity firm founded in 2002, known as Pragma Capital until its Ap…
Essling Capital
Essling Capital is a Paris-based independent private equity manager spun out of Massena Partners in 2017 (AMF GP-1700001…
M Capital
M Capital is a leading French private investment firm with over 635 million euros in assets under management, specializi…
FCDE
FCDE is a French private equity firm founded in 2009 that supports the development and transformation of SMEs and mid-ca…
Adaxtra Capital
Adaxtra Capital is a French private equity firm specializing in investments in unlisted French SMEs in growth and transi…
NiXEN
NiXEN Partners is an independent French private equity firm specializing in majority buyout transactions and development…
Ibionext
iBionext is France's first Venture Studio dedicated to healthcare, specializing in the creation, development, and financ…
Trocadero Capital Partners
Trocadero Capital Partners is an independent AMF-regulated private equity firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Pari…
Irdi Capital-Investissement
IRDI Capital Investissement is a French private equity firm with over 40 years of experience, managing nearly €550 milli…
VATEL CAPITAL
Vatel Capital, founded in 2008 and based in Paris, is an independent and entrepreneurial asset management company specia…
B & Capital
Paris-based independent French private-equity firm founded in 2016 with a strategic partnership with Roland Berger for p…
Unexo Gestion
Unexo Gestion is a private equity firm and investment fund manager based in the Grand Ouest region of France, affiliated…
IdiCo
idiCo is a French private equity firm managing €1.0 billion in assets, investing in French SMEs and mid-caps through min…
InnovaFonds
Founded in 2011, InnovaFonds is an independent French private equity firm managing over €500 million across five investm…
Conquest Advisors France
Conquest Advisors France is a European independent investment firm specializing in high-quality infrastructure businesse…
Impact Partners
Impact Partners, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Paris, is the first European platform dedicated to impact investin…
Galiena Capital
Galiena Capital is an independent Paris‑based small‑cap private equity manager founded in 2009, with approximately €500…
Butler Capital Partners
Butler Capital Partners is a Paris-based private equity and turnaround firm founded in 1991 by Walter Butler ENA 1980 gr…
Beech Tree Private Equity
Beech Tree PE LLP, trading as Beech Tree Private Equity, is a private equity firm founded in 2015 and based in Wilmslow,…
Alchemy Partners
Alchemy Partners is a London-based private-equity and special-situations investment firm founded in 1997 by Martin Bolla…
MetLife
MetLife Investment Management (MIM) is the institutional asset-management arm of MetLife Inc., the New York-listed US in…
ENTRUST GLOBAL
EnTrust Global SAS is a member of the EnTrust Global group, an alternative investment firm managing approximately $16.4…
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