Invus Financial Advisors

Invus Financial Advisors, LLC is an employee-owned investment firm based in New York, founded in 2006. The firm specializes in private equity investments and manages pooled investment vehicles, including hedge funds and funds of funds. Invus focuses on making direct and indirect investments in special situations, venture capital, and growth equity stages, with an emphasis on smaller companies and opportunistic co-investments. The firm adopts a flexible approach, recognizing the uniqueness of each company and the complexities of business transformation. Invus maintains a long-term commitment to its investments, aligning its incentives with those of its partners. With a history of empowering owner-managers since 1985 and a strong backing from a group of European families, Invus Financial Advisors manages over $4 billion in an evergreen fund and operates additional offices in London, Paris, and Hong Kong.

Francis Cukierman

Managing Director of Private Equity for Asian Emerging Markets

Aflalo Guimaraes

Managing Director

Past deals in Southwestern Europe

GenSight Biologics

Post in 2025
GenSight Biologics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. It uses gene therapy-based platforms, Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence and Optogenetics, to preserve or restore vision in patients with severe degenerative retinal diseases.

Inventiva Pharma

Post in 2024
Inventiva Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in France, dedicated to developing oral small molecule therapies aimed at addressing significant unmet medical needs in fibrosis, lysosomal storage disorders, and oncology. The company has established a robust pipeline supported by a proprietary discovery engine and a wholly-owned research and development facility. It possesses an extensive library of molecules and a team with considerable expertise in developing compounds that target nuclear receptors, transcription factors, and epigenetic modulation. Inventiva is advancing clinical candidates, including lanifibranor, which is being developed for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a condition currently lacking approved treatments. Additionally, the company is engaged in a variety of pre-clinical therapy programs, further strengthening its portfolio in the fields of oncology, fibrosis, and rare diseases.

Sensorion

Post in 2024
Sensorion is a France-based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for inner ear disorders. The company pursues programs to treat hearing and balance impairments, including SENS-401 for sudden sensorineural hearing loss and SENS-111 for acute unilateral vestibulopathy, with SENS-300 in preclinical development for inner ear protection. Sensorion conducts research and development to restore hearing and vestibular function and pursues collaboration opportunities, including a strategic partnership with Cochlear Limited to study combination therapies for cochlear implant patients.

GenSight Biologics

Post in 2024
GenSight Biologics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. It uses gene therapy-based platforms, Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence and Optogenetics, to preserve or restore vision in patients with severe degenerative retinal diseases.

GenSight Biologics

Post in 2023
GenSight Biologics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. It uses gene therapy-based platforms, Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence and Optogenetics, to preserve or restore vision in patients with severe degenerative retinal diseases.

GenSight Biologics

Post in 2023
GenSight Biologics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. It uses gene therapy-based platforms, Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence and Optogenetics, to preserve or restore vision in patients with severe degenerative retinal diseases.

Sensorion

Post in 2023
Sensorion is a France-based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for inner ear disorders. The company pursues programs to treat hearing and balance impairments, including SENS-401 for sudden sensorineural hearing loss and SENS-111 for acute unilateral vestibulopathy, with SENS-300 in preclinical development for inner ear protection. Sensorion conducts research and development to restore hearing and vestibular function and pursues collaboration opportunities, including a strategic partnership with Cochlear Limited to study combination therapies for cochlear implant patients.

Abivax

Post in 2023
Abivax is a France-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics that harness the body's natural regulatory mechanisms to stabilize immune responses in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Its portfolio aims to address large unmet needs across autoimmune conditions, viral infections, and cancer, with obefazimod in Phase 3 trials for adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease. The company relies on its drug development platforms to advance treatments that modulate the immune system and potentially extend benefits to other inflammatory indications.

Abivax

Post in 2022
Abivax is a France-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics that harness the body's natural regulatory mechanisms to stabilize immune responses in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Its portfolio aims to address large unmet needs across autoimmune conditions, viral infections, and cancer, with obefazimod in Phase 3 trials for adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease. The company relies on its drug development platforms to advance treatments that modulate the immune system and potentially extend benefits to other inflammatory indications.

Les Nouveaux Fermiers

Funding Round in 2022
Founded in Paris, France in 2020, Les Nouveaux Fermiers specializes in manufacturing and selling plant-based meat products. The company serves restaurants and offers online sales, focusing on creating healthier, more sustainable alternatives to traditional meat.

GenSight Biologics

Post in 2020
GenSight Biologics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye. It uses gene therapy-based platforms, Mitochondrial Targeting Sequence and Optogenetics, to preserve or restore vision in patients with severe degenerative retinal diseases.

Bizagi Group

Private Equity Round in 2017
Bizagi Limited is a digital business platform provider specializing in process modeling and automation. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Chalfont St Peter, United Kingdom, the company has expanded its presence with offices in Spain, Germany, North America, and Latin America. Bizagi offers a suite of tools, including Bizagi Modeler for designing and documenting processes, Bizagi Studio for transforming these models into applications and workflows, and Bizagi Engine for executing and managing automated processes. With over 350 global customers, including notable brands, Bizagi's solutions enhance operational efficiency, reduce time to market, and foster business agility. The company is recognized for its innovative approach in the enterprise space, having received accolades such as being listed in Red Herring’s Top 100 most innovative companies. Bizagi's software enables organizations to streamline complex processes and supports a robust implementation partner network worldwide.
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