Investors in Southwestern Europe

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Kima Ventures

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm that funds seed and early-stage technology startups globally, with a strong focus on Europe and France. The firm typically participates in rounds from seed to Series A, often as a lead investor, and aims to be a significant minority shareholder while co-investing with angels and other funds. It supports portfolio companies with a network of founders and experts to accelerate growth, speed fundraising, and help teams scale. Kima emphasizes rapid decision-making and founder-aligned support, viewing fundraising as one step in a broader journey. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Paris and maintains an office in London, reflecting its European reach and global activity, and it has backed hundreds of startups across multiple countries.
Made 101 investments in Southwestern Europe

European Innovation Council

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Made 118 investments in Southwestern Europe

Partech

Partech is a global technology investment firm headquartered in Paris with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. It provides capital, operational experience, and strategic support to founders from seed to growth, working alongside the entrepreneurs it backs to pursue long-term success. Founded about 40 years ago in San Francisco, Partech currently manages around 2.5 billion euros in assets and backs a portfolio of about 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents. The firm concentrates on technology sectors, including software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI, cloud, and related areas, investing across the United States, Europe, and emerging markets.
Made 76 investments in Southwestern Europe

Seventure Partners

Seventure Partners is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 1997 that backs technology and life sciences companies across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. It maintains offices in Munich, Geneva, London and Basel. The firm concentrates on Life Sciences—biotech, healthcare and nutrition—and Tech/Digital—B2B software, fintech, retailtech and cybersecurity—with additional activity in sports and wellbeing and the blue economy. Seventure partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate growth through its industry expertise, networks and capital, aiming to build European leaders that scale internationally.
Made 85 investments in Southwestern Europe

Sofinnova Partners

Founded in Paris in 1972, Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to life sciences investments. With over €2 billion under management, the firm actively partners with entrepreneurs from seed to later-stage, focusing on biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and industrial biotechnology. Sofinnova proactively sources deals, often leading Round A financings, and plays an active role in portfolio companies until exit.
Made 70 investments in Southwestern Europe

Elaia

Founded in 2002, Elaia is a Paris-based venture capital firm focused on the digital economy and deep tech. With over €700m under management, it invests in high-potential disruptive startups from early financing rounds to global leadership emergence. The team offers close, proactive support to entrepreneurs, leveraging over 75 years of cumulative experience in both venture capital and digital industries.
Made 49 investments in Southwestern Europe

Demeter Partners

Founded in 2005, Demeter Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm specializing in investments that drive the ecological transition. It focuses on seed to late-stage companies and infrastructure projects across Europe, with a particular emphasis on France. The firm invests between €0.5 million and €30 million, typically taking minority stakes and seeking board seats.
Made 51 investments in Southwestern Europe

360 Capital Partners

360 Capital Partners is a Paris-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups across Europe, focusing on deep tech, climate technology, digital sectors, consumer goods and business services. With roughly two decades of activity, it operates across Europe with a diversified team and has an active portfolio of over 50 companies. The firm has about €400 million of assets under management. Notable portfolio companies include Alsid, Earthcube, Exotec, Arbe Robotics, Sophia Genetics, Le Slip Français and Tediber. The team is described as diverse and experienced, with offices in Paris and Milan, and it seeks to partner with talented entrepreneurs to develop disruptive companies in Europe.
Made 78 investments in Southwestern Europe

Groupe Siparex

Siparex is a private equity investment group based in Lyon, France, founded in 1977. It focuses on investing in start-ups and mid-market companies across various sectors, including software, manufacturing, e-commerce, life sciences, and healthcare services, primarily in the United States and Western Europe. Over its 30-year history, Siparex has grown to become one of the independent leaders in the private equity space, having listed shares of its original company on the stock market and expanded internationally. The firm manages several funds, including those dedicated to buyouts and venture capital, with investments typically ranging from EUR 2.5 million to EUR 10 million in companies with revenues between EUR 15 million and EUR 200 million. Siparex aims to support the development of its portfolio companies through strategic investments and operational guidance.
Made 74 investments in Southwestern Europe

Supernova 2

Supernova Invest, established in 1999, is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm with additional offices in Grenoble. It manages a €800m fund, Supernova 2, founded in 2017. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on deep technology companies across sectors such as healthcare, industry 4.0, energy & environment, and digital technologies. It provides patient capital and expertise to support high-growth startups, with a track record of successful exits through IPOs and M&As. Supernova Invest partners with CEA Investissement to offer startups access to the CEA network and services.
Made 25 investments in Southwestern Europe

Kurma Partners

Kurma Partners is a Paris-based investment firm founded in 2009 that concentrates on financing innovation in healthcare and biotechnology across Europe. It targets early-stage and development capital for companies in life sciences, biotechnology, digital health, and related fields, and emphasizes collaborations with research institutes and hospitals to advance therapies and medical technologies from concept to clinical development. The firm operates as a specialist investor in Europe, supporting ventures that bridge scientific discovery and patient impact through equity investments and strategic guidance.
Made 26 investments in Southwestern Europe

Newfund Management

Newfund Management is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2008 that backs early-stage technology companies across Europe and the United States. It focuses on sectors including technology, precision medicine, personalized treatment, and brain technologies, and specializes in pre-seed and seed investments. The firm seeks ambitious founders aiming to address global challenges, offering capital and strategic guidance to help young companies grow internationally.
Made 60 investments in Southwestern Europe

Alven Capital Partners

Alven Capital Partners is a Paris-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs primarily French and France-related entrepreneurs in the digital technology space. The firm focuses on technology and consumer-oriented opportunities, including artificial intelligence, data management, software-as-a-service, security, marketplaces, and disruptive web brands, with investments across Europe and North America. It manages over $500 million in capital and supports portfolio companies in early rounds as they scale, offering hands-on guidance and strategic support to help entrepreneurs build durable businesses in the tech and digital economy.
Made 63 investments in Southwestern Europe

Isai

Founded in 2010, Isai is a Paris-based fund focused on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It invests in companies operating in software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors.
Made 53 investments in Southwestern Europe

XAnge

XAnge is a venture capital firm based in Paris and the innovation brand of the Siparex private equity group. It is a Franco-German team that manages around €450 million and makes seed and early-stage investments in digital, deeptech and impact startups across Europe. Founded in 2004, XAnge targets game-changing founders and scalable businesses in technology-enabled sectors such as cybersecurity, software, fintech, healthtech, green tech, and related fields.
Made 74 investments in Southwestern Europe

Lanai Partners

Founded in Barcelona in 2016, Lanai Partners is an angel group that invests in digital startups across Spain. They collaborate with industry experts to maximize the value of their investments.
Made 13 investments in Southwestern Europe

IDI Emerging Markets

Founded in 2004, IDI Emerging Markets is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital investments in small and mid-sized companies across emerging markets. The company focuses on direct investments and fund of funds, with a typical investment size of $15 million in companies with revenues between $20 million and $200 million. IDI Emerging Markets aims to deliver controlled risk returns by diversifying its portfolio across Asia, Latin America, Middle-East, Africa, and other frontier markets.
Made 4 investments in Southwestern Europe

Serena

Founded in 2008, Serena is a Paris-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups across Europe. With over $750 million under management, Serena focuses on sectors such as AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. The firm has invested in over 100 companies, including notable successes like Dataiku and Malt.
Made 50 investments in Southwestern Europe

Founders Future

Founders Future is a Paris-based venture capital firm and startup studio established in 2018. It provides capital and hands-on support to early-stage startups, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, with a European focus. The firm backs companies across sectors such as business-to-business products and services, software as a service and information technology, fintech, e-commerce, transportation, retail, semiconductors, and food technology.
Made 29 investments in Southwestern Europe

Speedinvest

Speedinvest is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, with offices in Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, and San Francisco, that focuses on early-stage technology investments across Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. The firm backs seed to early growth rounds in areas including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer tech, software-as-a-service, and network effects, with a platform philosophy and hands-on support via an in-house Platform+ team that provides growth marketing, human resources, US business development, and networking assistance from day one. Typical investments range from a few hundred thousand euros up to about three million euros, with a preference for minority stakes up to around 20% and for taking co-entrepreneurial operational roles for six months to a year. Speedinvest was founded in 2011 and is known for combining capital with hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies scale.
Made 30 investments in Southwestern Europe

FJ Labs

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.
Made 57 investments in Southwestern Europe

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm focuses on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with emphasis on fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, DevOps, and healthcare. Based in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has backed more than 750 companies worldwide and has more than 55 portfolio companies that have achieved an IPO. As of 2022, the firm reports over $75 billion in assets under management. It seeks to fund and work closely with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise to support growth from initial investment through to IPO.
Made 42 investments in Southwestern Europe

Axeleo

Founded in 2013, Axeleo is a venture capital firm based in Lyon, France. It focuses on investing in early-stage B2B software and Greentech startups, providing equity investments from seed to Series B stages alongside operational guidance and strategic assistance.
Made 23 investments in Southwestern Europe

Omnes Capital S.A.S.

Omnes Capital S.A.S. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, the firm specializes in seed, startup, series A rounds, series B rounds, early venture, development stage, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, growth capital, expansion, replacement capital, middle market, successions, small and mid-cap buyout, owner and leveraged buyout, mezzanine, PPP infrastructure, special situations, industry consolidation, mature, turnaround, and investing in small and medium enterprises. It is involved in all forms of business buy-ins/buyouts, on the occasion of inheritances, and in the form of spin-offs or delisting. Within fund of fund investments it invests in venture capital funds and secondary fund of funds. The firm prefers to invest in all the sectors including the information technology, life sciences, agri-food, telecommunications, and renewable energy sectors. It also invests in energy equipment and services; materials; construction and engineering; electrical equipment; commercial services and supplies; transportation infrastructure; hotels, restaurants, and leisure; agricultural products; cosmetics; real estate; online services; infrastructure services; electronic equipment and instruments; electronic manufacturing services; and water purification. Within information technology, the firm invests in electronics, materials, components, systems, laboratory and manufacturing equipment, design and test software, mobile, fiber optics, networks and operators, software applications, SaaS, cloud, hardware, development, administration and infrastructure, web-based technology services, media, and new information and communication technology (NICT). In life sciences, the firm invests in drug development, diagnostics, biotechnology, medtech, and medical devices. Under renewable energy, the firm invests in electricity and heat production, onshore wind, solar, hydro, heating networks in Europe with a focus on France, Germany, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Italy. It invests in companies based in Central America and Mexico; Caribbean; North America region with a focus on United States. The firm also invests in Turkey, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom. The firm makes direct private equity investment in non-listed companies. Within mid-cap buyout and growth capital, the firm seeks to invest ticket size between €8 million ($8.80 million) and €25 million ($27.52 million) in companies with enterprise value between €25 million ($27.52 million) and €180 million ($198.12 million). Within small-cap buyout and growth capital, it invests in French small and medium enterprises with ticket size between €1 million ($1.10 million) and €8 million ($8.80 million) and enterprise value between €8 million ($8.80 million) and €25 million ($27.52 million). Within mezzanine buyout and growth capital, it makes investments in the form of bonds with share warrants (OBSA in French) in high-potential unlisted SMEs with a value of less than €300 million ($329.46 million). It seeks to invest between €1 million ($1.10 million) and €50 million ($55.03 million) in companies having revenues from $6.55 million to $322.7 million and enterprise value between $5.5 million and $1306.83 million. The firm also makes co-investments. When the firm co-invests, it seeks for a target enterprise value between €500 million ($550 million) and €1 billion ($1.10 billion) and investment capacity of €15 million ($16.51 million) per deal. The firm seeks to take minority stakes in its portfolio companies. It prefers to have a board seat on its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to invest for a period between two years and six years. It was formerly known as Credit Agricole Private Equity. Omnes Capital S.A.S. was founded in 2000 and is based in Paris, France with additional offices in Bruxelles, Belgium and Zurich, Switzerland.

Innovacom

Innovacom is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 1988 that invests in digital and technology companies across Europe. It supports startups by facilitating access to new technologies, hardware and software products, and by providing networking and partnerships to create financial and strategic value in an open-innovation context.
Made 48 investments in Southwestern Europe

Karista

Karista is a venture capital firm established in 2001 and located in Paris, France. The firm specializes in incubation and early-stage investments, focusing on a diverse range of sectors including healthcare, information and communication technology, nanotechnology, and clean technology. It actively invests in startups engaged in biotechnology, medical equipment, digital technologies, deep tech, and newspace, among other areas. Karista typically directs investments ranging from €0.5 million to €5 million in companies with revenues up to €4 million. The firm primarily operates within France, particularly in the Ile-de-France region and Paris, and has supported over 90 companies over the past two decades, emphasizing partnerships with entrepreneurs who share a common vision.
Made 57 investments in Southwestern Europe

Korelya Capital

Founded in 2016 by Fleur Pellerin, Korelya Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris with offices in London, Seoul, and Singapore. It manages over EUR 500 million and invests in ambitious tech startups across Asia and Europe, providing growth capital and access to Asian markets.
Made 24 investments in Southwestern Europe

Aglaé Ventures

Aglaé Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York, and San Francisco. Backed by Groupe Arnault, it invests in asset-light tech businesses at all stages, from €100k to €100m. The firm focuses on software, SaaS, content platforms, consumer apps, and information technology sectors across the US and France.
Made 25 investments in Southwestern Europe

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.
Made 79 investments in Southwestern Europe

Aquiti Gestion

Founded in 1998, Aquiti Gestion is a private equity firm based in Bordeaux, France. It manages venture capital and growth funds, focusing on early-stage investments across various sectors.
Made 19 investments in Southwestern Europe

Kibo Ventures

Kibo Ventures is a Madrid-based venture capital firm that specializes in seed and early-stage technology companies. It focuses on digital and internet-enabled businesses, including software, online services, consumer and enterprise software, and related digital technologies, with investment interest across Europe, the United States and Latin America. The firm typically supports rounds from seed to Series A, and often seeks minority stakes in portfolio companies, providing hands-on guidance through an experienced team. Founded in the early 2010s, Kibo maintains offices in Madrid and Barcelona, with additional presence in Lisbon, reflecting its European reach. Investment sizes commonly range from a few million euros to several million per company, aligning with early-stage financing needs and strategic growth objectives. The team emphasizes backing ambitious founders with scalable products and global market potential, and promotes co-investment with other investors to support portfolio growth.
Made 59 investments in Southwestern Europe

Cabiedes & Partners

Cabiedes & Partners is a Madrid-based venture capital firm focusing on seed and early-stage investments in Spain, with a primary emphasis on the Internet sector and fintech, and broader exposure to B2C, retail, IoT, and technology sectors. It mainly targets opportunities in Spain, particularly Madrid and Barcelona, and typically commits between €50,000 and €500,000 in initial rounds, with €1 million to €2 million in follow-ons. The firm aims to acquire roughly 10% to 20% of portfolio companies and uses personal capital for its investments.
Made 75 investments in Southwestern Europe

Crédit Mutuel Equity

Crédit Mutuel Equity is the private equity and venture capital arm of Crédit Industriel et Commercial, based in France. It invests in growth and expansion opportunities across a wide range of sectors, including technology, agri-food, consumer goods, distribution, energy, media, healthcare, services, transport, life sciences, the internet of things, information technology, electronics, and cleantech. The firm backs startups and established companies at various development stages, providing capital and strategic support to accelerate growth and improve performance.
Made 53 investments in Southwestern Europe

Criteria Venture Tech

Founded in Barcelona in 2007, Criteria Venture Tech is a venture capital firm investing primarily in early and growth-stage B2B SaaS and DeepTech companies across Europe and the United States. The firm manages over €300M in assets.
Made 103 investments in Southwestern Europe

Inveready

Inveready is a prominent alternative investment firm based in Southern Europe, specializing in early-stage venture capital and debt investments primarily in the technology sector. Established in 2007, the company manages over €2 billion in assets across more than 35 funds, encompassing various investment strategies, including biotechnology, private equity, and infrastructure. Inveready has a diverse portfolio with over 250 active companies and has successfully executed 64 exits, with several portfolio companies being acquired by major multinational corporations such as Intel, Symantec, IBM, and Facebook. Additionally, some of its investments are publicly listed on stock exchanges, including NASDAQ and Euronext Growth.
Made 84 investments in Southwestern Europe

Raise Ventures

Raise Ventures is the venture capital arm of Raise Conseil, based in Paris, France. It invests in technology-driven startups and small to medium-sized companies across Europe, with a focus on France. The firm targets Series A to late-stage investments and typically commits between €0.5 million and €7 million per transaction, across sectors excluding biotech and medtech.
Made 17 investments in Southwestern Europe

Breega Capital SARL

Breega Capital SARL is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in bridge financing, startups and early venture geared towards international expansion and in pre seed bridge, seed, series B and series A investments. It prefers to invest in companies in the Seed/ Series A round. The firm typically invests in the top-notch digital technology sector including adtech, BPO, deeptech, big data/AI, foodtech/agritech, martech, SaaS, Saas AI, health tech, IoT, social network, Marketplace, robotics, blockchain, edtech, and fintech/insurtech. The firm prefers to invests in Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Spain, UK, Europe and USA. It seeks to invest in companies based in Europe. The firm typically invests between €1 million ($1.08 million) and €10 million ($11.47 million) in companies having revenues less than €50 million ($63.41 million) and has less than €47 million ($59.60 million) of total balance. Breega Capital SARL was founded in April 2013 and is based in Paris, France with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

CapHorn

CapHorn Invest, established in 2010, is a Paris-based venture capital firm focusing on climate and health technologies. It manages 180 million euros across two funds and has invested in over 20 companies. CapHorn primarily targets seed to Series B rounds, investing between 1 to 10 million euros in transformative technologies that combat climate change. Since 2020, it operates as a Club Deal under the financial structure of Anaxago.
Made 27 investments in Southwestern Europe

123 Investment Managers

123 Investment Managers is an independent asset management firm based in Paris with an additional office in Lyon, established around 2000. It specializes in venture capital and private equity, managing direct investments and fund of funds across technology, industry, renewable energy, consumer goods, and sectors linked to health dependency and accommodation, such as elder care, clinics, and hotel catering. The firm focuses on Europe, with emphasis on France, Switzerland, the United States, and Canada, and targets portfolio companies with enterprise values typically between €5 million and €400 million, investing between €0.8 million and €8 million per company. It also pursues co-investments and multi-theme private market exposure, offering access to unlisted French companies and sustainable development opportunities for private and institutional investors.
Made 5 investments in Southwestern Europe

Unigrains

Unigrains is a French investment company focused on the agribusiness sector, established in 1963 and based in Paris. It concentrates on opportunities in the agri-food and agritech segments, pursuing global investments through direct minority stakes and through specialized investment vehicles. The company provides specialized financing to France’s agribusiness sector, supporting growth across the agricultural value chain.
Made 30 investments in Southwestern Europe

Arkéa Capital

Arkéa Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, based in Le Relecq-Kerhuon, France. It engages in direct investments and fund-of-funds across sectors with a focus on France, especially Western regions. In seed and startup stages it typically invests between €0.1 million and €1 million; for growth capital, corporate restructuring or buyouts it ranges from €1 million to €70 million, aiming for long-term holdings and usually minority stakes, with possible co-investment. Exits typically occur after five to ten years, with longer horizons when acting as a reference shareholder in large-cap companies. Target sectors include agriculture and fishing, food and consumer goods, industrials and services, technology, energy, healthcare, financial services, logistics, and manufacturing.

Cathay Innovation

Founded in Paris in 2015, Cathay Innovation is a global venture capital firm investing in transformative businesses across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. It manages over €2.5B AUM, connecting startups with investors and corporations to scale and innovate in sectors like commerce, fintech, digital health, and mobility/energy.
Made 24 investments in Southwestern Europe

Breega

Breega is a Paris-based venture capital firm that backs European technology startups across digital, climate, and deep technology sectors from pre-seed to Series A+. Founded in 2013, Breega invests across Europe and internationally, supporting founders with capital, connections, expertise, and ongoing guidance through its full stack funding approach. The firm emphasizes purpose-driven founders and aims to help ideas become impactful ventures by combining funding with hands-on support and a strong network to help entrepreneurs at every step of their journey.
Made 22 investments in Southwestern Europe

K Fund

Founded in 2016, K Fund is a Madrid-based venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in digital-first companies across Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. It aims to promote the evolution of the Spanish startup ecosystem.
Made 26 investments in Southwestern Europe

InnovaFonds SAS

InnovaFonds SAS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early venture, mid venture, late venture, buyouts, emerging growth, middle market and growth capital transactions. The firm prefers to invest in sectors including electrical equipment; internet retail; online services; communications equipment; electronic equipment, instruments and components; telecommunications services; healthcare; and alternative energy resources. InnovaFonds SAS primarily invests in companies based in France but also considers other regions such as Asia. The firm prefers to invest between €0.3 million ($0.34 million) and €5 million ($5.68 million) and sometimes up to €10 million ($11.36 million), in the form of equity or quasi-equity, in small and medium enterprises with revenues between €2 million ($2.27 million) and €100 million ($113.57 million) and enterprise values between €2 million ($2.27 million) and €25 million ($28.39 million). The firm is socially conscious and aims to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in its investment decisions. It usually holds its portfolio companies between four to six years. InnovaFonds SAS was founded in 2008 and is based in Corenc, France with an additional office in Paris, France.

Sofimac Innovation

Sofimac Innovation, originally known as iSource, is a French venture capital firm established in 1998 and located in Paris. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on minority stakes primarily in seed and early-stage companies. Sofimac Innovation has a diverse investment portfolio, targeting sectors such as software, life sciences, engineering sciences, cleantech, and manufacturing across Western Europe. In August 2021, the firm was acquired by UI Investissement, marking a significant transition in its operational structure while continuing its commitment to fostering innovation in various industries.
Made 5 investments in Southwestern Europe

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.
Made 12 investments in Southwestern Europe

Unexo, SCR

Unexo, SCR is a private equity and venture capital arm of Crédit Agricole SA specializing in investments in middle market and mature companies, growth capital, development srtages, leveraged management buyout, leveraged management buyin, owner's buyout, and recapitalization transactions. It seeks to invest in companies across all sectors except financials with a focus on agro food firms. The firm prefers to invest in small and medium sized companies based in West France including Grand Ouest, Brittany, Upper Normandy, Bretagne, Charente-Maritime, Haute, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes and Basse-Normandie. For growth capital transactions including external and internal growth, and buyout transactions such as MBO, MBI and OBO, the firm typically invests between €0.3 million ($0.32 million) and €10 million ($13.10 million) as a co-investor. For recapitalization transactions it invests between €0.10 million ($0.13 million) and €6 million ($8.74 million). The firm typically invests in companies having minimum revenue of €0.25 million ($0.28 million). It considers investing through its balance sheet. It seeks to take minority stakes in its portfolio companies. Unexo, SCR was founded in 1993 and is based in Rennes, France with an additional office in Nantes, France; Rouen, France; and Caen, Spain.

Smalt Capital

SMALT Capital SA, established in 2000 and headquartered in Marseille, France, is a private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on a wide range of investments in unlisted mid-cap and small to medium-sized enterprises. The firm specializes in capital-succession deals, seed funding, and various stages of venture investment, including growth capital, buyouts, and recapitalizations. Its investment portfolio spans multiple sectors, including industrials, manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare, biotechnology, and digital technologies. SMALT Capital aims to support businesses in their development by investing between €0.05 million and €8 million, targeting companies with enterprise values between €3 million and €30 million. The firm actively seeks to take board positions in its portfolio companies and prefers minority stakes of up to 35% or majority stakes. With additional offices in locations such as Ajaccio, Nouméa, Paris, Saint Denis, and Tunis, SMALT Capital also focuses on investments in specific French regions and various international markets.

Daphni

Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs technology startups with European DNA and international growth ambitions. It targets companies across Europe and the United States and emphasizes user-oriented products. The firm operates a community called daphnipolis, a network of entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and advisors, plus a digital platform intended to enhance efficiency and transparency in the investment process.
Made 25 investments in Southwestern Europe