Capital Croissance
at 360°
Our business
Supporting fast-growing small
and mid-sized companies
Capital Croissance makes equity investments in French small and mid-sized companies through transfer or growth capital transactions, with the dual objective to both accelerate their growth and help them grow, by offering tailor-made support to management teams for their strategic projects.
Our difference is a common feature
Our founding values
Entrepreneurship
Commitment
Excellence
Benevolence
Transparency
Humility
Our ecosystem
With over 450 entrepreneur-investors
Our bespoke solutions
Capital Croissance’s five pillars
Our types of transaction
The 3 types of transactions we are specialised in
01.
Transmit
MBO / MBI
- As managing director of a SME, your majority shareholder (family, industrial group, etc.) wants to sell its shares and you are looking for a partner to help you buying them back (MBO)
- As managing director and main shareholder, you want to sell your shares and transmit the company’s management (retirement, new project, etc.) but you do not have any in-house successor (MBI)
02.
Secure
OBO & securities reclassification
- As managing director and main shareholder, you want to secure a part of your assets while retaining both the control of the company’s capital and its management (OBO)
- You want to reorganise your round table to offer liquidity to your minority shareholders (reclassification of securities)
03.
Grow
Growth capital
- You want to implement a capital increase to finance your development projects both in France and abroad or external growth transactions
Our main investment criteria
Ambitious
development plan
(growth: 5-25% p.y.)
Positive
EBITDA
Talented and
committed
management team
CSR
Sensitivity
All business
sectors
Reference
shareholder
position (majority
or minority stake)
How we operate
A customised support, adapted to the needs of the managers
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Availability
Availability with 2 to 3 members of the investment team being dedicated to support our portfolio managers.
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Dialogue
Transparency and close relationship of trust and cooperation with managers, with no interference in the company’s operational management.
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Expertise
Making the Capital Croissance network in France and abroad available in the context of strategic discussions and/or business opportunities: our 450+ entrepreneur-investors, our industrial and strategic advisors, our industry experts, etc.
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Digital transformation
6 digital partners at the disposal of our portfolio companies to accelerate their digitalization -
International development
2 representative offices in Hong-Kong and New-York, partnership with FrenchFounders -
External growth
Active search of targets, negotiations, audits, etc. -
Business development
Connections with prospects and potential partners through the numerous address books of our ecosystem of entrepreneur-investors -
Recruitment
& retention of talented employeesPartnerships with 3 headhunters, thinking about implementing employee incentive schemes, etc. -
Strategic consulting
& competitive intelligenceBenevolent sparring partner putting forward proposals to determinate the most relevant strategic directions -
Corporate Social Responsibility
(Environmental, Social, Economic)Assistance in defining a CSR strategy and action plan, help with implementation, training and awareness-raising, partners search, monitoring, etc.
A tailor-made support
Our main intervention areas
Relationship of trust and close cooperation with our portfolio managers, with no interference in their company’s operational management.