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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

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Our bespoke solutions

Capital Croissance’s five pillars

THE CLUB OF FAST-GROWING SMALL GEMS

  • Target: Fast-growing small gems positioned on mega trends
  • Turnover: €5m to €25m
  • Ticket per transaction: €1m to €10m
  • LPs: 120+ private investors
  • Liquidity: 4 to 6 years

The club of fast-growing SMEs

  • Target: Fast growing SMEs
  • Turnover: €10m to €100m
  • Ticket per transaction: €10m to €25m
  • LPs: 250+ private investors
  • Liquidity :
    4 to 6 years

The club of fast-growing mid-size companies

  • Target: Fast-growing mid-cap companies
  • Turnover: €50m to €250m
  • Ticket per transaction: Above €25m
  • LPs: 14 families
  • Liquidity:
    Up to 15 years

The VC impact club - Emerging countries

  • Target: Seed Series to Series B
  • Geographical areas: 85% in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Ticket per transaction: €500k to €5m
  • Targeted impact: Access to energy, employment, tons of Co2 avoided

 

The VC impact club - Early-stage Europe

  • Target: Pre-Seed Series to Series A
  • Geographical areas: Europe
  • Ticket per transaction: €500k to €5m
  • Sectors: Climate Resilience, B2B tech, Digital Health, Human Capital

 

THE CLUB OF FAST-GROWING EUROPEAN SMALL AND MID-SIZE COMPANIES

Activity

Investment strategy focused on lower mid-cap LBO in Europe through:

  • LBO funds (fund of funds business)
  • Direct investments (co-investments)

Our philanthropic fund

Sectors

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Sustainable environment & food
  • Education & Insertion
  • Social & solidarity-oriented action
  • Health
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

Availability

Availability with 2 to 3 members of the investment team being dedicated to support our portfolio managers.

Dialogue

Transparency and close relationship of trust and cooperation with managers, with no interference in the company’s operational management.

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.

  • 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 employees

    Partnerships with 3 headhunters, thinking about implementing employee incentive schemes, etc.
  • Strategic consulting
    & competitive intelligence

    Benevolent 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.