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CAIRN Business Club

CAIRN Business Club, an investment program gathering over 300 entrepreneur-investors

CAIRN Business Club is an entrepreneurs’ club gathering over 300 entrepreneur-investors to finance and support French SMEs with high potential. Launched ni 2013, it has already supported over 15 successful SMEs.

Target
Fast-growing SMEs
(turnover: €10-100m)
Program’s
size
€280m
Liquidity
From 4 to 6 years
LPs
300+ entrepreneur-investors

The main advantages of our Club

Over 300 entrepreneurs are putting their relations network and expertise at the disposal of our portfolio managers

ENTREPRENEURS

Entrepreneurial and benevolent DNA

FLEXIBILITY ON THE INVESTMENT PERIOD

Up to 8 years

ADDED VALUE

Close partnership, relying on a vast ecosystem

CSR impact

CSR concrete commitments

THE TRANSACTIONS

  • Securing of the managers’ industrial heritage
  • Securities reclassification / Minority shareholders’ exit
  • CEO’s departure and company’s transfer
  • Disposal of a non-strategic subsidiary
  • Change of control, from a financial investor or a family
  • Equity and quasi-equity injection to finance growth

THE TARGETS

  • Fast-growing SMEs
  • All business sectors
  • Turnover: €10m - €100m
  • Investment ticket by transaction: €10m - €25m

OUR MAIN INVESTMENT CRITERIA

  • Talented and committed management team
  • Ambitious development plan (growth: 5-25% p.y.)
  • Underlying market with growth potential in the long run
  • Reference shareholder position (majority or minority stake)
  • CSR-friendly management