K2 Business Club

K2 Business Club, a €200m first ever investment program

Launched in 2019, K2 Business Club is a €200m first ever investment program gathering 14 benevolent family-investors, with the ambition to finance and support French mid-sized companies with high-potential in the long run (up to 15 years) to ensure growth, durability and independence.

Target

Growth mid-sized companies
(turnover: €50-250m)

Program’s
size

€200m

Liquidity

Up to 15 years

LPs

14 families

The main advantages of the Club

14 benevolent family-investors, wishing to support promising entrepreneurial projects in the long run and to give meaning to investment

FAMILY

Entrepreneurial and familial DNA

LONG-TERM

Support without any time-related constraints

ADDED VALUE

Close partnership, relying on a vast ecosystem

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 mid-sized companies
All business sectors
Turnover: €50m - €250m
Investment ticket by transaction: Above €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
Resilient business model and positive EBITDA