Experienced Capital

Experienced Capital is an operational investment fund dedicated to premium consumer brands. With a team of 14 professionals specializing in private equity and operational sectors experts, Experienced Capital supports a dozen high-potential brands from a wide range of sectors, including beauty and wellness, experiential leisure, food & beverage, home furnishings, sports, fashion and accessories, in the first phase of accelerating their growth.

ACTIVA

Activa is a Paris-based private equity firm, deeply rooted in entrepreneurship and focused on mid-sized innovative services companies valued between €30-100 million. With over €450 million in assets under management, we have completed more than 50 external growth transactions over the last decade. Activa transforms ambitious goals into solid successes through strategic foresight, market understanding, and innovation in technology and sustainability. Our journey champions visionary entrepreneurs, providing the capital, guidance, and network necessary to achieve impactful growth. We strive for fast, ambitious impact for our stakeholders.

Starquest

Created in 2008 and AMF-certified in 2014, Starquest has been investing ever since into disruptive companies. 70% of the capital invested has been towards companies falling into its “PROTECT” thesis. The “PROTECT” thesis: financing companies whose goals are to protect society against negative externalities of progress: > Protecting climate against global warming > Protecting Humans against sanitary and digital risks > Protecting resources against overconsumption Our favorite sectors: Clean energy, energy efficiency, food security, digital security, circular economy, process and material traceability, education...

Alven

Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm with over $500m under management and a successful track record of backing more than 130 startups over 20 years. Our mission at Alven consists in supporting the long-term success of European category-defining startups with global reach, starting at Series A or Seed stage. Alven’s sectors of interest include notably B2C/B2B marketplaces, productivity and dev tools, vertical AI platforms, consumer social & entertainment, B2C financial services and wellness brands. Examples of past or current investments PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE: Akeneo - Bime Analytics - Dataiku - Georges.tech - People Doc - Qonto - Webhelp DEV TOOLS: Algolia - Entropysoft - Platform.sh - Sqreen - Stripe - Wit.ai VERTICAL AI PLATFORMS: Cardiologs - Clustree - Scortex - Tinyclues - XWing B2B MARKETPLACES: Ankorstore - Companeo - Jobteaser - Meero SOCIAL & ENTERTAINMENT: Happn - Madbox - Tonsser - Yubo B2C FINANCIAL SERVICES: MeilleursAgents - Pretto - The Guarantors - Virgil B2C MARKETPLACES: Captain Train - Drivy - Heetch - Liligo - Marco Vasco - OpenClassrooms - SeLoger - Smallable WELLNESS BRANDS: Birchbox - Feed. - Joone - Sézane - Typology Pitch your start-up via www.alven.co https://twitter.com/alvencap

Abenex

Entrepreneurs working alongside entrepreneurs, committed to sustainability As a long-standing player in private equity and a certified B-Corp company, Abenex targets companies based on three investment objectives: • Elevate quality of life, • Safeguard beings and property, • Augment knowledge & resources. Abenex invests, either as a minority or majority shareholder, in companies with an enterprise value ranging from €30m to €300m and portfolio companies' revenue from €10m to €500m alongside their management teams. Our approach is closely aligned to companies’ operations, based on an impactful involvement from our investment and operational team. We have developed specific expertise to address the diverse range of challenges faced by the SMEs and mid-cap companies we support, including digital transformation, financial and operational performance measurement, international development support, and structuring of operations among others. Abenex is a responsible investor with a strong operational team supporting our portfolio companies. In 2023, to reinforce its commitment to sustainability, Abenex has become a purpose-driven company and commits to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as a framework for its decarbonation strategy. Our Private Equity track-record: - 100+ completed transactions (MBO, MBI, LMBO, OBO, Capital Development...), - 6 successful public-to-private transactions, - €8.0+ billion of buy-outs and development capital transactions completed since 1992. Abenex’s approach to real estate investing: By incorporating socially responsible investment criteria, Abenex REIM team transforms real estate assets by improving their environmental performance, particularly in value-add projects through the repositioning and transformation program of buildings. The team operates from its offices in Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam & Milan.