Bpifrance Investissement SAS, Bpifrance-Large cap

PE/Buy-Out · Maisons-Alfort (France), (France)

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Bpifrance Investissement SAS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in fund of funds and direct investments. For direct investments, the firm specializes in seed, series A, series B, startup, growth capital, emerging growth, early to late venture, middle market to mature stage, industry consolidation and buyout transactions in small and medium-sized companies and mid-caps. For fund of fund investments it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, growth capital funds, mezzanine funds, and turnaround funds, national funds, regional funds of France or in international funds with a link with France. It considers investments in the following countries: France, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Morocco, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, and the United States of America. For fund of fund investments, the firm can invest in North America, Europe including France and Italy, in North Africa including Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, and in Asia-pacific. It can consider investments in all sectors, some funds prefer to invest in fintech, life sciences, technology (information and communication), industrials, services, energy including nuclear and renewable energy, energetic transition, healthcare, biotechnology, robotics, big data, cloud computing, green chemistry, clothing (accessories, leather goods, shoes, home textiles), tourism, Cinema and audiovisual, video games, music and live, publishing, fashion and luxury, beauty, art and design, gastronomy and leisure sectors including Hotels and all forms of accommodation management (traditional hotels, thalassotherapy or hydrotherapy, campsites, hotel residences, reception structures, tourist residences, etc.); Catering (restaurant chains, take-out, collective catering, fast food, etc.) Leisure and free time activities (sports or leisure facilities, leisure parks, winter sports resorts, performance halls, media in the leisure part); Travel agencies/tourist transport (tour operators, excursionists, river, air transport, car rental), software, media, perfumes, cosmetics, watch making, jewellery, food and financials including private equity and real estate sectors. Generally, for direct investments, the firm can invest between $0.064 million and $240 million in firms reporting revenues between $0.56 million and $1690 million with a maximum enterprise value of $100.31 and minimum EBITDA of $4.43 million. For fund of fund investments, the firm typically invests between $1.11 million and $67.16 million. Within growth capital it seeks to invest greater than €1.5 million ($2.21 million). The firm typically invests between €0.4 million ($0.72 million) and €10 million ($13.21 million) in growth capital and leveraged buyout transactions, in companies headquartered in France with revenues starting at €5 million ($6.61 million). Its venture capital investments range between €1.5 million ($2.11 million) and €10 million ($13.21 million), which it invests in small and medium-sized companies. For fund investments, the firm invests between €3 million ($3.83 million) and €60 million ($76.66 million). It usually takes a minority stake in the companies and the funds in which it invests. Bpifrance Investissement SAS was founded in 1988 and is based in Paris, France, with additional offices located all across France. It operates as a subsidiary of Bpifrance Participations SA., The Large Cap team invests and monitors investments in companies with a strong French presence, whether listed or unlisted ISEs or large caps, with the aim of strengthening them, helping them grow, stabilising their capital or increasing their foothold in France. The large cap team makes equity or quasi-equity investments for amounts of $15 million or more, mainly through the 2020 long-term ISE fund (99 years). The large cap team makes equity or quasi-equity investments for amounts of $15 million or more, mainly through the 2020 long-term ISE fund (99 years).

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