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Private equity firms in France

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

277
Private equity firms in France
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100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Idinvest Partners Paris, France 406 188 142 0
2 Eurazeo Paris, France 344 150 77 270
3 Omnes Capital Paris, France 264 59 96 46
4 Andera Partners Paris, France 214 85 69 84
5 Crédit Mutuel Equity Paris, France 204 73 36 0
6 Tikehau Capital Paris, France 151 121 71 0
7 Cathay Capital Paris, France 148 75 25 39
8 BNP Paribas Développement Paris, France 139 20 26 22
9 Siparex Groupe Paris, France 137 23 34 46
10 Proparco Paris, France 134 59 28 227
11 GO CAPITAL Rennes, France 132 52 15 17
12 Ardian Paris, France 130 81 44 586
13 Naxicap Partners Paris, France 119 10 33 61
14 M Capital Partners Toulouse, France 109 63 21 18
15 UI Investissement Paris, France 101 31 12 0
16 BNP Paribas Private Equity Paris, France 97 25 40 0
17 Demeter Paris, France 93 39 9 29
18 ODYSSEE VENTURE Paris, France 86 64 39 6
19 Swen Capital Partners Paris, France 80 18 16 9
20 Unigrains Paris, France 74 28 9 21
21 Sofimac Investment Managers Clermont-ferrand, France 72 8 12 0
22 NextStage Paris, France 66 41 22 19
23 BlackFin Capital Partners Paris, France 62 33 9 65
24 IXO Private Equity Toulouse, France 62 15 14 13
25 Mirova Paris, France 61 32 4 114
26 Ring Capital Paris, France 60 20 4 18
27 Mérieux Equity Partners Lyon, France 58 23 20 24
28 Région Sud Investissement Marseille, France 58 10 3 0
29 Generis Capital Partners Paris, France 57 25 18 5
30 Quadrille Capital Paris, France 57 14 13 19
31 AQUITI Gestion Bordeaux, France 57 13 5 12
32 Galia Gestion Bordeaux, France 55 13 5 3
33 Turenne Capital Paris, France 54 14 8 39
34 IRDI SORIDEC Gestion Toulouse, France 52 13 1 17
35 Ace Capital Partners Paris, France 51 20 17 0
36 TRAIL SOLUTIONS PATRIMOINE Paris, France 51 10 10 0
37 Eiffel Investment Group Paris, France 50 34 7 33
38 IDIA Capital Investissement Paris, France 50 16 8 31
39 Creadev Paris, France 49 28 6 35
40 Amundi Private Equity Funds Paris, France 48 8 18 436
41 Pays de la Loire Participations Nantes, France 48 6 1 1
42 Societe Generale Asset Management Paris, France 46 4 19 0
43 Apicap Paris, France 45 7 14 2
44 NCI Saint-grégoire, France 43 13 5 8
45 IRDI Toulouse, France 42 6 8 0
46 LBO France Paris, France 39 17 4 35
47 Elevation Capital Partners Paris, France 36 32 1 15
48 Cathay Capital Private Equity Paris, France 36 16 11 39
49 Jeito Capital Paris, France 34 23 4 17
50 Citizen Capital Paris, France 33 11 4 10
51 Anaxago Paris, France 33 5 7 8
52 Jolt Capital Paris, France 32 20 12 33
53 Revaia Paris, France 32 13 2 20
54 Keensight Capital Paris, France 31 15 15 89
55 Alto Invest Versailles, France 31 7 11 23
56 FaDièse Paris, France 29 1 9 2
57 Sofilaro Montpellier, France 29 0 1 2
58 Amethis Finance Paris, France 28 10 5 0
59 RAISE Paris, France 28 8 9 20
60 Access Capital Partners Paris, France 27 19 17 48
61 Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Paris, France 26 5 15 43
62 Nestadio Capital Plouhinec, France 26 2 6 0
63 CAPZA Paris, France 24 20 5 41
64 Isatis Capital Paris, France 24 11 4 12
65 Calao Finance Paris, France 24 5 6 5
66 Holnest Lyon, France 24 3 4 2
67 InfraVia Capital Partners Paris, France 23 15 3 81
68 Epopée Gestion Guipavas, France 23 8 0 9
69 CM CIC Investissement Lille, France 23 4 4 60
70 CITA Investissement Paris, France 21 6 3 0
71 Sodero Gestion Nantes, France 21 3 5 8
72 Five Arrows Principal Investments Paris, France 20 10 6 0
73 PhiTrust Impact Investors Paris, France 20 7 2 0
74 Sofimac Innovation Paris, France 20 4 4 0
75 Astorg Paris, France 19 8 11 47
76 Orkos Capital Paris, France 19 3 8 0
77 NACO Bordeaux, France 19 1 0 0
78 Xerys Paris, France 18 18 3 6
79 Cap Innov'Est Illkirch-graffenstaden, France 18 8 1 6
80 Soridec Montpellier, France 18 2 4 0
81 IDF CAPITAL Paris, France 18 1 5 0
82 Apicap Paris, France 17 12 4 2
83 Montefiore Investment Paris, France 17 11 2 32
84 CM-CIC Capital Finance Paris, France 17 4 4 0
85 Audacia Paris, France 17 2 4 15
86 La Maison Partners Paris, France 17 0 0 2
87 Crédit Mutuel Impact Paris, France 16 14 1 8
88 Abénex Capital Paris, France 16 8 4 33
89 Eutopia VC Paris, France 16 7 1 1
90 Socadif Paris, France 16 6 3 6
91 123 Investment Managers Paris, France 16 4 1 18
92 Lauxera Capital Partners Paris, France 15 9 1 16
93 Re-sources Capital La Madeleine, France 15 6 1 7
94 Capital Grand Est Schiltigheim, France 15 5 0 6
95 KIMPA Paris, France 15 2 0 0
96 Ekkio Capital Paris, France 14 9 6 9
97 NCI Waterstart Rouen, France 14 4 3 8
98 Habert Dassault Finance Paris, France 14 3 1 0
99 Expansinvest Corenc, France 14 1 3 0
100 Hy24 Paris, France 13 9 3 22

Table 1. Private equity firms in France, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 277.

Investment stages

Among these 277
Private equity investors178 Early stage investors137 Venture investors79 Seed investors77 Late stage investors73 Debt investors22 Post IPO investors9 Secondary market investors9

Other investors in France

Venture capital firms480 Angel investors414 Investment partners129 Startup accelerators87 Angel groups72 Corporate venture capital49 Micro VC funds46 Startup incubators44 Family offices41

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 Canada286 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 South Korea150 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Japan72 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44 Mexico42
Cite: FundingWatcher, 277 private equity firms in France, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/france/