Idinvest Partners

Idinvest Partners
Limited company with a Board of Directors
Industry Private Equity
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people
 Christophe Bavière
Benoist Grossmann
Matthieu Baret
Nicolas Chaudron
Charles Daulon du Laurens
Eric Gallerne
Sylviane Guyonnet
François Lacoste
Christophe Simon
Number of employees
 +90
Website http://www.idinvest.com

Idinvest Partners, founded under the name AGF Private Equity, S.A in 1997, is a European private equity and venture capital firm. Operating as part of Allianz until 2010, Idinvest Partners then became independent.[1] Idinvest Partners is based in Paris, France and has further offices in Frankfurt, Germany,[2][3] Dubai, Madrid, Spain and Shanghai, China.[4][5]

Since its inception, Idinvest Partners has invested in more than 4,000 European businesses. With an excess of €7 billion in assets under management,[4] Idinvest Partners focuses on the financing of small and medium-sized European enterprises at various stages of growth.[1]

Idinvest Partners has been named Best Private Equity Team (Deloitte 2012 Technology Fast 50 Award) and awarded The French LP Gold Award 2012 at Private Equity Exchange.[6]

History

1997: Founded by AGF (Allianz) as AGF Private Equity.[7]

2015: Idinvest Partners closes its second SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior II (IDS II), at €400 million.[8][9][10]

2017: Frankfurt office launches. Shanghai office launches.[2][3][4][5][11] Idinvest Partners awarded private debt mandate by France’s Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) and launches a new vehicle to finance industrial assets.[12]

2018 : In February 2018, the private equity firm Eurazeo agreed to acquire a majority stake in Idinvest Partners, creating a private equity firm with more than $15 billion in assets.[13] In May 2018, Idinvest Partners closed its fourth direct lending fund, Idinvest Private Debt IV at €715 million.[14]

Portfolio

Idinvest Partners have financed businesses at various stages of growth. Idinvest has a particular focus on the IT sector, which include Deezer, a music streaming platform,[15][16][17] Criteo, a technology company specialising in digital performance marketing,[15][16][17] Happn, a location based app dating tool,[18] Dailymotion, a video sharing platform,[19] Sigfox, a telecommunications network provider that connectsobjects,[15][16][17] Withings, a health technology business[20] and Vestaire Collective, a giant e-commerce platform for clothes and fashion accessories,[21] Bimedia, a provider of retail software solutions and terminals,[22] and Vision Systems, developing and manufacturing complete and tailored solutions.[23] IdInvest have Artificial Intelligence companies in their portfolio, such as Neurala, an AI start-up with ties to NASA,[24] Stanley Robotics, a robotic valet service[25] and Clustree, an AI powered recruitment service.[26] Fintech investments are also included, with Kantox, a currency and risk management solutions company [27] and biotech and health investments, with DNA Script, a synthetic DNA manufacturer.[28]

Eurazeo and Idinvest Partners reach deal In 2018 to create a private equity firm with more than €15 billion ($18.7 billion) in assets under management.[29]

Surveys and research

Idinvest Partners launched a barometer to track the UK population’s attitude towards entrepreneurship in February 2017.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

Team

Idinvest Partners SA is led by founders Christophe Bavière, CEO, President and Managing Partner since 2001, and Benoist Grossmann, Managing Director and Managing Partner since 2003. Additional key executives include Nicolas de Loiray, Partner and Chief Financial Officer, Sylviane Guyonnet, Partner and Chief Operating & Control Officer, and Pauline Crochard, Legal and Compliance Officer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Company Overview of IDInvest Partners SA". Bloomberg. November 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "French PE boutique opens office in Frankfurt". Investment Europe. February 9, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office". Private Equity Wire. September 2, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Idinvest Partners Opens Shanghai Office As Internationalization Push Continues". Fin Alternative. February 23, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Idinvest Partners opens Shanghai office". Private Equity Wire. February 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Winners 2012". Private Equity Exchange.
  7. ↑ "Schattenbanken umwerben den Mittelstand". FAZ. September 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Idinvest Partners closes second SME senior debt fund". Pe Hub. July 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Idinvest Partners, a pan-European private equity firm, has closed its second SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior II (IDS II)". Private Equity Wire. July 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Idinvest caps rapid return to SME debt fundraising with €400m Fund II close". Altassets. July 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ "French PE Idinvest Partners expands to Asia, opens Shanghai office". Deal Street Asia. February 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Venture : le FRR confie un mandat à Truffle, à Omnes et à Idinvest". Les Echos. October 27, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Eurazeo buys majority stake in Idinvest Partners". Pionline. February 6, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Idinvest Closes its Fourth Direct Lending Fund, at €715M". Finsmes. May 16, 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 "French Fundraising Shows Startup Cash Is Pouring Into Paris". Bloomberg. July 10, 2017.
  16. 1 2 3 "France's Deezer Said to Seek Funds at $1 Billion Valuation". Finsmes. August 17, 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "French VC fundraising shows startup money is pouring into Paris". Independent. July 10, 2017.
  18. ↑ "JustEat's IT provider gobbles £10m from investors behind Happn and Spotify". The Telegraph. March 30, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Dailymotion Hires New CEO*". Business Insider. July 3, 2009.
  20. ↑ "Nokia has acquired French digital health company Withings for €170 million". Business Insider. April 26, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Vestiaire Collective raises $62 million for its pre-owned fashion marketplace". Techcrunch. January 24, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Idinvest backs Bimedia".
  23. ↑ "Vision Systems Receives Strategic Investment From Idinvest Partners". Finsmes. February 21, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Neurala, an AI startup with ties to NASA, lands $14M in funding". Silicon Angle. January 17, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Robotic valet service secures backing to park your car for you". CNBC. May 24, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Clustree grabs $7.9 million for its AI-powered recruitment service". Tech Crunch. June 5, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Kantox pulls in $6m from existing investors". Banking tech. August 8, 2017.
  28. ↑ "DNA Script Raises €11M in Series A Financing". Finsmes. September 12, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Eurazeo and Idinvest reach deal to create €15bn private equity group". Real Deals. February 6, 2018.
  30. ↑ "Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business says 44% of population". BM Magazine. February 21, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Despite Brexit, the UK is the best country to start a business". Small Business. February 21, 2017.
  32. ↑ "Over 50% of people in the UK think they'd be better off starting a business abroad". Business Insider. February 22, 2017.
  33. ↑ "Brexit uncertainty fails to dampen UK would-be entrepreneurs' start-up ambitions". Independent. February 22, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Business Owners More Worried About Europe Than Britain Post-Brexit". IS4Profit. February 22, 2017.
  35. ↑ "76% of millennials want to start-up in post-Brexit Britain". Startups. February 22, 2017.
  36. ↑ "Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business, says 44% of population". Disrupts.
  37. ↑ "Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business finds survey". Fresh Business Thinking.
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