For more than 35 years, we have been investing from €1m to €20m in companies valued between €2m and €60m in all economic sectors across all regions in France and abroad.
We invest in every type of business succession transaction or in specific growth projects: transfer of family-owned businesses, takeover of group subsidiaries by their managers, fund raising for growth, reorganization of capital structures…
For each transaction, we define the best approach to support the company: we may either be majority or minority shareholders. Our goal is to act as the lead financial investor for managers in order to assist them.
Independent managersManagers in our portfolio companies benefit from a high degree of autonomy with regards to their business plan implementation. We strive to be the management sparring partner on strategic matters: partnerships, build-up opportunities, key hires, international development…
Read all the interviews of our managers in our “Ciclad Stories” videos; they are the ones who speak best about our business!
Active supportWhile we aim at bringing best-in-class management practices, we provide our managers with our past experience and our network of contacts.
Long term strategyOur investment time frame is generally between 5 and 7 years and, eventually, we define the best exit route strategy for all shareholders: another transaction with a financial investor, an IPO, a trade-sell to a strategic buyer…
Since its inception in 1988, our team is personally investing alongside our investors and the management of our portfolio companies. We commit to provide 5% of all invested funds. In terms of financial wealth, the whole team is therefore highly involved.
Thanks to our independence and experience, our interventions and methods are perfectly tailored to SMEs day-to-day constraints and pace: simple financial packages, high responsiveness and pragmatism.
Based in Paris and Lyon, our investment team is enriched with the diversity of its people backgrounds: engineers, strategy consultants, financial auditors, former industry or Army experience…
