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Paris, 8 October 2024

Strong start since the beginning of the year for “Strategic Opportunities”, ODDO BHF’s Private Equity activity, thanks to a strategy focused on creating operational value mainly for mid-cap companies based in France, and in Germany afterwards.

The success of the fundraising launched in March 2024 has allowed the team to make its first two investments. After Nerco, a group specialising in the energy performance of buildings, the team has just finalised an investment alongside Quilvest Capital Partners in Lunettes Pour Tous, a disruptive optical retailer offering low-priced, quality eyewear made in-store in 10 minutes.

The investment team, led by Sébastien Cailliau and Frédéric Jouenne, also benefits from the support of two advisors, including Christian Weigel, based in Munich and helping to develop the activity in Germany. The team's dual financial and operational expertise enable it to bring real added value to portfolio companies and their managers, particularly in executing of ambitious development plans and transformational projects. The team also has the ability to structure tailor-made transactions to adapt to specificities of each opportunity.

The team aims to make majority or minority unit investments from 5m€ to 50m€ in SMEs with EBITDA of between 5m€ and 30m€ in France and Germany.

“The strengthening of our teams in France and Germany allows us to support companies with a tailor-made investment approach. This enables us to support managers in their development projects, including international expansion”, said Frédéric Jouenne, Managing Director, Co-Head of Strategic Opportunities, ODDO BHF AM.

“As investors and entrepreneurs, our ambition is to provide both operational and financial support to our portfolio companies, in particular by backing managers in their growth and transformational projects”, said Sébastien Cailliau, Managing Director, Co-Head of Strategic Opportunities, ODDO BHF AM.