Our business: entrepreneurs backing entrepreneurs
As a pioneer in the French private equity market, Abénex utilises its unrivalled experience to partner with management teams of small and mid-cap businesses, supporting companies as they look to achieve their next stage of growth. Pursuant to their entrepreneurial heritage and as a natural extension of the deep investment experience the team has gained in the French private equity market, Abénex has expanded its investment activities into the real estate sector, identifying and investing in select attractive opportunities in the Paris area.
Our Private Equity business: Abénex makes control equity investments between €10 million and €100 million in French and European small and mid-cap businesses, either as a control minority or majority shareholder. Enterprise value ranges from €30m to €300m and portfolio companies revenue from €10m to €500m.
Our Private Equity track-record:
- 71 completed transactions (MBO, MBI, LMBO, OBO, Capital Development...)
- 6 successful public-to-private transactions
- €8.0+ billion of buy-outs and development capital transactions completed since 1992
Our impact: our dedicated Operational Team are resource to portfolio companies, partnering closely with management teams, providing expert assistance and helping companies implement projects that create deep and long-lasting value for their business. The Operational Team encapsulates our key vision as an investor: being an active partner to management and helping companies achieve their next stage of business growth.
Our Real Estate investment business: Abénex invests in a range of commercial real estate assets, including offices, retail units, logistics platforms, hotels and managed properties.
