
Expansion
Companies: SMEs with an EBITDA between €12M and €50M
Project: strengthening of balance sheet, external growth financing, sponsorless operations, cash-outt
Sectors: all sectors
Region: France
In order to contribute to the post-crisis recovery, AXA has entrusted CAPZA with the management of a €500M fund dedicated to support French SMEs.
The ambition of CAPZA Expansion is to provide these companies with the financial means and support they need to continue their expansion. For CAPZA Expansion it is essential to help SMEs’ families, entrepreneurs and managers to take advantage and emerge stronger from this recovery phase, thanks to “tailor-made” equity solutions.
An experienced team: CAPZA Expansion is made up of investors with several decades of experience in supporting entrepreneurs and managers in France and abroad.
A Support for SMEs: Thanks to this €500 million envelope allocated by AXA France, CAPZA Expansion supports French mid-cap companies across all sectors. CAPZA Expansion is dedicated to SMEs owned by families or management teams, with the aim of backing them in the post-pandemic rebound, either organically or through acquisitions, and in cash-out and cash-in operations.
A tailor-made approach: CAPZA Expansion has the capacity to invest a minimum of €20M (up to €50M) in transactions aimed at strengthening the capital structure of companies. CAPZA Expansion differentiates itself through a “tailor-made” approach combining investments in minority equity, quasi-equity and a wide range of non-dilutive financial instruments.
A pragmatic investor: as a true partner of management teams, CAPZA Expansion favors a strategy of rapid execution in order to limit the impact on the activity and to preserve the corporate culture of each company, a guarantee of its future success.
A Committed investor: CAPZA Expansion aims at actively supporting companies in their CSR approach.
Key figures
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13Apr’ 2021Dominique Gaillard joins CAPZA to support the platform’s rapid developmentCAPZA has just passed the €5 billion threshold in assets and ambitions to reach €10 billion in 2025.Read more
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9Apr’ 2021CAPZA Transition backs SYMACAPZA acquires a stake in SYMA to support the consolidation of the group’s growth trajectory.Read more
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25Mar’ 2021CAPZA acquires a stake in MT SYSTEMSCAPZA supports MT SYSTEMS, world industrial leader in the washing of reusable containers for the food industryRead more
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16Mar’ 2021CAPZA is participating in the refinancing of Sterimed Group's debtCAPZA is participating in the refinancing of Sterimed Group's debt, held by investment fund Sagard since 2019.Read more