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'''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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=99605|title=Company Overview of IDInvest Partners SA|last=|first=|date=November 24, 2017|website=Bloomberg|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Idinvest Partners is based in Paris, France and has further offices in Frankfurt, Germany,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.investmenteurope.net/regions/germany/french-pe-boutique-opens-office-frankfurt/|title=French PE boutique opens office in Frankfurt|last=|first=|date=February 9, 2017|website=Investment Europe|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2017/02/09/248489/idinvest-partners-opens-frankfurt-office|title=Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office|last=|first=|date=September 2, 2017|website=Private Equity Wire|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Dubai, Madrid, Spain and Shanghai, China.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.finalternatives.com/node/34668|title=Idinvest Partners Opens Shanghai Office As Internationalization Push Continues|last=|first=|date=February 23, 2017|website=Fin Alternative|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2017/02/23/248990/idinvest-partners-opens-shanghai-office|title=Idinvest Partners opens Shanghai office|last=|first=|date=February 23, 2017|website=Private Equity Wire|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
{{Infobox company
| name = Idinvest Partners|
| logo = Idinvest_HD_2.jpg
| type = Limited company with a board of directors
| key_people =
| foundation =
| location = Paris, France
| industry = [[Private equity]]
| num_employees = +90
| homepage ={{url|idinvest.com}} |}}


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'''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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=99605|title=Company Overview of IDInvest Partners SA|date=24 November 2017|website=Bloomberg}}</ref> Idinvest Partners is based in Paris, France and has further offices in [[Frankfurt]] (Germany),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.investmenteurope.net/regions/germany/french-pe-boutique-opens-office-frankfurt/|title=French PE boutique opens office in Frankfurt|date=9 February 2017|website=Investment Europe}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2017/02/09/248489/idinvest-partners-opens-frankfurt-office|title=Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office|date=2 September 2017|website=Private Equity Wire}}</ref> [[Dubai]], Madrid, Spain and Shanghai, China.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.finalternatives.com/node/34668|title=Idinvest Partners Opens Shanghai Office As Internationalization Push Continues|date=23 February 2017|website=Fin Alternative}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2017/02/23/248990/idinvest-partners-opens-shanghai-office|title=Idinvest Partners opens Shanghai office|date=23 February 2017|website=Private Equity Wire}}</ref>
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Since its inception, Idinvest Partners has invested in more than 4,000 European businesses. With an excess of €7 billion in assets under management,<ref name=":3" /> Idinvest Partners focuses on the financing of small and medium-sized European enterprises at various stages of growth.<ref name=":0" />


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Since its inception, Idinvest Partners has invested in more than 4,000 European businesses. With an excess of €8&nbsp;billion in assets under management,<ref name=":3" /> Idinvest Partners focuses on the financing of small and medium-sized European enterprises at various stages of growth.<ref name=":0" />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.private-equity-exchange.com/2012-winners#France|title=Winners 2012|last=|first=|date=|website=Private Equity Exchange|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.private-equity-exchange.com/2012-winners#France|title=Winners 2012|website=Private Equity Exchange}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
1997: Founded by AGF (Allianz) as AGF Private Equity.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/cfo/private-equity-schattenbanken-umwerben-den-mittelstand-13160504.html|title=Schattenbanken umwerben den Mittelstand|last=|first=|date=September 22, 2014|website=FAZ|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
Idinvest was founded in 1997 by AGF (Allianz) as AGF Private Equity.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/cfo/private-equity-schattenbanken-umwerben-den-mittelstand-13160504.html|title=Schattenbanken umwerben den Mittelstand|date=22 September 2014|newspaper=Faz.net |last1=Ollrog |first1=Marc-Christian }}</ref>

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July 2015: Idinvest Partners closes its second SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior II (IDS II), at €400 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/2014/07/idinvest-partners-closes-second-sme-senior-debt-fund/|title=Idinvest Partners closes second SME senior debt fund|last=|first=|date=July 9, 2014|website=Pe Hub|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2014/07/10/207108/idinvest-partners-closes-second-sme-senior-debt-fund-eur400m|title=Idinvest Partners, a pan-European private equity firm, has closed its second SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior II (IDS II).|last=|first=|date=July 10, 2014|website=Private Equity Wire|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altassets.net/private-equity-news/by-news-type/fund-news/idinvest-caps-rapid-return-to-sme-debt-fundraising-with-e400m-fund-ii-close.html|title=Idinvest caps rapid return to SME debt fundraising with €400m Fund II close|last=|first=|date=July 9, 2014|website=Altassets|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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Feb 2017: Frankfurt office launches. Shanghai office launches.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/french-pe-idinvest-partners-opens-shanghai-office-to-expand-into-asia-66148/|title=French PE Idinvest Partners expands to Asia, opens Shanghai office|last=|first=|date=February 28, 2017|website=Deal Street Asia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


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In 2015, Idinvest Partners closed its second SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior II (IDS II), at €400&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/2014/07/idinvest-partners-closes-second-sme-senior-debt-fund/|title=Idinvest Partners closes second SME senior debt fund|date=9 July 2014|website=Pe Hub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.privateequitywire.co.uk/2014/07/10/207108/idinvest-partners-closes-second-sme-senior-debt-fund-eur400m|title=Idinvest Partners, a pan-European private equity firm, has closed its second SME senior debt fund, Idinvest Dette Senior II (IDS II).|date=10 July 2014|website=Private Equity Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altassets.net/private-equity-news/by-news-type/fund-news/idinvest-caps-rapid-return-to-sme-debt-fundraising-with-e400m-fund-ii-close.html|title=Idinvest caps rapid return to SME debt fundraising with €400m Fund II close|date=9 July 2014|website=Altassets}}</ref>
2017: 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capitalfinance.lesechos.fr/acteurs/levees-de-fonds/venture-le-frr-confie-un-mandat-a-truffle-a-omnes-et-a-idinvest-47528.php|title=Venture : le FRR confie un mandat à Truffle, à Omnes et à Idinvest|last=|first=|date=October 27, 2017|website=Les Echos|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


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In 2017, the [[Frankfurt]] office and Shanghai office was launched.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/french-pe-idinvest-partners-opens-shanghai-office-to-expand-into-asia-66148/|title=French PE Idinvest Partners expands to Asia, opens Shanghai office|date=28 February 2017|website=Deal Street Asia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capitalfinance.lesechos.fr/acteurs/levees-de-fonds/venture-le-frr-confie-un-mandat-a-truffle-a-omnes-et-a-idinvest-47528.php|title=Venture : le FRR confie un mandat à Truffle, à Omnes et à Idinvest|date=27 October 2017|website=Les Echos}}</ref>
== Surveys and research ==
Idinvest Partners launched a barometer to track the UK population’s attitude towards entrepreneurship in February 2017.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/news/despite-brexit-uk-best-country-business-population/|title=Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business says 44% of population|last=|first=|date=February 21, 2017|website=BM Magazine|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://smallbusiness.co.uk/despite-brexit-uk-best-start-business-2536994/|title=Despite Brexit, the UK is the best country to start a business|last=|first=|date=February 21, 2017|website=Small Business|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.fr/uk/idinvest-entrepreneurship-barometer-brexit-2017-2/|title=Over 50% of people in the UK think they'd be better off starting a business abroad|last=|first=|date=February 22, 2017|website=Business Insider|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-uncertainty-uk-entrepreneurs-start-up-eu-departure-economy-business-brain-a7593136.html|title=Brexit uncertainty fails to dampen UK would-be entrepreneurs' start-up ambitions|last=|first=|date=February 22, 2017|website=Independant|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=http://is4profit.com/business-owners-more-worried-about-europe-than-britain-post-brexit/|title=Business Owners More Worried About Europe Than Britain Post-Brexit|last=|first=|date=February 22, 2017|website=IS4Profit|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://startups.co.uk/76-of-millennials-want-to-start-up-in-post-brexit-britain/|title=76% of millennials want to start-up in post-Brexit Britain|last=|first=|date=February 22, 2017|website=Startups|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=http://disrupts.com/despite-brexit-uk-best-country-to-start-a-business-says-44-of-population/|title=Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business, says 44% of population|last=|first=|date=|website=Disrupts|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/despite-brexit-uk-best-country-to-start-a-business-finds-survey/|title=Despite Brexit, UK best country to start a business finds survey|last=|first=|date=|website=Fresh Business Thinking|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


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&nbsp;billion in assets.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pionline.com/article/20180206/ONLINE/180209879/eurazeo-buys-majority-stake-in-idinvest-partners|title=Eurazeo buys majority stake in Idinvest Partners|date=6 February 2018|website=Pionline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/44ab85fc-0a6c-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09 |title=Eurazeo merges with rival Idinvest Partners|date=5 February 2018|website=Financial Times}}</ref> In May 2018 Idinvest Partners closed its fourth direct lending fund, Idinvest Private Debt IV at €715&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/05/idinvest-closes-its-fourth-direct-lending-fund-at-e715m.html|title=Idinvest Closes its Fourth Direct Lending Fund, at €715M|date=16 May 2018|website=Finsmes}}</ref>
== Team ==


== Portfolio ==
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.<ref name=":0" /><!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->
Idinvest Partners have financed businesses at various stages of growth. Idinvest has a particular focus on the IT sector, which include [[Deezer]],<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-10/french-vc-fund-raising-shows-money-is-pouring-in-for-startups|title=French Fundraising Shows Startup Cash Is Pouring into Paris|date=10 July 2017|website=Bloomberg}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-17/spotify-rival-deezer-said-to-seek-funds-at-1-billion-valuation|title=France's Deezer Said to Seek Funds at $1 Billion Valuation|date=17 August 2015|website=Finsmes}}</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/Business/indyventure/france-venture-capitalists-fundraising-investment-startups-paris-europe-partech-ventures-idinvest-a7832781.html|title=French VC fundraising shows startup money is pouring into Paris|date=10 July 2017|website=Independent}}</ref> [[Criteo]],<ref name="bloomberg.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="independent.co.uk" /> [[Happn]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/29/justeats-it-provider-gobbles-10m-from-investors-behind-happn-and/|title=JustEat's IT provider gobbles £10m from investors behind Happn and Spotify|date=30 March 2016|website=The Telegraph}}</ref> [[Dailymotion]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/dailymotion-appoints-new-ceo-says-outgoing-ceo-was-temporary-2009-7?IR=T|title=Dailymotion Hires New CEO*|date=3 July 2009|website=Business Insider}}</ref> [[Sigfox]],<ref name="bloomberg.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="independent.co.uk" /> and others. IdInvest have [[Artificial intelligence]] companies in their portfolio, such as Neurala, an AI start-up with ties to [[NASA]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siliconangle.com/blog/2017/01/17/neurala-ai-startup-helping-nasa-power-mars-rovers-lands-14m//|title=Neurala, an AI startup with ties to NASA, lands $14M in funding|date=17 January 2017|website=Silicon Angle}}</ref> Stanley Robotics, a robotic valet service<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/24/robotic-valet-service-secures-backing-to-park-your-car-for-you.html|title=Robotic valet service secures backing to park your car for you|date=24 May 2017|publisher=CNBC}}</ref> and Clustree, an AI powered recruitment service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/05/clustree-grabs-79-million-for-its-ai-powered-recruitment-service/|title=Clustree grabs $7.9&nbsp;million for its AI-powered recruitment service|date=5 June 2017|website=Tech Crunch}}</ref> Fintech investments are also included, with Kantox, a currency and risk management solutions{{buzzword inline|date=August 2019}} company<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bankingtech.com/2017/08/kantox-pulls-in-6m-from-existing-investors/|title=Kantox pulls in $6m from existing investors|date=8 August 2017|website=Banking tech}}</ref> and biotech and health investments, with DNA Script, a synthetic DNA manufacturer.<ref name="finsmes.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2017/09/dna-script-raises-e11m-in-series-a-financing.html|title=DNA Script Raises €11M in Series A Financing|date=12 September 2017|website=Finsmes}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Idinvest Partners
Company typeLimited company with a board of directors
IndustryPrivate equity
HeadquartersParis, France
Number of employees
+90
Websiteidinvest.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 €8 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

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Idinvest was founded in 1997 by AGF (Allianz) as AGF Private Equity.[7]

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

In 2017, the Frankfurt office and Shanghai office was launched.[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]

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][14] In May 2018 Idinvest Partners closed its fourth direct lending fund, Idinvest Private Debt IV at €715 million.[15]

Portfolio

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Idinvest Partners have financed businesses at various stages of growth. Idinvest has a particular focus on the IT sector, which include Deezer,[16][17][18] Criteo,[16][17][18] Happn,[19] Dailymotion,[20] Sigfox,[16][17][18] and others. IdInvest have Artificial intelligence companies in their portfolio, such as Neurala, an AI start-up with ties to NASA,[21] Stanley Robotics, a robotic valet service[22] and Clustree, an AI powered recruitment service.[23] Fintech investments are also included, with Kantox, a currency and risk management solutions[buzzword] company[24] and biotech and health investments, with DNA Script, a synthetic DNA manufacturer.[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Company Overview of IDInvest Partners SA". Bloomberg. 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "French PE boutique opens office in Frankfurt". Investment Europe. 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office". Private Equity Wire. 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Idinvest Partners Opens Shanghai Office As Internationalization Push Continues". Fin Alternative. 23 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Idinvest Partners opens Shanghai office". Private Equity Wire. 23 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Winners 2012". Private Equity Exchange.
  7. ^ Ollrog, Marc-Christian (22 September 2014). "Schattenbanken umwerben den Mittelstand". Faz.net.
  8. ^ "Idinvest Partners closes second SME senior debt fund". Pe Hub. 9 July 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. 10 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Idinvest caps rapid return to SME debt fundraising with €400m Fund II close". Altassets. 9 July 2014.
  11. ^ "French PE Idinvest Partners expands to Asia, opens Shanghai office". Deal Street Asia. 28 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Venture : le FRR confie un mandat à Truffle, à Omnes et à Idinvest". Les Echos. 27 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Eurazeo buys majority stake in Idinvest Partners". Pionline. 6 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Eurazeo merges with rival Idinvest Partners". Financial Times. 5 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Idinvest Closes its Fourth Direct Lending Fund, at €715M". Finsmes. 16 May 2018.
  16. ^ a b c "French Fundraising Shows Startup Cash Is Pouring into Paris". Bloomberg. 10 July 2017.
  17. ^ a b c "France's Deezer Said to Seek Funds at $1 Billion Valuation". Finsmes. 17 August 2015.
  18. ^ a b c "French VC fundraising shows startup money is pouring into Paris". Independent. 10 July 2017.
  19. ^ "JustEat's IT provider gobbles £10m from investors behind Happn and Spotify". The Telegraph. 30 March 2016.
  20. ^ "Dailymotion Hires New CEO*". Business Insider. 3 July 2009.
  21. ^ "Neurala, an AI startup with ties to NASA, lands $14M in funding". Silicon Angle. 17 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Robotic valet service secures backing to park your car for you". CNBC. 24 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Clustree grabs $7.9 million for its AI-powered recruitment service". Tech Crunch. 5 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Kantox pulls in $6m from existing investors". Banking tech. 8 August 2017.
  25. ^ "DNA Script Raises €11M in Series A Financing". Finsmes. 12 September 2017.
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