Recent News
5 December 2023 – Quilvest Capital Partners (backed by Quilvest S.A.) announces the closing of Summa Circular in partnership with Summa Equity (“Summa”), an Article 9 continuation fund for NG Group (“NG”), a leading Nordic provider of circular solutions and environmental services.
Please see below the official press release in English
27 September 2023 – Quilvest Capital Partners and Dromeus Capital Group, an alternative investment manager focused on Greek commercial real estate, are pleased to announce the launch of a joint venture to invest over €100 million in the acquisition and development of industrial and logistics properties across Greece, with a strong emphasis on sustainable assets.
Please see below the official press release in English
On July 19, 2023, Quilvest Capital Partners closed the acquisition of a minority interest in RCA, a French software editor dedicated to chartered accountants, alongside its founder and CEO Jérôme Clarysse and COO Emmanuel Ledoux.
Created in 1999 by Jérôme Clarysse, RCA offers to chartered accountants a BtoB advisory software suite, and a full SaaS BtoBtoB solution, “MEG”, targeted to their to their end-clients to deliver pre-accounting services. With more than 6,500 accounting firms equipped, RCA solutions are being used by c.65% of the French market players. In FY2023 (YE March), RCA generated sales close to €25m.
Please see below the official press release in French.
Founded in 2015, Cabaïa is a French brand committed to the creation and omnichannel distribution of innovative and sustainable accessories. With high-quality products, a strong market position, and a robust omnichannel distribution network of over 2,500 retailers and nearly 20 stores in France, the company has doubled in size every year since its inception and has established itself as one of the most successful brands in the French retail sector.
The strategic plan aims to continue supporting the company’s growth through an expansion of the product range and acceleration of international development. Quilvest Capital Partners intends to support this growth, particularly by leveraging its international network strength.
Quilvest Capital Partners manages over $7bn AUM for a prestigious base of global investors, including leading pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and family offices. Quilvest Capital Partners operates four investment strategies: Funds & Co-Investments, Direct Private Equity, Real Estate and Private Debt. Its heritage dates back more than a century to 1917, managing the wealth of its founding shareholder, the Bemberg family, which it continues to do so today.
Please see below the official press release in French.
27 March 2023 – Quilvest Capital Partners Real Estate (“Quilvest”) is pleased to announce the sale of Business Campus Mainz (the “Property”) to Gold Tree Group.
Based in Mainz, Germany, Business Campus Mainz is a 44,000-square-meter modern office campus with a high diversity of tenants. Quilvest acquired the Property in 2015 alongside Boxberg Capital. Since its acquisition, Quilvest significantly modernised the Property to current market standards and repositioned it as a location of choice for office tenants seeking highly flexible, affordable space. Quilvest implemented an ambitious renovation programme, which included creating a new canteen, upgrading lobbies and common indoor areas, developing the car park, and improving the external landscaping.
Furthermore, Quilvest undertook a significant marketing drive to enhance the Property’s brand awareness to potential tenants and pursued several sustainability initiatives, including securing the “DGNB Gold” and “Wired Score Gold” certifications.
Patrick Laroche, Principal at Quilvest, commented: “We are delighted to have been part of Business Campus Mainz’s remarkable growth journey. We have significantly developed and upgraded the Property, making it an attractive asset for its future owner and long-term tenants. We are very pleased that we have achieved a significantly increased stabilised occupancy of over 90%, up from 55% when we first invested. We have extended lease durations by more than half and increased the Property’s NOI by over 50% since its acquisition. This is an excellent example of a typical Quilvest deal; we sourced an attractive asset with improvement potential at the right price and focused on operational, management and capital improvements to add value for all stakeholders.”
Quilvest Capital Partners invests in real estate across Europe and the US, focusing on inefficient “niches within niches” in the lower mid-market, where risk is mispriced and competition scarcer. Since its inception in 2012, the team has acquired $1.2bn of real estate across 30 transactions.
11 January 2023 – Global mid-market alternatives investment firm Quilvest Capital Partners (“Quilvest”), with over $7 billion in AUM and a century-long, seven generation family shareholder heritage, today announced the appointment of two senior executives to develop its institutional client network and strengthen its business development activities globally.
Quilvest, which has been investing for its own account for more than 50 years – and in partnership with leading global families and private institutions for the past 25 years – continues its evolution by expanding its capacity to develop institutional investor partnerships in concert with serving its core family office clients.
Sanjay Kohli joins Quilvest as Global Head of Investor Solutions and Capital Raising, based in London. Prior to joining Quilvest, Sanjay was a Managing Director at Investcorp – a global alternative investment firm with over $40 billion AUM – where he was responsible for European investors, fundraising and business development and for the previous 11 years, was a Partner at 3i Debt Management: the predecessor to Investcorp Credit Management.
Philip Marchal has been appointed as Head of North American Investor Solutions and Capital Raising and is based in New York. Philip joins from global placement firm Probitas Partners, where he was a Managing Director and Relationship Manager for the past decade, focusing on originating mandates and raising capital for a range of alternative investment funds. Previously, Philip was a Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets for 6 years and, prior to that, eight years as Vice President at JP Morgan Securities.
Executive Chairman Alexis Meffre commented: “It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of two recognised industry leaders. We are committed to strengthening our relationships with institutional investors across the globe and are confident that Sanjay and Philip will be instrumental in that whilst continuing to nurture our long-standing partnerships with family offices.”
Quilvest is a dedicated alternatives investment manager and is considered to be among the pioneers in mid-market private equity. The firm began managing the wealth of its founding shareholder, the Bemberg family, in 1917 – which it still does today, across four investment mid-market alternatives strategies: Funds & Co-Investments, Direct Private Equity, Real Estate and Private Debt.