Céréa Gestion
Céréa Gestion, now known as Cerea Partners, is a private equity firm based in Paris, France, that specializes in mezzanine investments and buy-outs within the agribusiness sector and related industries. Established in December 2004, the firm focuses on financing middle-market companies through various methods, including leveraged buyouts, owner buyouts, and recapitalizations. Céréa Gestion typically invests in companies with sales values between €15 million and €500 million and enterprise values ranging from €15 million to €300 million. Its investment strategy encompasses equity investments from €2 million to €40 million and debt investments from €5 million to €60 million, targeting sectors such as food, beverage, catering, distribution, and logistics. The firm operates across Europe, concentrating on countries such as France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and often seeks majority or co-majority stakes in its portfolio companies.
La Compagnie des Desserts is the European manufacturers and distributors of frozen desserts for the restaurant industry.
ICKO Apiculture SAS designs, sources, manufactures, and markets beekeeping supplies and equipment. The company offers beeswax, bee nutrition products, beehives, tools, and honey packaging solutions. It also offers after sales services. The company serves businesses, such as retailers and honey-making businesses, and amateur beekeepers. It sells products through its stores and catalogs, as well as online. The company was founded in 1947 and is based in Bollène, France.
Organic Alliance SAS is a leading distributor of organic fruits and vegetables, specializing in fresh and ultra-fresh organic products for business-to-business clients. The company offers a range of organic items, including herbs, condiments, dried fruits, purées, ready-made salads, and organic juices. Founded in 1987 and based in Cavaillon, France, Organic Alliance was formerly known as ProNatura SAS before rebranding in December 2014. The company is recognized for its commitment to providing high-quality organic offerings to its customers.
Ipackchem was created in 1987 by Jean-Philippe Morvan as a division of Air Products Group and is a leading global manufacturer of barrier packaging. Its products are mainly used in the transport and storage of aromas, fragrances and agrochemical products, for which permeability, contamination and evaporation constraints are critical.
Private Equity Round in 2011
Planet Sushi is a chain of restaurants, both respectful of the Japanese culinary tradition, such as bold and innovative through the amazing creations she makes.
BCF Life Sciences specialises in the extraction of natural amino acids (L-Cystine and L-Tyrosine) and their derivatives (Carbocisteine, etc.) of 100 % traced origin for the pharmaceutical and health care industries. BCF Life Sciences products are marketed by the leading names in the fields of pharmaceuticals, food supplements and baby foods. BCF Life Sciences also develops and markets a range of highly soluble and highly bioavailable free amino acid mixes with very low molecular weights. The free amino acid mixes are intended for industrial customers specialising in human nutrition (aromatic raw materials for culinary preparations), animal nutrition (nutrition & health for veterinary applications, attractants for aquaculture, for example) and plant nutrition (foliar biostimulants).