Natixis Investment Managers

Natixis Private Equity (NPE) has been a significant player in the French private equity sector for over 20 years, focusing exclusively on small and medium-sized enterprises. The firm actively supports and finances its own funds while typically being the primary investor on behalf of third-party investors. With a presence across Europe, including countries such as Spain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the Netherlands, NPE also targets high-potential markets in Brazil, China, India, Singapore, and the United States. The firm manages a diverse portfolio comprising 695 investments, showcasing its commitment to fostering growth and innovation in the SME space.

Sebastian Römer

Executive Managing Director and Head of DACH, Central and Eastern Europe

12 past transactions

Smart

Series E in 2023
Smart develops software designed to provide a range of pension services, including providing its own pension scheme and developing custom enterprise software for international markets. Their goal is to transform retirement, savings, and financial well-being for people of all ages all over the world.

Smart

Venture Round in 2020
Smart develops software designed to provide a range of pension services, including providing its own pension scheme and developing custom enterprise software for international markets. Their goal is to transform retirement, savings, and financial well-being for people of all ages all over the world.

Smart

Corporate Round in 2019
Smart develops software designed to provide a range of pension services, including providing its own pension scheme and developing custom enterprise software for international markets. Their goal is to transform retirement, savings, and financial well-being for people of all ages all over the world.

MV Credit

Acquisition in 2018
MV Credit is a long-established, European credit specialist. The firm is differentiated by its experienced and independent team, with 18 years of investment experience across all credit cycles and an investment philosophy.

Clipperton

Private Equity Round in 2018
Clipperton is a European independent corporate finance advisory firm exclusively dedicated to the Technology space, advising high growth companies on M&A transactions, debt financings and equity offerings. With offices in London, Berlin, and Paris and an international reach, Clipperton is a European leader in Technology financial advisory. Over the past 15 years, the team has successfully completed more than 200 high profile transactions globally.

Vermilion Partners

Acquisition in 2018
Vermilion offers a range of cross-border and domestic investment banking services in China, the US, Europe and other Asian markets. We advise clients seeking to establish or develop their businesses through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings or organic growth, including arranging private placements and debt packages. Vermilion also invests alongside its clients and in certain middle-market enterprises. The partners have extensive management, investment and advisory experience. To date, the team has completed approximately 300 assignments for over 100 clients, which consist of leading multinational companies and substantial middle-market enterprises, as well as governments/government authorities.

Investors Mutual

Acquisition in 2017
Investors Mutual Ltd. is a privately owned investment manager. Investors Mutual Ltd. provides its services to individuals and institutional investors.

Comexposium

Debt Financing in 2016
COMEXPOSIUM Group, one of the leaders in event organization, is involved in more than 170 B to C and B to B events, covering 11 different sectors of activity such as food, agriculture, fashion, homeland security, construction, high-tech, optics and transport. Comexposium hosts 45.000 exhibitors and more than 3 million visitors in 23 countries around the world. At Comexposium, their business is to create connections. Globally, face to face and digitally, they bring people together to meet and do business Comexposium is one of the world’s leading event organizers. Globally, it hosts more than 135 B2B and B2B2C events across many different sectors, significantly in agriculture, construction, fashion, food, health, leisure, real estate, retail, security, students, tourism, and works council. At events, in over 30 countries, Comexposium welcomes more than 3,5 million visitors and 48,000 exhibitors annually. Headquartered in France, Comexposium’s employees and sales network operate in 22 countries.

Kiora Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2010
Kiora is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for treating ophthalmic diseases. KIO-301 is a molecular photoswitch that has the potential to restore light perception in patients with inherited and/or age-related retinal degeneration. KIO-101 is a next-generation, non-steroidal, immuno-modulatory and small molecule inhibitor of Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase (“DHODH”) with best-in-class picomolar potency and a validated immune modulating mechanism (T cell proliferation inhibition) designed to overcome the off-target side effects and safety issues associated with DHODH inhibitors. In addition, Kiora is developing KIO-201, a modified form of the natural polymer hyaluronic acid, designed to accelerate corneal wound healing.

AlphaSimplex Group

Acquisition in 2007
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC strives to help investors succeed in ever-evolving markets by researching and analyzing market behavior and risk. We focus on the dynamic relationship between risk and return in financial markets, and employ a proprietary risk-control technology, AdaptiveVolatility Management® (αvm®), that is designed to shield investors from the disruptive effects of surging risk and extreme loss.¹ AlphaSimplex is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser and with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool operator.

DiBcom

Series E in 2007
DiBcom S.A., a fabless semiconductor company, offers a range of integrated circuits in France & internationally. It specializes in the development of broadband wireless solutions following digital video broadcasting and other broadband communication standards. The company offers chipsets and development kits. Its solutions are used in automotive, portable LCD TV, PC, mobile phones and other handheld device applications. DiBcom S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palaiseau, France.

LDK Solar

Private Equity Round in 2006
LDK Solar Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of multicrystalline solar wafers to the manufacturers of solar cells and solar modules in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company offers multicrystalline solar wafers between 180 and 220 microns in thickness. It also provides wafer processing services to monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cell and module manufacturers. In addition, the company manufactures polysilicon materials, which include ingots and polysilicon scraps. It has a joint venture agreement with Q-Cells SE to develop solar power generation systems. The company also has a partnership with Uni Land S.p.A. to develop and construct PV plants totaling 20 megawatts; and with Global Power Resources Ltd. to develop and construct PV plants totaling 100 megawatts. LDK Solar Co. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Xinyu city, the People's Republic of China.
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