Quilvest Private Equity

Quilvest Private Equity Ltd. is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. Within direct investments, the firm prefers to invest in management buyouts, management buyins, buyin management buyouts, public to privates, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, expansion and development stages, growth equity, leveraged build-ups, growth capital, and debt with a focus on senior uni tranche, second liens, and mezzanine in lower middle market. Along with this, the firm also makes real estate investments. In venture capital investments, it primarily invests in the business services, consumer products and services, hospitality and leisure, industrials, manufacturing, media, oil and gas, retail, technology, telecommunications, utilities, information technology and healthcare sector. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Asia, Latin America, United States, Canada, and Western and Continental Europe including France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Benelux countries. In fund of funds investments, it prefers to invest in buyout, venture capital, secondary, real estate, and distressed funds in Emerging Markets, United States, Western and Europe, and Asia region. In real estate, the firm invests in opportunistic, distressed, debt and value-add real estate funds with a focus on Europe, United States, and Asia regions. It makes equity investment between $10 million to $75 million with an enterprise value between $30 million to $500 million. It seeks to make co-investments and take both minority and majority or control stakes in companies. Quilvest Private Equity Ltd. was founded in 1972 and is based in Paris, France with additional offices across North America, South America, Asia, Middle East, and Europe. It operates as a subsidiary of Quilvest Europe S.A.

Bertrand Hermez

Director Associate

Thomas Vatier

Partner, Executive Committee Member, Co-Head of Pe Direct Deals

31 past transactions

Paprec

Private Equity Round in 2008
Paprec Group is an environmental service company for recycling and waste management ventures. The company engages in the management, recovery, and treatment of waste, including bio-waste, plastics, wood waste, scrap metal, construction waste, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries, ordinary/non-hazardous industrial waste, hazardous industrial waste, green waste, end of life vehicles, rubbers and used tires, household waste, selectively collected waste, and glass, as well as paper, cardboard, office paper, archives, and official documents. Paprec Group was founded in 1994 and is based in La Courneuve, France.

YO! Sushi

Acquisition in 2008
YO Sushi UK Ltd. operates a chain of sushi restaurants. The company offers various Japanese dishes, including soups, rice or noodle-based dishes, salads, tempuras, sashimi, hand rolls, and desserts. It also offers space for parties and events.

VSM Management, LLC

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
VSM Management, LLC offers operative and preventative dental care services. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Acrotec group

Acquisition in 2012
Acrotec is an independent group created by professionals in the watchmaking and micromechanics. For the watch market, its main purpose is to provide all the factories and watch brands with quality products complying with the "Swiss Made" label.

Bretagne Telecom SAS

Private Placement in 2020
Bretagne Telecom SAS offers IP telephony services. The company provides IP Centrex applications and features such as flash-based web self-care, audio conferencing, voicemail-to-email, auto-attendant, IVRs, and ACD and CTI applications such as Click2Call, CallPad, and VoicePad. The company offers its services to enterprises in Brittany and the French South West region, France. Bretagne Telecom SAS was founded in 2003 and is based in Chateaubourg, France.

Premiere Digital Services

Private Placement in 2018
Premiere Digital Services, Inc. provides cloud-based digital asset delivery and content optimization solutions for clients in the Media & Entertainment industry. The Company, through its Media Services segment, ingests, conforms, packages, and delivers digital assets on behalf of film and TV studios, content distributors, streaming video-on-demand platforms, and multichannel video programming distributors. The Company’s Software solutions allow users to monitor, update, and track digital content availability, pricing, and performance across major digital content providers through a SaaS-delivered platform. Premiere Digital Services, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and has an additional location in Bengaluru, India.

100,419 Square Feet Gresham Station Medical Plaza in Portland

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
100,419 Square Feet Gresham Station Medical Plaza in Portland comprises real estate property and is located in the United States.

Sogetrel

Acquisition in 2016
Sogetrel is a major player in the telecoms market. Integrator of networks and communication systems for digital irrigation of territories, the Group has established itself as the preferred partner of major operators, public and private contractors, and local authorities, particularly in the deployment of Very High Speed ​​networks.

Groupe EDH

Acquisition in 2017
Groupe EDH (Ecoles Denis Huisman) has been a leader in private French higher education for more than 50 years. With c. 2 500 students, its schools offer training programs in communication (EFAP), culture related businesses (ICART), and journalism (EFJ), with campuses in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille and New York.

TZero Technologies

Series B in 2006
TZero Technologies designs and develops ultra wideband semiconductors for video distribution. The company offers wirelessly connects devices and ultra wideband chipsets, which connect audiovisual components, such as televisions, set-top boxes, and digital video recorders. It serves consumer electronics, service providers, and computer manufacturers. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Creative Extruded Products

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Creative Extruded Products is a precision custom profile extrusion and injection molding company, specializing in small to medium sized profiles as well as molded components.

Phaidon International

Acquisition in 2018
Phaidon International exists to enable exceptional careers around the world; we connect exceptional talent, with exceptional opportunities. We believe that every professional should benefit from the advice of a trusted partner throughout their career. We provide that partnership to mid to senior level professionals across 8 key markets through our group of micro-specialist recruitment brands. Throughout the Phaidon International group, our shared values of Ability, Character and Loyalty, underpin and drive performance. Each one of our micro-specialist brands is dedicated to a niche market, each team within that brand is focused on a specialist area of that market, and within each team each consultant has a micro-specialist area of expertise, ensuring you gain a partner with knowledge that can immediately add value to your career.

Rakuten

Venture Round in 2005
Rakuten France operates a French online e-commerce website. It provides new, used, and collectable products at fixed prices for individuals and professionals in Europe. The company enables its customers to list items by entering the title or barcode of the item as well as the price at which the seller wishes to sell the product. It lists items under various categories, including books, music, DVD, VHS, video games, phones and PDAs, computing, electronics, sports, leisure, fashion, and toys and games. Rakuten France is formerly PriceMinister, a company acquired by Rakuten 2010. It was founded in August 2000 and is based in Paris, France.

Eudonet

Acquisition in 2017
For more than 15 years, the Eudonet Group has been developing general-purpose CRM and XRM solutions . Available in Saas and intranet mode , Eudonet solutions adapt to the needs of any type of structure: SMEs, ETI, large accounts, administrations, public authorities and associations. Eudonet solutions are used by more than 900 customers in France and around the world.

Sogetrel

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Sogetrel is a major player in the telecoms market. Integrator of networks and communication systems for digital irrigation of territories, the Group has established itself as the preferred partner of major operators, public and private contractors, and local authorities, particularly in the deployment of Very High Speed ​​networks.

Eudonet

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
For more than 15 years, the Eudonet Group has been developing general-purpose CRM and XRM solutions . Available in Saas and intranet mode , Eudonet solutions adapt to the needs of any type of structure: SMEs, ETI, large accounts, administrations, public authorities and associations. Eudonet solutions are used by more than 900 customers in France and around the world.

Minafin

Private Equity Round in 2021
Minafin is a global fine chemicals developer and manufacturer. Minafin develops and manufactures active ingredients, organic intermediates, and specialty fine chemicals for the life science industries and technical applications.

RheinBerg Passage

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
RheinBerg Passage comprises a retail property. The asset is located in Germany.

Salmedix

Series C in 2005
Salmedix is an oncology drug development company with a commercial focus on the treatment of hematologic malignancies, or blood cancers. Its primary product, SDX-105, is marketed by healthcare professionals in Germany for the treatment of several types of blood cancers. Salmedix conducts Phase II clinical trials for SDX-105 in the U.S. and Canada. Its other clinical-stage product candidates, SDX-101 and SDX-102, each with significant prior human clinical experience, are also in Phase II development. Founded in 2000 by David Kabakoff, Salmedix is headquartered in San Diego, California.

SOLEM

Acquisition in 2021
SOLEM is an electronic company specialized in industrialization and development of connected objects for irrigation and connected gardens. The company also manufacture, distribute, and design outdoor automation, telecare and connected care, and time management products. It offers Wi-Fi and Bluetooth automation systems that include battery operated irrigation and outdoor automation modules, as well as hose-end timer telecare and connected care products for security and fixed or mobile time management badge readers. SOLEM was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Clapiers, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

alliantgroup

Acquisition in 2013
alliantgroup, LP provides tax advisory solutions. The company offers research and development tax credit, energy efficient commercial building deduction, export incentives, and government relations and tax advisory services. alliantgroup, LP was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

GEDH

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
GEDH is headquartered in Paris, France.

Aminoagro

Acquisition in 2013
Aminoagro is a special fertilizer company that is among the three largest in the sector in the country.

PaperChase

Acquisition in 2015
Paperchase is an epic, story-based endless runner game. Players must collect treasure hidden in vast cities while fighting against evil Kirigami giants and protecting mankind from annihilation by protecting the mystical Great Seal.

BCI Broadband

Acquisition in 2013
BCI Broadband is a broadband telecommunications company. The company formed to continue that track record of success by providing the best services and features available, in non-urban markets, including very high-speed Internet, high-definition digital video and digital voice as well as a robust focus on the business community within its markets through its Business Services division.
Crown Health Care Laundry Services is an independent full-service health care laundry processor and linen rental company.

Esmertec AG

Series C in 2003
Esmertec is one of the leading independent software companies focusing on Java™ solutions and technologies for mass-market devices such as mobile multimedia phones, personal digital assistants and home multimedia systems. Their Java device platforms enable major terminal manufacturers, operators and content providers worldwide to deliver wide ranges of customised multimedia services to large groups of consumer audiences.

Creative Extruded Products

Acquisition in 2017
Creative Extruded Products is a precision custom profile extrusion and injection molding company, specializing in small to medium sized profiles as well as molded components.

Photobox

Private Equity Round in 2011
PhotoBox is Europe's leading community for sharing, printing and personal publishing with over 30 million members.