Eurazeo

Senior investment professionals lead decision-making across the three business lines. Christophe Bavière and William Kadouch-Chassaing represent senior management; Anne-Charlotte Philbert operates in the venture and growth practice, recently co-leading a $100 million Series C in Dexory. The firm operates as a publicly listed asset manager, so the investment process sits inside a regulated, auditable governance framework rather than a single-founder structure.

Sourcing leans on a network of 14 offices across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. The integrated platform means a venture team in Paris and a private debt desk in Milan can share corporate relationships, while the real assets unit provides a conduit to real-estate-backed transitions. This multi-strategy architecture generates a transaction pipeline that narrowed speciality managers rarely replicate.

Eurazeo is a publicly traded institutional asset manager listed on Euronext Paris, not a single-family office. The founding wealth originated with French founding and industrial families, but the modern firm raises capital from institutional limited partners — pension funds, insurers, sovereign funds — and individual investors across its fund range.

Private debt is a core pillar and is positioned as the European leader in the category. The unit provides direct lending and asset-based finance to mid-sized companies, offering an alternative to bank financing. This generates recurring yield for the firm's LPs and creates a proprietary sourcing channel that feeds the private equity side.

Europe is the anchor — with a deep concentration in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Nordics. The firm also invests selectively in North America and Asia through its New York, Shanghai, and Seoul offices, typically alongside a European thesis such as accompanying a portfolio company's cross-border expansion.

Yes, co-investment is embedded in the model. Because the platform manages direct equity, venture, and debt vehicles, Eurazeo can offer co-investment allocations to its LPs and partner with other GPs on larger transactions. The size of the balance sheet — €39 billion in AUM — makes it a credible counterparty for global co-underwriting.

Eurazeo markets a scientific sustainability framework targeting portfolio companies that address environmental, social, and societal challenges. Recent investments — the circular-economy IT deal T1A Group and next-generation low-carbon aparthotel concept Babylon — demonstrate a willingness to back businesses that fit an impact thesis alongside return requirements.