Maestria Partners

Pascal Cagni, as founder and principal, makes all final investment decisions. He draws on a personal network of senior operators from his Apple tenure, his role as Chairman of Business France, and his board positions at institutions including Criteo and Kingfisher. The office does not publish a formal investment committee structure, but Cagni has described his process as relationship-driven and concentrated.

Deal flow leverages Cagni's unique dual role in the public and private sectors: as Chairman of Business France, he interacts with high-growth companies entering or scaling within Europe, and as France's former Ambassador for International Investments, he maintains direct lines to government-backed innovation programs. The office also draws on the executive network from Cagni's board roles at Criteo and Kingfisher, and his founding role with the Cercle de l'Innovation.

The office uses both approaches. Cagni has made direct angel and growth-stage investments in European and American technology companies, while also acting as a limited partner in venture capital funds managed by third-party GPs. This blended strategy gives the office diversified exposure across stages and geographies without diluting the operator-time Cagni commits to select direct holdings.

Pascal Cagni has served as Chairman of Business France since 2017, a role renewed by ministerial decree, making him the senior non-civil-servant responsible for promoting France as a business destination. He concurrently leads Maestria Partners. The office operates as a private investment entity, but the Chairman role provides continuous exposure to the European growth-company pipeline, creating an adjacency that Cagni has publicly described as complementary to his private investment judgment.