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Investment Criteria

1/ Two types of investments

  • LBO (majority or main shareholder)
     

  • Growth capital (minority or majority) – mostly cash in

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2/ €25m to €150m+ equity investments

  • Companies active in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg

3/ Decision Makers

  • Looking not only for money

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  • But also for value-added from Ceres team, based on management's needs

4/ Two types of companies

  • Non “plain vanilla” companies : failed investment banks’ auction processes, complex situations, companies that do not attract traditional institutional PE funds because they “do not tick enough boxes” required for institutional capital.

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  • Viable companies in special situations (cash shortage, carve out, shareholder dispute, MBI, PtoP..)

5/ Operational value-added approach

Key sectors of focus :

  • Business services (incl. IT services, Engineering, BPO…)

  • B2B distribution  

  • Light industrials - B2B & B2B2C (including datacenters, chemicals, aftermarket automotive, cosmetics, haircare...)

  • Aerospace & Defence

  • Healthcare (medical devices, dentistry, disinfection …)

  • Travel

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