A selection of our participations
Sport Découverte
Majority stake
Year: 2017
Sector: Leisure, Tourism
Founded in 2003, Sport Découverte is the leader in France in the field of booking (or purchasing gift vouchers) online sports and leisure activities, such as circuit piloting, parachute jumping or flying. in a hot air balloon.
Nautil
Minority stake
Investment year: 2021
Sector: Tourism, Travel
Founded in 1999 by Pierre Cosentino and Stéphane Letessier, Nautil Voyages (Oovatu and Mauritius-Travel) is a digital pure-player agency specialized in designing high-end tailor-made trips.
Passage du Désir
Minority stake
Investment year: 2022
Sector: Consumer goods
Founded in 2007 by Patrick Pruvot, Passage du Désir is a distribution group specialized in the concept of sustainable development of the couple and intimate well-being.
Roxy Nails Paris welcomes CAP Invest as a shareholder
june 2025
Four years after its creation by two Essec students, the DNVB brand specialized in reusable press-on nails welcomes Luxembourg-based Cap Invest and London-based Premius Capital as minority shareholders.
Côté Maison
december 2023
The publisher specializing in home decoration, Côté Maison, is joining Prisma Media, a subsidiary of Vivendi, after six successful years with CAP INVEST alongside shareholder and CEO François Dieulesaint.
PAI Skincare
january 2023
After more than six years supporting Sarah in the development of her cosmetics brand PAI Skincare and in raising funds from Famille C (Clarins) in 2021, CAP INVEST is selling its shares during the Series C round.
Passage du Désir
august 2022
Founded in 2007 by Patrick Pruvot, Passage du Désir is a specialized retail group built around the concept of sustainable couple development and intimate well-being.
On the occasion of this primary LBO transaction, CAP INVEST is acquiring a minority stake in the company’s capital.
L.T. Piver
july 2022
LT PIVER, the oldest French perfumery house, has been acquired by Nelly CHENELAT from the AMOUYAL family. A group of entrepreneurial investors, led by CAP INVEST, is supporting this succession transaction.
Nfinite completes a US$70m equity round led by American investors.
june 2022
The SaaS platform for creating, displaying, and managing 3D product images for e-retailers, now headquartered in New York, has brought Insight Partners on board as lead investor in a $70m equity round, joined by existing shareholder US Venture Partners.
CAP Invest supports Natz in its growth.
june 2021
The young French hard seltzer brand aims to accelerate its growth and has raised funds from Family Offices and Business Angels.
CAP Invest supports Nautil Voyages.
april 2021
The fully digital tour operator, generating €42 million in business volume, is proceeding with the exit of one of its co-founders with the support of CAP Invest as a minority shareholder. Founded in 1999 out of its two founders’ passion for Mauritius, the online agency Nautil Voyages specializes in designing high-end, tailor-made travel experiences.
PAI completes its Series B with the Courtin-Clarins family.
april 2021
The London-based organic skincare brand Pai has closed a Series B investment round, bringing Famille C Venture — the French private investment company of the Courtin-Clarins family, founders and owners of the Clarins Group — into its shareholding. CAP Invest remains both an investor and board member.
PAI SKINCARE accelerates innovation
december 2020
Pai Labs is the brand's new innovation hub. Specially created to bring new product ideas to market faster, with greater creative freedom. Without the long lead times typically associated with new product launches.
legal2digital publishes a sponsorless MBO
december 2020
Present in legal advertising and legal formalities services, the group with a turnover of around 40 M €, relies on Andera Acto and Groupe Roullier with senior debt. Galiena Capital signs its exit after six years.
CAP Invest reinvests part of its proceeds from the sale to support management in its expansion strategy.
EOLANE / HEMERIA in exclusive negotiation
june 2020
The Eolane group and HEMERIA INVEST have approved a memorandum of understanding relating to the repurchase of the shares in Eolane les Ulis by the HEMERIA Group. The transaction should be completed during the summer of 2020. It relates to the maintenance activities in operational condition, mainly for the Defense markets, carried out by the Windane Les Ulis company.
CAP Invest recruits an investment director
june 2020
CAP Invest welcomes Antoine Klein as Investment Director. He joined the Family Office to strengthen the Paris office. Antoine Klein had worked for two years in the Private Equity Fund Alpha in Paris as an associate. Previously, he worked for 4 years in M&A at the American investment bank Lincoln International.
"Time to change your mask, right?"
june 2020
Sport Découverte, the first digital reservation center for sports and leisure activities, supports you in deconfinement. With more than 4,000 activities offered throughout France Sport Découverte takes you into the great outdoors.
Pai engages in the fight against COVID-19
march 2020
Pai Skincare is committed to the fight against COVID-19 through the marketing of a hydroalcoholic gel. The company managed to develop this new product within two weeks. Pai Skincare distributes half of its hydroalcoholic gel production free of charge to schools, hospitals and local SMEs.
Sport Découverte, champion of growth
february 2020
Sport Découverte is part of the ranking of 2020 growth champions published by Les Echos. With more than 5 million visitors per year, the French leader in online booking of sports and leisure activities is experiencing rapid and sustained development.
CAP Invest sells its stake in Oh my cream!
September 2019
Created in 2012 by Juliette Levy, Oh My Cream! has experienced rapid growth over the past three years, going from a turnover of 3 M € to a forecast of between 13 and 15 M € of income for 2019, of which 50% of digital share. CAP Invest sells its share in the capital and allows the reinvestment of Otium as well as the entry of Experienced Capital.
CAP Invest participates in the Hemeria spin-off
april 2019
The historical shareholders of the Toulouse SME have created a new company called Hemeria, to collect the space and sovereignty activities of Nexeya. Two activities which were considered strategic by the Ministry of the Armed Forces and were not sold to the German group Hensoldt.
CAP Invest sells its stake in Gault & Millau
december 2018
After supporting the management of the company in the development of its digital offer as well as its international expansion, Management and CAP Invest sell their stakes in Gault & Millau.
CAP Invest is accelerating
june 2018
4 years after its creation, the multi-family office now supports more than fifteen companies in their development in France and internationally. CAP Invest recently invested in Allurion (medical devices), Sport Découverte (e-commerce / tourism), Pai (cosmetics) and Planet Art (e-commerce).
Majority stake in Sport Découverte
november 2017
CAP Invest takes a majority stake in the capital of Sport Découverte. The operation carried out alongside the company's manager and key executives should enable the group to accelerate its development on the national territory to become the French leader in online booking of sports and leisure activities.
CAP Invest supports Planet Art
september 2017
The 100% Claranova subsidiary, ex-Avanquest, specializing in mobile photo printing, is carrying out a cash capital increase of € 11.4 million with several industrial investors including CAP Invest.
CAP Invest invests in cosmetics
May 2017
Pai Skincare, a certified organic and vegan cosmetic brand, with guaranteed 100% natural formulations, welcomes the family office into its capital as part of a fundraising campaign. This operation will support the London brand in its international development and in the acceleration of its e-commerce activity.
CAP Invest sells its stake in Big Fernand
May 2017
Since its entry into the capital of Big Fernand in 2014 during the series A fundraising, CAP Invest has supported the group in its development in France and internationally, increasing the group from 2 to 35 establishments and 30 M € of turnover. The French hamburger brand will sell 80% of its capital to the British fund BlueGem.