Lead Investment
Partner of fast-growing European companies, primarily in Digital, Healthcare, and opportunistically in BtoB services, with investments starting at €7m and up to €40m.
Buy-out and growth capital in majority or lead & co-lead minority positions.
Strong strategic and operational support in order to systematize buy & build acquisitions and accelerate international development.
Differentiating elements
Sectoral approach and added value
In-depth sectoral knowledge, monitoring of market developments and players
College of experts recognized in investment universes
Prior identification of buy and build acquisitions in France and abroad
Strategic support
Strong reactivity and involvement in the definition and implementation of the strategic plan
Buy & build and systematic internationalization of the portfolio
Value creation mainly linked to growth and international development
Investment team
More than 25 years of joint work on the Small & Lower-Mid Cap segment for the two co-heads
Local approach team members located in Paris and Lyon
Proximity, pragmatism, and reactivity in decision-making
Investment team
Bertrand
Fesneau
Managing Director
Lead Investment
Bertrand joined the team in March 2018 after serving as Managing Director at Turenne Capital. In 2004, he co-founded CIC LBO Partners and served the company as Chairman until 2014. And he began his career in 1990 at 3i, where he was Deputy Managing Director from 1997 to 2003 in charge of LBO and development capital activities.
Bertrand is graduated from ESSEC and INSEAD Business School.

Rémi
Matuchansky
Co-head
Lead Investment
Rémi joined the team in March 2018. Between 2004 and 2017, Rémi co-founded CM-CIC LBO Partners, where he served as Managing Director and then Chairman. In 1999, he took on management and operational positions at La Toulousaine manufacturing group. He began his career in 1994 at 3i Group in London.
Rémi is graduated from ESCP-EAP Business School.

Charles
Bourgain
Associate
Lead Investment
Charles joined Essling Capital in May 2018. Previously, he served as Analyst then as Associate at Turenne Capital. Prior to that, Charles worked at PwC as a financial auditor before joining Bpifrance as an Analyst in their Financing department.
Charles holds an engineering degree in Telecommunication & Networks from ENSEEIHT (Toulouse) and a Specialized Master in Financial Techniques from ESSEC.

Tristan
Eliard
Analyst
Lead Investment
Tristan joined Essling Capital in July 2019 after having completed his end-of-studies internship within the Lead Investments team.
Before joining the team, he has completed internships in Corporate Finance at RSM International and in M&A at KPMG.
Tristan holds a MSc in Management from emlyon business school.

Portfolio

SPVIE Assurances
Industry: Financial services
Country: France
Date: Mars 2020
Created in 2010, SPVIE Assurances is a multidimensional brokerage group combining expertise, new technologies, proximity, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Chabé
Industry: Services
Country: France
Date: December 2019
Almost a 100-year-old company and a major player in the European market. Chabé has established itself as a leader in chauffeur-driven transport serving the luxury industry's customers.

Ubitransport
Industry: Software development
Country: France
Date: July 2019
Founded in Mâcon in 2012, Ubitransport offers a suite of comprehensive digital mobile solutions for school, suburban, intercity and on-demand transportation. It has already provided more than 120 transportation networks in France and abroad. Ubitransport provides its solutions both to local authorities and private operators.

Evolucare
Industry: Medical software
Country: France
Date: January 2019
Founded in 1988, Evolucare Technologies is a family-owned business providing a fully integrated medical software solutions dedicated to Healthcare facilities. It benefits from a strong customer base composed of nearly 1,900 institutions in France and abroad. The company covers the entire patient journey thanks to a wide range of turnkey solutions in the fields of: Electronic Patient File, Critical Care and Medical Imaging.
News
Teknimed confirms its growth ambitions with Essling Expansion
9 November 2021
Paris, November 9, 2021 – Essling Expansion, Essling Capital’s growth fund, reorganizes…
SPVIE Assurances acquires the brokerage firm Assurances de l’Adour
30 March 2020
SPVIE Assurances acquires the brokerage firm Assurances de l’Adour Paris, March 30, 2020…
Essling Expansion in exclusive negotiation with SPVIE Assurances
12 February 2020
Essling Expansion in exclusive negotiation with SPVIE Assurances Paris, February 12, 2020 Essling…
Essling Expansion invests in Chabé
9 January 2020
Essling Expansion invests in Chabé Paris, January 9, 2020 Essling Expansion, Essling…
Essling Expansion takes a stake in Ubitransport
3 September 2019
Essling Expansion takes a stake in Ubitransport Paris, September 3, 2019 Essling Expansion, Essling…
Essling Expansion : Evolucare acquires Axapa
18 March 2019
Evolucare acquires Axapa, and confirms its ambitions as a platform company Paris, the 18th of March…
Evolucare partners with Essling Expansion
18 February 2019
Evolucare partners with Essling Expansion, Essling Capital’s Small & Lower-Mid Cap fund…
Essling Capital takes a position in majority investment
14 March 2018
Paris, March 14, 2018 – Essling Capital, an independent private equity company, has announced that…