Private equity involves the association of one or more
entrepreneurs and one or more financial investors who provide
financing to unlisted companies and even sometimes listed
companies.
For the year 2018, the amounts invested in private
equity in France reached 14.7 billion
euros1, making France the second
country in the European Union after the United
Kingdom.
In private equity transactions, investors are expected
to exit in the short or medium term. Several exit routes are
available to capital investors: trade sale, transfer to the
management team, sale to another investment fund or initial public
offering.
The objective of private equity transactions is to finance the
start-up phase, development, transfer or acquisition of a
company.
