Name

Capital Grand Est

Legal name

CAPITAL GRAND EST

Website

https://capitalgrandest.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schiltigheim

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: Asset management fees collected from managing investment funds including Cap Innov'Est (seed fund) and Croissance funds
2. Carried Interest: Performance-based carried interest from successful exits of portfolio companies

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Capital Grand Est is a regional private equity investment management company that structures equity capital operations for businesses in the Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions of France. It manages approximately €225M across six investment vehicles, offering seed capital for innovative startups (via Cap Innov'Est funds), development capital for growing SMEs (via Croissance 2), transmission capital for ownership transitions, and rebound capital for companies in transition phases, with investment tickets ranging from €250K to €4M.

Product overview

Capital Grand Est is a regional private equity investment management company that structures capital operations for different types of companies in the Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions of France. The company offers a portfolio of investment funds and financial services organized by company maturity stage: seed/amorçage for young innovative startups (via Cap Innov'Est and Cap Innov'Est 2 funds), development capital for growing companies (via Croissance 2 fund), ownership transfer/transmission financing for succession situations, and recovery/rebond capital for companies in transition. With approximately €225M in assets under management across 6 investment vehicles, the company supports portfolio companies through direct equity investments ranging from €250K to €4M depending on the fund and investment stage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cap Innov'Est: Inter-regional seed fund (€45M) investing in young innovative startups in Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, launched July 2014, managed by Capital Grand Est with partner Invest PME.
• Alsace Création
• ReBest

Products and services

• Cap Innov'Est Seed fund (€45M) investing in young innovative startups in Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions, launched in July 2014, managed by Capital Grand Est with partner Invest PME.
• Cap Innov'Est 2 Successor seed fund to Cap Innov'Est 1, with a target of €40M (first closing at €30M in 2021), focused on young innovative companies in health, agritech, IT/digital, energy transition, and mobility sectors.
• Croissance 2 Fund Development capital fund endowed with €42M to accompany PME of Grand Est in growth and transmission projects, with investment tickets between €1-4M per company.
• ReBest Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• 75+ companies supported since 2012
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Capital Investissement Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Sibling regional PE/VC management company covering Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, jointly active with Capital Grand Est in the Cap Innov'Est seed fund and listed as a regional partner. Operates the same lower-middle-market fund model with regional institutional shareholders.
• Siparex (Invest PME): Lyon-based regional PE group co-managing Cap Innov'Est seed funds with Capital Grand Est. Operates multi-regional lower-middle-market funds across France with comparable ticket sizes and stage coverage.
• Unexo: Crédit Agricole regional PE arm active across multiple French regions. Operates the same multi-stage model (seed through transmission) with regional institutional LPs, making it a close functional and structural peer.
• Sodiv (Andéol): Long-standing Alsace-based regional PE firm and Capital Grand Est partner. Operates regional development and transmission vehicles of similar size with overlapping Grand Est coverage.
• Alliance Entreprendre: French mid-market PE firm that co-invested with Capital Grand Est in Opencell (2021 Series A). Operates regional and national lower-middle-market funds targeting similar SME and growth-stage profiles.

Regional players

• NCI (Nantes Capital Initiative): Western France regional PE/VC manager covering Pays de la Loire and Brittany. Direct functional analogue to Capital Grand Est — regional multi-stage fund platform serving SMEs and startups — but in a different geography.
• IRDI (Institut Régional de Développement Industriel): Toulouse-based regional PE firm covering Occitanie with similar seed, development and transmission vehicles. Comparable team size and AUM profile, serving a different French region.

Broad incumbents

• Crédit Mutuel Equity: Private equity arm of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale — Capital Grand Est's largest shareholder (41%) and lead investor in Croissance 2. Operates a national mid-market PE platform with similar fund construction, providing direct competition at the upper end of Capital Grand Est's ticket range.
• Bpifrance: French sovereign investment bank and cornerstone co-investor in nearly every Capital Grand Est fund. Acts as both LP and direct co-investor, providing both capital and competitive pressure across the lower middle market.
• Weinberg Capital Partners: Paris-based mid-market PE firm with regional roots. Competes for transmission and development deals in eastern France, and represents the type of larger competitor encroaching on Capital Grand Est's territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capitalgrandest

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments15 records

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