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Top 25 Lower middle market equity firms based in France
RevenueBase identified 254 lower middle market equity firms headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 5,358 professional contacts across them, including 1,891 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers lower middle market equity firms headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest lower middle market equity firms based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 162 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Siparex Group, an independent French private equity specialist, has €3.7 billion of capital under management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 144 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Created in 2004, CAPZA1 is an established European private investment platform focused on small and mid-cap companies, which is part of BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts, a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Created over 20 years ago, Andera Partners is a major player in private company investments in France and internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2009, BlackFin Capital Partners is the leading private equity firm investing in financial services companies across Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Leading private equity firm in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A specialist in SMEs and mid-sized companies since 1928, Financière de Courcelles advises businesses and their shareholders on M&A transactions and financing solutions, in France…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With €500 million of assets under management and a portfolio of over 160 SMEs, M Capital Partners is a leading Private Equity firm in the French Small-cap market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2013 by Clara Gaymard and Gonzague de Blignieres, RAISE is a pioneer in engaged sustainable finance with its investment and innovation platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2005, Weinberg Capital Partners is an independent investment company historically active in buy-out capital, which expanded its field of intervention to real estate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Serving the Future” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Created in 2005, Montefiore Investment is the reference Private Equity firm dedicated to service SMEs and mid-market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Né d’une feuille blanche début 2012, Capital Croissance revêt une dimension entrepreneuriale forte : les associés ont fédéré une communauté de plus de 450 investisseurs privés…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EMZ is a leading European investment firm with offices in Paris, Munich and Amsterdam.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IDI is a listed investment firm – true pioneer of investment in France – that has been focusing for over 45 years on supporting the development of small and mid-sized companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in Toulouse, Montpellier and Bordeaux, the management company IRDI Capital Investissement support in capital the companies based in the South West at every stages of their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MBO+ is the benchmark for all investors wishing to invest in the French lower mid-cap segment while combining performance and sustainability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Operating across Europe, Cedrus & Partners is an Paris headquartered investment firm that puts its vision of useful finance at the service of associations, foundations, family…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chequers Capital has unique experience in acquiring and developing small, medium and large-sized companies in partnership with their management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sagard is an alternative asset management firm that invests in venture capital, private equity, private credit, real estate, and royalties.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Initiative & Finance, un investisseur spécialisé dans la transmission des PME depuis 1984.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Activa is a Paris-based private equity firm, deeply rooted in entrepreneurship and focused on mid-sized innovative services companies valued between €30-100 million.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A private equity firm specializing in transfers, takeovers and growth of SMEs (€10-100 Million in turnover).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Depuis 13 ans notre équipe investit au capital de PME-PMI et les accompagne durablement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Qualium Investissement is a major historic and institutional player in private equity in France with €2.1bn invested in 70 French companies since its creation in 1998.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fondée en 2015 et basée à Paris, Elevation Capital Partners est la société de gestion du Groupe Elvest (ex.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: lower middle market equity firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names lower middle market equity firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of lower middle market equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name lower middle market equity firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Lower middle market equity firms based in France at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 254 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among lower middle market equity firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “lower middle market equity firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names lower middle market equity firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among lower middle market equity firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,891 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Lower middle market equity firms by metro
- Lower middle market equity firms in Paris160
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names lower middle market equity firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many lower middle market equity firms are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 254 lower middle market equity firms headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Siparex, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most lower middle market equity firms?
Paris leads with 160 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (11) and Toulouse (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,891 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 254 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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