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Top 22 Sector-focused investment firms based in France
RevenueBase identified 54 sector-focused investment firms headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 648 professional contacts across them, including 290 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers sector-focused investment 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 29, 2026.
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The 22 largest sector-focused investment firms based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Wendel is one of Europe’s leading listed investment firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EMZ is a leading European investment firm with offices in Paris, Munich and Amsterdam.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Merieux Equity Partners is a multistage investment manager specialized in the healthcare & nutrition sectors via two dedicated platforms: Venture and Growth/Buyout.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Elyan Partners is a midmarket investor focusing on companies with high value creation potential across Europe and North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Xerys invests in companies that are at the forefront of technology innovation in their industry, with a clearly defined strategy, supporting management teams and entrepreneurs who…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sparring Opportunities is an AMF-approved management company authorized and subsidiary of Sparring Capital.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Albarest Partners is a newly created GP dedicated to French small-cap equity investments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Anaxago Capital : investir dans l'inévitable Saisir les opportunités offertes par des industries, des modèles économiques et des usages en pleine révolution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sopra Steria Ventures is a strategic Corporate Venture Capital supporting Sopra Steria group’s positioning as a Tech leader.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Visconti Capital, our mission is to serve as a catalyst for growth in the SME landscape, investing in businesses with a strong heritage, built on successful entrepreneurial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Byway Capital is an evergreen investment company founded by investors and entrepreneurs, with its own hybrid and unique model.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Aglaé Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York and San Francisco backed by Groupe Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH, global leader in luxury goods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “INVESTISSEUR ACTIF - PMEs sur des marchés de niche industrie/services B2B à contenu techno Dydesys est investi dans des participations industrielles diversifiées, et opère avec…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “OceanPeak Capital is an investment firm focused on the Industrials ecosystem.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our raison d’être: Provide institutional investors with sector analysis and preferred access to funds with innovative strategies, attractive returns and managed risks- Tech…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Achat, vente et gestion de portefeuille de titres sociaux.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La société Spartacus-Venture a été crée en décembre 2015 par Thibault Lavielle, Elle a pour but la prise de participation minoritaires ou majoritaires et le rachat d'entreprise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Beluga Capital is an investment firm focused on long-term investment opportunities in recurring revenue model companies, real estate and highly regulated industries like audit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Private investment- minority stakes in Small and Medium Businesses companies - experience in mergers & acquisitions - dedicated to start-ups or recovering businesses Management…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Investment firm based in Paris.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Advisory, capital transactions, private investments” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: sector-focused investment 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 sector-focused investment firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of sector-focused investment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name sector-focused investment 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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Sector-focused investment firms based in France at a glance
As of Sep 29, 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 54 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 sector-focused investment 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 “sector-focused investment 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 sector-focused investment 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 sector-focused investment 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, 290 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 29, 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.
Sector-focused investment firms by metro
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 sector-focused investment 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 sector-focused investment firms are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 54 sector-focused investment 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?
Wendel, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most sector-focused investment firms?
Paris leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (3) and Albi (1).
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 290 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 54 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 29, 2026.
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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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