Private Equity in France

France is one of Europe’s leading Private Equity markets, with a particularly dense fabric of managers focused on small and mid-sized companies. Data from France Invest, which tracks its members’ activity using a consistent method, make it possible to measure fundraising, investment and exits. The analyses under this theme also cover the public debates specific to the country: critical parliamentary reports, taxation, sharing capital gains with employees, and the opening to individual investors and retirement savings.

Key metrics:

• amounts raised and invested each year;
• the share of capital raised from French investors;
• the number of companies backed and the jobs they represent.

Start with: Viewpoint No. 1 — Sharing the Upside · No. 12 — Private Equity Opens Up (for Real) to Individual Investors