French Partners

French Partners is a co-investment club for qualified investors who want to fund companies run by entrepreneurs from France who work abroad. Its website is in French.

Products and services

• Minority equity investment: takes stakes, often alone or with other funds, in companies founded and led by entrepreneurs from France abroad.
• Co-investment platform: gives its member investors access to deals.
• Network support: draws on experts and leaders based in France and across five continents, especially the United States and China.
• Peer sharing: portfolio founders exchange personal experience with each other.

Who it works with

Start-ups and growing small and medium-sized businesses with revenues up to a few tens of millions, with a foreign presence or plans to expand, plus new-style funds. Members are experienced, internationally minded investors, including serial entrepreneurs.

Key facts

• Model: Co-investment club
• Investor type: Qualified investors
• Mission: Invest where the entrepreneur has chosen to live