Qualium to spin out from Caisse des Dépôts

Greg Gille
@unquotenews
02 May 2017

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The management team of Qualium Investissement has secured a majority stake in the French GP from its former state-owned parent Caisse des Dépôts.

The management team will acquire a 70% stake in the firm, while Caisse des Dépôts – the investment arm of the French state – will retain 30% of the business.

Qualium's management team is led by president Jean Eichenlaub, who joined the business in 2009 after a stint at European Capital. The firm also counts two deputy CEOs, Paul Costa de Beauregard and Jacques Pancrazi. The GP's team comprises 23 people in total.

The move comes as Qualium launches its next fundraising effort for Qualium Fund II. Caisse des Dépôts already stated it would sponsor the vehicle.

Established in 1998, the GP has been managing third-party capital for some time, having raised a total of €1.8bn from Caisse des Dépôts and around 40 French and foreign institutional investors.

Qualium focuses on majority buyouts, injecting between €20-75m of equity in French small and medium-sized companies valued between €40-250m; it can also act as a co-investor in transactions of up to €500m. It currently has nine businesses in its portfolio, including La Foir'Fouille, Invicta, Biscuits International, IMV Technologies and Vulcanic.