
IDI to buy minority stake in Omnes
Listed GP IDI has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a minority stake in private equity and infrastructure investor Omnes Capital.
The parties said in a statement that the deal will allow IDI to improve its third-party account management offering.
According to the same statement, further details are expected to be announced in the coming six weeks.
Omnes is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1999 alongside banking group LCL. The GP manages private equity and infrastructure strategies, is fully owned by its employees, and has EUR 5bn in assets under management, according to its website. It manages strategies including buyout and growth, infrastructure and private debt, and launched its special situations strategy in 2021.
The firm is headed by CEO Fabien Prevost, alongside managing partners Benjamin Arm, Michel de Lempdes and Serge Savasta.
Founded in 1999, IDI invests in small- and mid-cap French companies with enterprise values of EUR 10m-150m, extending to EUR 250m alongside co-investors. The GP generally deploys equity tickets of EUR 10m-50m, taking both minority and majority stakes via buyouts and growth capital deals.
Omnes had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
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