“We are delighted to team up with Montefiore Investment: its expertise in growth projects will help us kick start a new development era, both through organic growth and build-ups, thus consolidating our leadership position in market studies”
Gérard LOPEZ, President of BVA
“The entire management team and I are very happy to be associated with Montefiore Investment in the Lyovel deal. Montefiore has been able to structure an original company transaction to acquire the company from the Coser family, while respecting the sellers’ constraints. Meanwhile, we have conceived together an ambitious growth plan combining organic growth and build-ups.”
Patrick GARGULA, President of LYOVEL
“Thanks to Montefiore Investment’s financial and strategic support, we were able to leverage our know-how and culture to take our business to a new dimension. Together we have written a new page in the history of the company I founded”
Daniel GUEZ, Founder of HOMAIR VACANCES
“A CEO of a mid-cap company is at risk of being isolated. Montefiore is a true sparring partner, able to discuss distribution, digital or product strategies.”
Alain CALME, Chairman of the Board of HOMAIR VACANCES
“After 4 years of growth on the Internet, our new shareholders will enable us to continue our digital strategy and growth through the development of a scalable gift offer. We will also continue our marketing investments to strengthen our brand and offer new services to our network of 7,000 florists in France and Spain.”
Eric LEDROUX, President of INTERFLORA
“We chose Montefiore to support our development because of their international experience, their great knowledge of the tourism industry and services generally speaking, but also because we share the same vision for a responsible and sustainable business development paradigm.”
Alain CAPESTAN, CEO of VOYAGEURS DU MONDE
“We are particularly proud to have attracted in just a few months highly recognized partners and investors who share our business ethics and values and who will support us in our ambition to become a leading player in the European e-travel market.”
Nicolas BRUMELOT and Carlos DA SILVA, co-founders of MISTERFLY
“The objective of this equity partnership is to bring our brand and our company to a new level of development. Montefiore Investment is the strategic partner my team and I have been looking for to support our ambition.”
Isabel MARANT, Founder
“Montefiore Investment’s team is pragmatic and made interesting suggestions on potential actions to be taken. They notably nudged us towards developing the e-commerce opportunity.”
Jean-Philippe BOURREAU, President of HOME AND FURNITURES
“The success in our partnership with Montefiore is also characterized by our ability to organize the managerial transition. All the developments of the last few years, clearly put Asmodee on the way to international leadership”
Marc NUNÈS, Founder of Asmodee

Strategy

“FOCUS AND GROWTH”

Our strategy relies on two pillars:

A clear and strong focus on service businesses
A unique know-how in supporting ambitious growth plans, in France and internationally

Montefiore Investment is the reference investor in service SMEs and mid cap companies. We have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of these businesses and invest in diversified market segments where we have demonstrated our added-value:

Tourism and Leisure (travel, lodging, restaurants, leisure, etc.)

B2C services (brands, specialized distribution, healthcare, education, personal services, etc.)

B2B services (business services, specialized B2B distribution, services to communities, etc.)

Since 2005, we have accumulated a unique experience in actively supporting the development of service businesses and have directly contributed to creating market leaders in France and in Europe. We provide companies with our specific know-how in growth acceleration, international expansion, digital transformation, external growth and human capital development.

Montefiore Investment targets companies with revenues ranging from €25 million to €250 million. We mainly design majority buy-out and growth-capital transactions. We typically invest between €15 million and €100 million in equity, from various types of vehicles.