Antoine Desjeux

Antoine Desjeux is a Director in Seven2’s Development team, focused on small-cap private equity. Seven2 announced on April 9, 2026 that he and Thibaut Bourlet were promoted to Directors within the Development team, noting their role in partnering with management teams to support SMEs.

He joined Seven2 in 2017 as part of the Development team after Apax Partners acquired EPF Partners. Earlier in his career, he worked in audit at Mazars, had his first private-equity experience at Turenne Capital, and joined EPF Partners as an Analyst in 2016.

Desjeux is a graduate of Audencia Business School. Seven2’s profile describes his work as hands-on portfolio-company transformation, spanning strategy, finance, tax, and legal topics, and says he works with entrepreneurs to help companies evolve and transform.

The firm behind him has changed branding over time: Apax Partners sas became Seven2 in 2023. Seven2 describes itself as an independent investment company, 100% owned by its partners, specializing in financing SMEs and ETIs in France and continental Europe.

• Seven2 says it invests primarily in “companies with strong fundamentals and a potential for growth through strategic and operational change.”
• Seven2 typically invests in small and mid-cap companies with enterprise values from €10M to €1B.
• Seven2 Development targets €15–50M equity investments; the broader MidMarket strategy targets €50–250M equity investments.
• Seven2 usually takes majority stakes with board representation, but will accept minority stakes when there is a genuine partnership with management and appropriate rights.
• The firm’s value-creation agenda centers on growth acceleration, operational effectiveness, AI-enabled transformation, and sustainability.
• Desjeux’s personal Seven2 profile says he takes pride in “guiding portfolio companies’ transformations” across strategy, finance, tax, and legal work.