Bertrand Milliere

Bertrand Millière (born circa 1976) is the founder and managing partner (Gérant) of Maelo Capital Investissement, a discreet Rhône-Alpes–based investment company. Before launching Maelo, he worked at Andersen (the audit/advisory firm) and at Aquasourça, a Lyon investment holding — a background that combines corporate-finance advisory with private-equity investing.

Millière created the Maelo investment activity around 2011 (the underlying legal entity, SIREN 504943887, was registered in 2008 as a holding company, NAF code 6420Z). He built the firm as a vehicle that federates entrepreneurs and family offices to take capital stakes in mid-market companies, primarily in the Lyon region and broader France. He was later joined by Julien Menaud (ex-JP Morgan) and by Joseph Brigneaud (ex-Crédit Agricole CIB and former regional head of Euronext in Lyon), giving the small team a mix of M&A, capital-markets and banking pedigree.

According to French corporate registries, Millière holds several mandates connected to the group, including Gérant of MAELO and Président of MAELO MOIRANS, managing multiple related entities. CFNEWS describes Maelo as an investment fund active in LBO and capital-development transactions in France, with roughly eight documented deals.

• Invests through Maelo Capital Investissement, pooling capital from entrepreneurs and family offices rather than a traditional institutional LP fund.
• Deal types span capital development / growth equity and LBO/MBO buyouts — i.e., beyond pure early-stage; some databases nonetheless list Maelo among French angel/seed investors.
• Generalist across industrials/manufacturing, consumer and food & beverage, and services — willing to back established, often family- or founder-led regional businesses.
• Strong Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Lyon anchoring; tends to partner alongside other regional financiers (private equity funds and banks) on shared deals.
• Deliberately discreet — the firm publishes little and rarely gives interviews, signaling a preference for relationship-driven, entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur dealmaking.