Pierre Yves Franauis

Pierre-Yves François is a Chargé d’Affaires Sénior at iXO Private Equity, an independent French private-equity manager focused on regional SMEs and ETIs. iXO lists him on its investor team and states that he joined iXO PE in 2016.

Before joining iXO, François had experience in law firms in corporate finance departments. His listed education includes Grenoble Ecole de Management, Université Paris Dauphine, and the Ecole des Barreaux de la Cour d’Appel de Paris (EFB). His LinkedIn profile also identifies EFB as part of his education and places his iXO role in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

At iXO, François works on private-equity investments rather than angel seed investing. His managed investments on iXO’s site include La Première Brique, Gate Finance / La Barrière Automatique, EDA Plastiques, LID Technologies, Tesalys, Oyat Assurances, Magellium Groupe, and Grand Large Yachting.

• Invests through iXO Private Equity in regional French PME/ETI companies, not early seed startups.
• Focuses on growth, transmission, transformation, build-up, and capital-reorganization situations, including both majority and minority positions.
• iXO describes its strategy as being close to companies in the regions it covers in order to be reactive, close to managers, and involved in company development.
• iXO states that it supports PME and ETI companies in organic growth, external growth, transmission, and faster growth for more technology-oriented businesses.
• The firm’s current funds cover a wide ticket range: IXO PME 2 can invest up to €7M per deal, IXO 5 targets larger growth and transmission operations above €7M, and FIP vehicles support local capital-development and innovation projects.
• Sector approach is broad: iXO says its team can intervene across health, energy, environment, new materials, software, electronics, and other fields.