Stephane Olmi
Managing Director, Vice Chairman of the Management Board
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- Full Name
- Stéphane Olmi
- Title
- Managing Partner / Managing Director (member of the Management Board), Gimar & Co
- Firm
- Gimar & Co (formerly Gimar & Cie), Paris-based independent investment banking boutique
- Firm Type
- M&A, capital-raising and restructuring advisory boutique (note: the source "Angel Investors" label could not be verified — Olmi is an M&A/investment-banking advisor, not a typical angel or fund investor; see Background)
- Investment Stage
- N/A as a fund; his team advises on transactions typically exceeding ~€5 million
- Check Size
- Not applicable — advisory, not principal investing (unverified)
- Target Company Profile
- Banks, insurers, mutuals/friendly societies, asset managers, and fintech/insurtech/regtech companies, plus PE sponsors in financial services
- Sector Focus
- Financial institutions (FIG), fintech, insurtech, regtech; also healthcare and TMT
- Geographic Focus
- France and cross-border Europe
- Location
- Paris, France (27 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75116 Paris)
Background
Stéphane Olmi is a Managing Partner at Gimar & Co, a distinguished independent Paris-based investment banking boutique (founded 1999, formerly "Gimar & Cie") specializing in M&A, capital raising and restructuring for the financial and digital economies. He joined in 2020 when the fintech M&A team he had built moved over, prompting the firm's rebrand from Gimar & Cie to Gimar & Co. His stated focus areas are financial services (FIG), fintech, insurtech, regtech, and healthcare.
Before Gimar, Olmi built his reputation over roughly two decades of M&A work. He joined AEC Partners in 2012 and in 2016 founded and led AEC Fintech — described as the leading Parisian M&A boutique specialized in fintech, insurtech and regtech — alongside colleagues including Adrien Choquet and Diane Périn. Earlier in his career he was an Executive Director at Lazard Frères, where he ran middle-market coverage across Paris and Lyon, and he was involved in some of the early transactions that helped shape the LVMH group under Bernard Arnault.
Across his career Olmi has advised on more than 150 M&A transactions, many of them cross-border, and is regarded as one of the leading advisors on French life-insurance deals over the past 15 years. He holds an MSc from Arts et Métiers ParisTech and an MBA from HEC Paris.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Operates as an M&A / capital-raising advisor, not a principal angel investor — the "Angel Investors / Seed Round" classification in the source data is not supported by verifiable evidence.
- Deep specialization in financial institutions (banks, insurers, mutuals, asset managers) and the fintech/insurtech/regtech ecosystem.
- Advises on transactions exceeding roughly €5 million, including cross-border strategic deals and capital raises.
- On merging his fintech team into Gimar, Olmi said "combining our skills made a lot of sense," reflecting a thesis that FIG expertise plus fintech coverage creates a first-class advisory franchise in the sector.
- Value proposition emphasizes independence and freedom from conflicts of interest, with an extensive network across European banks, insurers and private equity firms.
Notable Investments
- Pref-X — acquisition by/of Euroclear — a fintech transaction cited by Gimar & Co in its fintech expansion.
- Apicil — acquisition of Equitim — Equitim described as "the pure player in B2B structured products."
- Broad track record advising on French life-insurance M&A over 15+ years and 150+ cumulative M&A transactions across FIG and fintech.
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