Elevating new
European leaders
Two strategies. One conviction.
Cervinvest Capital is a European private equity firm partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs to turn strong businesses into lasting ones : providing capital, conviction, and long-term alignment.
About us
Who we are
An independent European partner · Cervinvest Capital is an entrepreneur-led private equity firm headquartered in Paris, with operating teams in Milan and Amsterdam. We invest exclusively in European companies and back the families, founders and management teams who run them.
We believe lasting value is built – not extracted. Our work begins where the spreadsheet ends: in the operating reality of the businesses we partner with, side by side with their leaders.
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Our two strategies
Cervinvest operates two complementary strategies, each designed for a specific stage of a company’s journey. Both share the same philosophy: long-term partnership, operational rigour, and a clear thesis on platform building.
Cervinvest Build
SMALL CAP
BUY & BUILD
Equity ticket
€7m – €15m
Stake
Majority
Thesis
Buy-and-build platforms
Geography
Europe
Hold period
4 – 7 years
Cervinvest Scale
LOWER MID-CAP
FLEX & PLATFORMS
Equity ticket
€15m – €60m
Stake
Majority or minority (FlexEquity)
Thesis
Pre-Identified Megatrends
Geography
Europe
Hold period
4 – 7 years
About us
Why founders choose Cervinvest
Founder DNA. We are operators and entrepreneurs ourselves. We speak the founder’s language because we have lived it. We have invested heavily in our fund (c. 20% of our funds are subscribed by our founders). We eat our own cooking.
Two strategies, one team. Whether you are at €1m or €20m of EBITDA, we work with the same rigor, applying the same standards
European footprint. Three offices give us local sourcing, local diligence, and local board presence – not parachute deals.
Operational depth. Our value creation playbook is not a slide. It is a team – investment professionals, operating partners, and a network of executives on call.
3
EUROPEAN OFFICES
100%
ENTREPRENEUR-LED
c.20%
OF THE FUND INVESTED BY FOUNDERS
1
PROMISE: PARTNERSHIP
