Demeter Partners takes capital interests in companies (generally unlisted) in the eco-industries and eco-energies sectors with a view to financing their growth.
Demeter Partners intervenes primarily during the “capital development” phase, to help develop companies
with strong growth potential, as a minority shareholder working with executives.
Demeter Partners has also been involved in venture capital projects, helping start-up companies,
and in particular those in the eco-energies and modern-day hazards sectors.
We also participate in LBO or pre-IPO projects, in syndication with other funds, when companies
are purchased or transferred.
Investing as industrials
Demeter Partners hopes to be a partner which, other than providing equity, brings to the table:
– An objective point of view, but as a stakeholder, helping with strategy,
– Sector-based added value in its relations in the sector and the development of synergies with other participations,
– The responsiveness needed by SME executives carrying out their projects,
– Its knowledge of how to create value for shareholders.
In particular, we try to build a relationship of trust with the executives in order to carry out an ambitious development plan together.
Be a major player in European investment capital in eco-industries and eco-energies
Demeter Partners is a Paris-based investment capital firm certified by the Autorité des marchés financiers (stock market authority) since July 2005, owned by the management team.
We are mainly oriented toward expansion capital, working with companies as they grow in the following sectors:
– eco-industries (water, air and waste treatment, site remediation, etc.),
– eco-energies (energy efficiency, renewable energies, etc.),
We bring to the table broad experience in investment capital and in the areas of business of the companies in which we invest.
As part of our international strategy, we have a team made up of 5 people in Madrid, Spain and 2 people in Berlin, Germany. We have developed partnerships with foreign funds (English, German and Spanish) which are involved in Demeter's sectors; we are also members of international networks of investors specialized in “clean technologies” (Cleantech Venture Network).