About 45DEGRÉS CAPITAL
45DEGRÉS CAPITAL was founded by a team of seasoned investment professionals with backgrounds spanning private equity, corporate finance and operational management within French industry. The name references the precise angle at which conviction, rigour and opportunity converge — our founding philosophy made tangible. From our inception, we have focused exclusively on the French SME landscape, a segment we know intimately and believe is underserved by conventional private equity. Our funds target companies with revenues between €5 million and €80 million, operating in sectors with defensible market positions and strong local roots. We take a selective approach to deal origination, prioritising off-market transactions and referral-led opportunities where the alignment between seller motivations and our investment thesis is clear from the outset. Our team of eleven professionals includes former CEOs, CFOs and sector analysts who contribute directly to value creation within portfolio companies rather than managing relationships at arm's length. Since our first close, we have completed over twenty transactions and maintained a portfolio-wide employment retention rate above 94%. We are regulated and committed to the highest standards of investor transparency, reporting to our limited partners on a quarterly basis with full portfolio-level disclosure. At 45DEGRÉS CAPITAL, we believe that patient, informed capital deployed into the right companies at the right moment is one of the most powerful tools for sustainable economic development in France.