25 September 2024
InfraVia strengthens its Growth team ahead of launching a second vintage
As part of the continued expansion of its Growth Equity team and ahead of raising the second vintage of the strategy, InfraVia Capital Partners is pleased to announce Nicolas Slim’s arrival as a Partner.
Launched in 2019, Infravia’s Growth Equity strategy aims to invest alongside European digital entrepreneurs to accelerate their development by leading transactions from Series B funding rounds to buyout.
Nicolas joins a team now comprising 11 professionals, including four partners and brings significant experience in growth transactions, particularly growth buy-outs, which he will be responsible for further developing.
This is the third recruitment in 2024, following the arrival of two investment managers: Julien Bacaer, who joins from BPI’s growth teams, and Elie Hodara, who spent three years at Clipperton, an investment bank specialising in technology.
The strategy targets the European growth equity segment, with a preference for sustainable growth, B2B (software), and active support for portfolio companies to accelerate their growth.
The first vintage of €500 million, has already completed 13 transactions, 60% outside France.
A second vintage is currently being prepared and will pursue the same strategy with a target size of €1 billion. It benefits from the French TIBI label designed to encourage the emergence of financial players capable of accelerating the growth of innovative technology companies into regional or global leaders.
Nicolas Slim, Partner
Prior to joining InfraVia, Nicolas was a Partner at LetterOne Technology, where he co-led the technology investment team with a particular focus on software and digital platforms. Before that, he was a Vice President in the Growth Equity team at Summit Partners, where he actively contributed to the deployment and performance of Summit’s first European fund. Nicolas also played a crucial role in building the portfolio value creation team in Europe.
Nicolas started his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in Paris.
Nicolas, a graduate of the École des Mines de Paris, Nicolas has a very international background and network.
With 18 years of experience, including 16 years in the growth capital and technology sectors in Europe, Nicolas’s expertise covers the origination, transaction execution, monitoring, and operational support of his investments. He has led several exits and has sat on the boards of more than a dozen companies.
Passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and new technologies, he enjoys working with entrepreneurs and management teams to help them reach their full potential. Notable examples of his investments include Ogone, Veepee, Uber, Lazada, and Qvantel.
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